Hardware Components
For the Infoblox-2000 Appliance
5
USB Ports
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.
Power Indicators
An LED for each power supply (PS1 and PS2). The LED glows green when the power supply
has power. It is dark when it does not.
MGMT Port
A 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet port that you can use for appliance management or DNS
service. You can enable the MGMT port and define its use through the Infoblox GUI.
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.
Disk Drives
Four hot-swappable hard disk drives configured in a RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) 10 array. Each disk drive has an LED that indicates the connection and
activity status of the disk drive. It glows green when the disk drive is connected and is
yellow during read-write operations. It is dark when the disk drive is not connected.
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