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Open an Internet browser window and enter
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https://<IP address or hostname of the NIOS appliance>
Accept the certificate when prompted.
A certificate warning appears during the login process. This is normal because the appliance generates a self-signed certificate when it
first starts, and your browser does not have a trusted CA certificate or a cached appliance server certificate (saved from an earlier
connection) to authenticate the appliance certificate. Also, the hostname in the default certificate is www.infoblox.com, which is unlikely to
match the hostname of your appliance. Messages appear warning that the certificate is not from a trusted certifying authority and that the
hostname on the certificate is either invalid or does not match the name of the site that sent the certificate. Either accept the certificate
just for this session or save it to the certificate store of your browser.
Note: To eliminate the certificate warning, generate a new self-signed certificate or import a third-party certificate with a common name that
matches the FQDN (fully-qualified domain name) of the appliance. The process is straightforward. For information about certificates, refer to the N
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IOS Administrator Guide
3. Log in using the default user name and password
and
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admin
infoblox
Note: User names and passwords are case-sensitive.
4. Read the Infoblox End-User License Agreement and click
to proceed. The Setup Wizard opens for defining basic network and
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deployment settings.
Determine how you want to deploy the appliance, and use the following worksheets to note the network settings that you want to enter on the
wizard screens. If you are configuring an HA pair, you individually configure each node.
Settings
Enter your information here
Grid Name
Shared Secret Host Name
Grid Master's IP Address
LAN1 Port IP Address and Netmask
Gateway IP Address
*Port Settings
**Admin Password
**Local Date, Time, and Time Zone
- or -
NTP Server IP Address
* For Grid master and member
** For an independent appliance or Grid master
Use the following worksheet when configuring an independent HA pair or an HA Grid master:
Settings
Enter your information here
Grid Name
*Shared Secret
Host Name
Virtual Router ID
VIP (Virtual IP) Address and Netmask
Node 1: HA Port IP Address
Node 2: HA Port IP Address
Node 1: LAN1 IP Address
Node 2: LAN1 IP Address
Gateway IP Address
