runIP Appliance

Each runIP appliance is delivered ready configured with your required TCP/IP configuration. All you need to do is plug in the power supply and make the newtork connections. Then you are all set to activate your new runIP appliance by pushing the version of VitalQIP remote server software that you plan to run on your runIP appliance. To put the appliance into full operation all that is then needed are DNS or DHCP generations from VitalQIP, whether as a stand alone unit or as a high availability paired combination.

runIP appliances feature a hardened, minimised kernel with security tightly locked down to firewall standards avoiding human error and the costly time you would otherwise need to

• purchase servers and operating systems
• hand build, validate and secure traditional servers
• install, configure and validate VitalQIP DNS and DHCP services

Reduce all of this to a simple point and click selection at the runIP Management Station to push fully validated and configured server software to your runIP appliances. Whether at initial deployment or after installing a replacement unit a runIP appliance can be rebuilt within minutes.

Each appliance also incorporates support for a second network interface. This further enhances availability by allowing connection to two different network segments thereby avoiding a single network failure preventing access to your DNS server. Alternatively this facility can be used to separate the management interface from the delivery of the DNS and DHCP services.

At the same time runIP conserves space ... even when you deploy a fully redundant solution of paired appliances you will still only use 2u in your racks, whether in an enterprise data centre or a remote office. In fact a pair need not even be in the same rack. They need only be connected to the same network segment in order to be paired. If a segment is spanned across multiple locations this can assist in providing a disaster recovery solution.