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title: "Getting Started with Universal DDI"
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Universal DDI is the industry’s first cloud-managed DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM) solution optimized for large-scale retail, remote and branch office deployments. The solution delivers secure, reliable, and centrally-managed DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services at each location. You can deploy Universal DDI across thousands of sites and reduce the total cost of ownership by leveraging low-cost hardware, virtual appliances, license pooling, and license portability. Universal DDI provides a secure environment for IPAM and integrated cybersecurity protection against DDoS, data exfiltration, and other DNS attacks.

> 📝 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is not supported for Universal DDI deployments using KVM/QCOW images. Attempting to deploy in OCI may result in failure or unsupported behavior. For details on supported environments and deployment options, refer to the following documentation topics:
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> 📝 - *[Universal DDI Overview](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/684523986)*
> 📝 - *[Deploying DDI](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/186843467)*
> 📝 - *[Getting Started with Universal DDI](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BloxOneDDI/pages/186778208)*

<span style="color: #000000">This section explains the main steps required to configure, deploy, and manage your network using Universal DDI. </span>

<span style="color: #000000">The following diagram explains the high-level workflow to deploy and configure Universal DDI:</span>

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To get started with each step, complete the following procedures:


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