These systems are designed for maintaining information about a network. DNS is generally an important part of their functionality, but most have strong features in IP address management and other areas also. Tools such as these are probably most suitable for larger, well-structured networks where the administrative overhead is more than justified by the reduced incidence of conflicts for IP addresses, DHCP leases and domain names. Cisco Network Registrar A commercial IP address space management system, from Cisco . Includes a non-BIND DNS server and comprehensive DHCP support.
Online documentation is also available.
Ganymede Flexible directory management system, written in Java. This is meant to be GASH version 2, and is actively being developed. GASH A prototype system administration framework including DNS administration. Last updated in 1995. See Ganymede for further work on this project.