What does DDI stand for?

DNS, DHCP, and IPAM. Three jobs that used to be three products, or an appliance.

Is phpIPAM or NetBox a DDI?

No. They are IPAM. They hold a plan. They do not Offer an address. Your DHCP is still Windows, ISC, or Kea.

Does Lattice replace my DNS?

No. Keep AD, Unbound, or BIND. Option 6 stays pointed at the resolver your laptops already use. Names follow the grant.

How is Lattice metered?

Managed IPs: leased + reserved + quarantined + assigned. Prefix size is not the meter. Community is 1,000 IPs, one node.

DDI

DDI is DNS, DHCP, and IPAM.

Three jobs. Software-only, on-prem. Keep the DNS you already run. Meter is managed IPs, not prefix size. phpIPAM and NetBox hold a plan — they do not Offer. Infoblox and BlueCat are appliances; Lattice is not. Windows DHCP Offers — the spreadsheet is still the used list. Lattice puts the plan and the grant in one catalog.

The three letters

DNS — Names

The resolver laptops already ask, and the zones that hold A/PTR. Lattice is not that resolver unless you publish lattice-dns on purpose. A worker writes names after Ack into AD, BIND, or PowerDNS.

DHCP — The Offer

Who gets which address, for how long. Windows DHCP, ISC dhcpd, and Kea do this. phpIPAM and NetBox do not.

IPAM — The plan

Prefixes, subnets, reservations, the used list. A spreadsheet, phpIPAM, or NetBox can hold a plan. If DHCP does not read those rows, the plan is a comment.

IPAM-only is not DDI

A reservation in phpIPAM is a comment until something syncs it. NetBox is a DCIM/CMDB: racks, cables, and an addressing plan. Lattice can import missing prefixes from NetBox; it does not let NetBox delete a live pool. phpIPAM vs DHCP · NetBox.

DHCP-only is not DDI

Windows DHCP, ISC dhcpd, and Kea hand out addresses. The used list lives somewhere else — MMC plus a sheet, conf plus the lease file, JSON plus Stork. That split is the Tuesday. Replace Windows DHCP · Replace ISC dhcpd · Replace Kea.

What Lattice is, and is not

Software-only, on-prem Ubuntu tarball. Prefixes, subnets, pools, reservations, and leases are one catalog; dhcpd serves those rows. DNS is an adapter — keep the resolver you already run. Infoblox and BlueCat are appliances; Lattice is not. Not 24×7. Meter is managed IPs, not prefix size. How it works · Infoblox alternative.

FAQ

What does DDI stand for?: DNS, DHCP, and IPAM. Three jobs that used to be three products, or an appliance.
Is phpIPAM or NetBox a DDI?: No. They are IPAM. They hold a plan. They do not Offer an address. Your DHCP is still Windows, ISC, or Kea. phpIPAM vs DHCP.
Does Lattice replace my DNS?: No. Keep AD, Unbound, or BIND. Option 6 stays pointed at the resolver your laptops already use. Names follow the grant. How DNS works in Lattice.
How is Lattice metered?: Managed IPs: leased + reserved + quarantined + assigned. Prefix size is not the meter. Community is 1,000 IPs, one node. Pricing.