A Secure IP Foundation
August 5, 2004
Meta IP Enterprise Technical White Paper
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1
Meta IP System Architecture ..................................................................................................................... 2
The Three-Tiers ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Tier 1: The Meta IP Management Console (the UI) ........................................................................... 3
Tier 2: The Meta IP Manager Server.................................................................................................. 3
Tier 3: The DNS Servers .................................................................................................................... 3
Tier 3: The DHCP Servers ................................................................................................................. 3
Tier Communications: INP and SMC ................................................................................................. 3
System Requirements............................................................................................................................ 4
Architecture Advantages........................................................................................................................ 4
Scalability ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Security............................................................................................................................................... 4
Service availability..............................