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BlueCat VNFs Specifications

Licensing

Bring Your Own License (BYOL) products require a valid license. You are responsible for purchasing and managing your own licenses from BlueCat. To purchase a software license, contact your BlueCat sales representative or partners.

Support

BlueCat support is available for BYOL licenses. Contact your BlueCat sales representative or partner to purchase a license and support contract.

BlueCat Integrity DNS and DHCP Server

SmallMediumLarge
CPU2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores
Memory8 GB16 GB32 GB
Software PackageStandard
Virtual Data Interfaces Supported (Default/Max)3 / 3
System Reserved InterfacesNone
Available License TypeBYOL
Access MethodsSSH (CLI)
Image VersionSee Available Image Versions
Deployment OptionsSingle
Redundant

Creating a BlueCat Integrity DNS and DHCP Server

When creating a BlueCat Integrity DNS and DHCP Server consider the following device-specific options.

  • You wil need your Bring Your Own License (BYOL) file from BlueCat. You upload this file as part of configuring your Device Details.

  • The default connectivity option for the device is Without Equinix Public IP Address.

  • While configuring your Device Details, you can optionally specify:

    • a Private Address – The private IP address.
    • a Private CIDR Mask – The subnet mask.
    • a Private Gateway – The private gateway IP.

BlueCat Edge Service Point

MediumLarge
CPU4 Cores8 Cores
Memory8 GB16 GB
Software PackageStandard
Virtual Data Interfaces Supported (Default/Max)1 / 1
System Reserved InterfacesNone
Available License TypeBYOL
Access MethodsController GUI
Image VersionSee Available Image Versions
Deployment OptionsSingleRedundant
Connectivity TypeWithout Equinix Public IP Address

Creating a BlueCat Edge Service Point

When creating a BlueCat Edge Service Point consider the following device-specific options.

  • Create a Day0 cloudinit file in the BlueCat Edge portal. The generated file must be a .txt file. See Provision Service Point v4 on cloud environments for more information.

    This file includes the license, boot up configuration, BlueCat Edge Portal IP Address, and encryption key. You will upload this file in the Device Configuration File section when you are configuring your Device Details.

  • When configuring your Additional Services, you have the option to create it as Diverse Compute from an Existing Single Device. If you already have another single device and you want this new device to exist in a different plane, click Select Diverse From and then select the existing device.