Cisco Prime Network Registrar User guide

Cisco Prime Network Registrar 11.0 Administration Guide

First Published: 2021-04-23

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CONTENTS

Getting Started 15

PART I

Introduction to Cisco Prime Network Registrar 1

CHAPTER 1

Target Users 1

Regional and Local Clusters 1

Deployment Scenarios 2

Small-to-Medium-Size LANs 2

Large Enterprise and Service Provider Networks 3

Configuration and Performance Guidelines 4

Related Topics 210

Managing Point of Contact and Organization Reports 210

Creating a Point of Contact Report 211

Registering a Point of Contact 211

Editing a Point of Contact Report 211

Creating an Organization Report 212

Registering an Organization 212

Editing an Organization Report 213

Managing IPv4 Address Space Utilization Reports 213

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Regional Advanced Web UI 214

Managing Shared WHOIS Project Allocation and Assignment Reports 214

Cisco Prime Network Registrar on Container 215

PART III

Cisco Prime Network Registrar on Container 217

CHAPTER 11

How to Run Cisco Prime Network Registrar as Docker Container 217

Server Statistics 219

APPENDIX A

DNS Statistics 219

CDNS Statistics 231

DHCP Statistics 235

Glossary 249

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PART I

Getting Started

•Introduction to Cisco Prime Network Registrar, on page 1

•Cisco Prime Network Registrar User Interfaces, on page 9

•Server Status Dashboard, on page 23

CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Cisco Prime Network Registrar

Cisco Prime Network Registrar is a full featured, scalable Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) implementation for medium to

large IP networks. It provides the key benefits of stabilizing the IP infrastructure and automating networking

services, such as configuring clients and provisioning cable modems. This provides a foundation for

policy-based networking.

Service provider and enterprise users can better manage their networks to integrate with other network

infrastructure software and business applications.

•Target Users, on page 1

•Regional and Local Clusters, on page 1

•Deployment Scenarios, on page 2

•Configuration and Performance Guidelines, on page 4

Target Users

Cisco Prime Network Registrar is designed for these users:

•Internet service providers (ISPs)—Helps ISPs drive the cost of operating networks that provide leased

line, dialup, and DSL (Point-to-Point over Ethernet and DHCP) access to customers.

•Multipleserviceoperators(MSOs)—Helps MSOs provide subscribers with internet access using cable

or wireless technologies. MSOs can benefit from services and tools providing reliable and manageable

DHCP and DNS services that meet the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS). Cisco

Prime Network Registrar provides policy-based, robust, and scalable DNS and DHCP services that form

the basis for a complete cable modem provisioning system.

•Enterprises—Helps meet the needs of single- and multisite enterprises (small-to-large businesses) to

administer and control network functions. Cisco Prime Network Registrar automates the tasks of assigning

IP addresses and configuring the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) software for

individual network devices. Forward-looking enterprise users can benefit from class-of-service and other

features that help integrate with new or existing network management applications, such as user

registration.

Regional and Local Clusters

The regional cluster acts as an aggregate management system for up to a hundred local clusters. Address and

server administrators interact at the regional and local clusters through the regional and local web-based user

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interface (web UI), and local cluster administrators can continue to use the command line interface (CLI) at

the local cluster. The regional cluster consists of a Central Configuration Management (CCM) server, Tomcat

web server, servlet engine, and server agent (see Management Components, on page 9). The license

management is now done at the regional cluster and hence the local server has to be registered to a regional

server to avail the necessary services. See the "Overview" chapter in Cisco Prime Network Registrar 11.0

Installation Guide for more details.

Figure 1: Cisco Prime Network Registrar User Interfaces and Server Clusters

A typical deployment is one regional cluster at a customer network operation center (NOC), the central point

of network operations for an organization. Each division of the organization includes a local address

management server cluster responsible for managing a part of the network. The System Configuration Protocol

(SCP) communicates the configuration changes between the servers.

Deployment Scenarios

The Cisco Prime Network Registrar regional cluster web UI provides a single point to manage any number

of local clusters hosting DNS, CDNS, DHCP, or TFTP servers. The regional and local clusters also provide

administrator management so that you can assign administrative roles to users logged in to the application.

This section describes two basic administrative scenarios and the hardware and software deployments for two

different types of installations—a small-to-medium local area network (LAN), and a large-enterprise or

service-provider network with three geographic locations.

Small-to-Medium-Size LANs

In this scenario, low-end Linux servers are acceptable. The image below shows a configuration that would

be adequate for this network.

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Deployment Scenarios

Regional server is MUST in deployment for small and medium sized LANs.

Note

Figure 2: Small-to-Medium LAN Configuration

Large Enterprise and Service Provider Networks

In a large enterprise or service provider network serving over 500,000 DHCP clients, use mid-range Linux

servers. Put DNS and DHCP servers on different systems. The image below shows the hardware that would

be adequate for this network.

When supporting geographically dispersed clients, locate DHCP servers at remote locations to avoid disrupting

local services if wide-area connections fail. Install the Cisco Prime Network Registrar regional cluster to

centrally manage the distributed clusters.

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Large Enterprise and Service Provider Networks

Figure 3: Large Enterprise or Service Provider Network Configuration

Configuration and Performance Guidelines

Cisco Prime Network Registrar is an integrated DHCP, DNS, and TFTP server cluster capable of running on

a Linux workstation or server.

Because of the wide range of network topologies for which you can deploy Cisco Prime Network Registrar,

you should first consider the following guidelines. These guidelines are very general and cover most cases.

Specific or challenging implementations could require additional hardware or servers.

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