For the Infoblox-1852-A Appliance
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Accessing the Appliance
The management system is the computer from which you configure and monitor the Infoblox appliance. You can
access the appliance from the management system remotely across an Ethernet network or directly through a serial
cable.
After completing the steps in
Cabling the Appliance to a Network
on page 12, you can make an HTTPS connection to
the appliance and access the Infoblox GUI using one of the supported browsers.
Alternatively, you can make an SSHv2 connection and access the CLI through an SSHv2 client. You can also access
the CLI by connecting a serial cable directly from the console port of a management system to the console port on
the appliance, and then using a terminal emulation program.
The management system must meet the following requirements to operate an Infoblox appliance.
Table 1
Software and Hardware Requirements for the Management System
Management System Software Requirements
Management System Hardware Requirements
Infoblox GUI ACCESS
•
Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
8.0+ or Mozilla
Firefox 3.5 + on Microsoft Windows 7
®
•
Microsoft Internet Explorer
®
7.0+ and 8.0+ or
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 + on Microsoft Windows Vista
®
•
Microsoft Internet Explorer
®
7.0+ and 8.0+ or
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 + on Microsoft Windows XP
®
(SP2+)
•
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 + on Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
or Fedora Core 8 and higher
•
Safari 3.2+ and 4.x+ on Apple Mac OS
®
X v10.5
and higher
CLI ACCESS
•
Secure Socket Shell (SSH) client that supports
SSHv2
•
Terminal emulation program, such as minicom or
Hilgraeve Hyperterminal
®
.
•
Minimum System:
500 MHz CPU with 256 MB RAM available to the
Infoblox GUI, and 256 Kbps connectivity to an
Infoblox appliance
•
Recommended System:
1 GHz (or higher) CPU with 512 MB RAM available
for the Infoblox GUI, and network connectivity to an
Infoblox appliance
•
Monitor Resolution:
Minimum: 1024 x 768
Recommended: 1280 x 800 or better
