Hardware Components
For the Infoblox-1852-A Appliance
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Table 1
Front Panel Components
Component
Description
LCD Panel
An LCD screen that displays HA (high availability) status, network settings, software
version number, hardware serial number, and software licenses. You can view and
configure the IP address, netmask, and gateway for the LAN1 port.
Navigation
Buttons
Buttons that allow you to enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway of the LAN1
port through the LCD. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to specify numbers and the
Left and Right buttons to navigate across digits. You must specify whether to save input
(OK) or discard it (CNCL). Selecting
CNCL
at any time returns you to the previous entry.
Entering
OK
on the third screen returns you to the system status screen.
USB Port
Reserved for future use.
Console Port
A male DB-9 serial port for a console connection to change basic configuration settings
and view basic system functions through the CLI (command line interface). Use the
serial cable and connection adapters that ship with the appliance to make a console
connection to this port.
Only a properly grounded USB-to-Serial dongle is allowed to connect to the serial
console port. If the dongle is connected to a laptop, this laptop must be grounded
properly as well. Failure to do so may result in damage to the serial console port of the
Infoblox appliance. Infoblox is not responsible for such damage.
Drive Indicator
An LED that flashes green to indicate when the hard drive processes data.
Power Indicator
An LED that glows green when at least one power supply has power. It is off when
neither power supply has power.
MGMT Port
A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that you can use for appliance management
or DNS service. You can enable the MGMT port and define its use through the GUI after
the initial setup.
HA Port
A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port through which the active node in an HA
(high availability) pair connects to the network using a VIP (virtual IP) address. HA pair
nodes also use their HA ports for VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)
advertisements.
LAN1 Port
A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects a NIOS appliance to the
network. You must use the LAN1 port to set up the appliance initially. It handles all
traffic if you do not enable the MGMT and LAN2 ports. The passive node in an HA pair
uses this port to synchronize the database with the active node.
LAN2 Port
A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects a NIOS appliance to the
network. The LAN2 port is not enabled by default. You can enable the LAN2 port and
define its use through the GUI after the initial setup.
