# Building smarter Linux DDI operations at scale: Visibility, control, and automation for modern networks

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**Tuesday, September 29, 2026**

11:00 AM IST (IND)  
11:00 AM BST (UK)  
11:00 AM CDT (US)

![Akshra GJ](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/dns-dhcp-ipam/images/presenter-akshra_gj.png)

Presenter

**Akshra GJ**

Product Expert

## Why attend this webinar?

Linux DNS and DHCP environments are evolving. While many networks still depend on ISC DHCPD, modern infrastructure increasingly demands greater performance, automation, visibility, and control.

This free hands-on training shows you how to manage both legacy ISC DHCPD and modern Kea DHCP environments from DDI Central, while bringing DNS, DHCP, and IP address management together under one operational view.

From creating DNS records and DHCP scopes to identifying devices automatically, detecting rogue DHCP servers, automating PXE provisioning, monitoring infrastructure health, and gaining network-wide IPAM visibility—you’ll see how everyday DDI operations can become much simpler.

### From legacy DHCP to modern DDI operations

Managing Linux DNS and DHCP at scale can quickly become a collection of configuration files, scripts, manual checks, and disconnected tools.

What happens when you need to:

- Provision hundreds of DHCP scopes?
- Identify a device the moment it joins the network?
- Automatically assign different devices to specific IP pools?
- Detect an unauthorized DHCP server?
- Monitor DNS and DHCP services before users report an issue?
- Clean stale DNS records?
- Automate PXE-based device provisioning?
- Understand which IP addresses are actually being used across your network?

That is where centralized DDI operations start making a difference.

In this training, we’ll build these workflows directly inside ManageEngine DDI Central.

### Agenda

- **See DNS Manager in action —** Explore domains, zones, records, monitoring, and scavenging.
- **Watch DHCP scope creation live —** Configure scopes, pools, reservations, and options in ISC DHCPD and Kea.
- **See DHCP fingerprinting at work —** Identify devices and automatically assign them to predefined IP pools.
- **Build a PXE boot workflow —** See how DHCP can automate network-based device provisioning.
- **Detect and monitor rogue DHCP servers —** Understand how DDI Central spots unexpected DHCP activity.
- **Explore DNS and DHCP monitoring —** See how service health and activity are tracked from one console.
- **Take a tour of the new IPAM Tower—** View address utilization, subnet insights, consolidated DDI visibility, and why it stands apart compared to all the IPAMs in the market.
- **See scheduling in action —** Learn how DNS and DHCP changes can be planned and executed automatically.

### Your Linux DDI stack is doing more than assigning addresses.

The question is whether you can see it, control it, monitor it, and automate it from one place.

Wherever your core DNS and DHCP services run—across branches, sites, data centers, or locations around the globe—ManageEngine DDI Central brings them together on a single consolidated platform.

Gain complete visibility, centralized control, continuous monitoring, and powerful automation through one window for smarter, simpler Linux DDI operations.