Documentation forIP Address Manager
Managing IP addresses is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, IP Address Manager (IPAM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and IPAM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

IPAM DNS records

IPAM supports five DNS record types.

A Address Mapping/Host

An A record provides the IP address of a domain.

Examples: www, mail, ftp, webmail, www2, secure, store, dev

AAAA IP Version 6 Address Returns a 128-bit IPv6 address, most commonly used to map host names to an IP address of the host.
CNAME

 

Canonical Name/Alias

CNAME records map aliases with domain names.

Example:
Record: webmail
Address: mail.hostedmail.com

MX Mail exchanger

MX records use your external mail servers to process your email.

Example:
Priority: 10
Record: @
Address: mail.domain.com

PTR Reverse-lookup Pointer

A domain name pointer maps a network interface (IP) to a host name.

Currently you cannot edit HINFO, ISDN, NS or SOA records.

Each DNS record can be customized as needed.

  • IPAM automatically detects DNS forward and reverse mismatches.
  • IPAM automatically creates DNS PTR records when new devices are added into DNS zones.
  • From this location you can manage all aspects of your domain registration. You can also change your domain name servers.

View DNS records

  1. Go to My Dashboard > DHCP & DNS Management.
  2. Click on the DNS Zone tab and select a zone name.
  3. Click DNS Records.

    The DNS Records for this zone is displayed.

Edit DNS records

  1. Go to My Dashboard > DHCP & DNS Management.
  2. Click on DNS Zones and use the filters on the left to find the required zone if necessary.

  3. Select the required zone and then click DNS Records. The DNS Records details page for this zone is displayed.
  4. Select a single record, and click Edit.

  5. Update the Data fields as appropriate.

Add a DNS record

  1. Go to My Dashboard > DHCP & DNS Management.
  2. Click on DNS Zones and use the filters on the left to find the required zone.

  3. Select the required zone and then click DNS Records. The DNS Records details page for this zone is displayed.
  4. Click Add. The Add new record window is displayed.

  5. Enter a record name, select the record type, and enter the appropriate data:
  6. Host (A)

    IPv4 Address record

    Enter the IPv4 address, and check the box if you want to create an associated pointer (PTR) record.
    Host (AAAA) IPv6 address record

     

    Enter the IPv6 address

    Alias (CNAME) Canonical name record Enter the canonical name.
    Mail exchange record (MX) Mail exchange record Enter the mail exchange domain name.
    Pointer record (PTR)

    PTR resource record

    Enter the targeted domain name.
  7. Click Add to add your record.