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Powering the Appliance
To power the appliance:
Make sure that the power switch is off.
Connect a power cable between the power connector on the back of the appliance and a properly grounded and rated power circuit that
meets the provisions of the current edition of the National Electrical Code, or other wiring rules that apply to your location. Make sure that
the outlet is near the appliance and is easily accessible.
Turn on the power switch.
Cabling the Appliance to a Network
Use one or more Category 5/6 Ethernet cables to connect the Infoblox 805 Series appliance to the network.
Connect an Ethernet cable from the LAN1 port on the appliance to your network switch or router.
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) If you want to connect your appliance for HA (high availability), connect the LAN1 and HA ports on both
TrinzicTE-815/825 only
appliances to a switch on your network. The VIP (Virtual IP), LAN1, and HA port addresses must be on the same subnet and must be
unique for that subnet.
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Cabling a Single Appliance and an HA Pair to a Network
Appliance–Network Connectivity
By default, an Infoblox appliance automatically negotiates the optimal connection speed and transmission type (full or half duplex) on the physical
links between its LAN1, LAN2, HA, and MGMT ports and the Ethernet ports on a connecting switch.
Occasionally, the appliances may fail to auto-negotiate that speed and type, and instead connect at lower speeds of either 100 or 10 Mbps using
potentially mismatched full- and half-duplex transmissions. If this occurs, begin by determining whether there is a firmware upgrade available for
the switch. If so, apply the firmware upgrade to the switch and test the connection. If that does not resolve the issue, manually set the ports on the
Infoblox appliance and on the switch to make 1000-Mbps full-duplex connections. Refer to the section
in the
Modifying Ethernet Port Settings
Info
for the steps to resolve the problem.
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) To ensure that VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) works properly, configure the
Trinzic TE-815 and TE-825 appliances only
following settings at the port level for all the connecting switch ports (HA, LAN1, and LAN2):
Spanning Tree Protocol: Disable. For vendor specific information, search for "HA" in the Infoblox Knowledge Base system at
Trunking: Disable
EtherChannel: Disable
IGMP Snooping: Disable
Port Channeling: Disable
Speed and Duplex settings: Match these settings on both the Infoblox appliance and switch
Disable other dynamic and proprietary protocols that might interrupt the forwarding of packets
Use the Infoblox Grid Manager to access the Infoblox appliance from a management system. Through the Grid Manager, you can set up and
administer the appliance. For management system requirements and access instructions, see
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Accessing the Infoblox 805 Series Appliance
Accessing the Infoblox 805 Series 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 through a serial console cable. After completing the steps in
Cabling the Appliance
, you can open an HTTPS connection to the appliance and access the Infoblox Grid Manager using a supported Web browser. You
to a Network
must install and enable Javascript for the Grid Manager to function properly.
Alternatively, start 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.
Infoblox recommends that the management system meet the following requirements to operate an Infoblox appliance.
