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A static IP address is set and auto-provisioning is automatically disabled for the appliance after it joins the Grid. If the Grid member fails to
join the Grid, then the remote console is enabled for the appliance and you can join the appliance to the Grid through the remote console.
You can login to the remote console using the user name
, and the Grid shared secret as the password.
admin
Note: When auto-provisioning is disabled for an appliance and the network address is not preserved, auto-provisioning will be re-enabled and a
DHCP lease request sent to the DHCP server if you reset the appliance using the CLI command
or
using
reset all
reset the database
the CLI command reset database. However, if the static IP address for an appliance is set and network settings are preserved, auto-provisioning
will be re-enabled for the appliance but the lease address will not be requested if you reset the database using the CLI command
reset
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database
Specifying Appliance Settings
After the initial HTTPS connection to the Infoblox appliance, the Setup Wizard guides you through the basic deployment of the appliance on the
network.
You can deploy an appliance individually or in an HA (high availability) pair, for hardware redundancy. A single appliance or an HA pair without a
Grid license runs independently from a Grid. A Grid is a group of two or more Infoblox appliances that share sections of a common, distributed,
built-in database and which you configure and monitor through a single, secure point of access—the Grid master. To set up a Grid, you must
configure a single or HA Grid master and at least one Grid member, which can also be a single appliance or an HA pair.
The following instructions guide you through the wizard and include worksheets where you can note your appliance and network settings. After
you complete the wizard, you can set additional operational parameters and configure the appliance to provide services, such as DNS and DHCP.
For detailed instructions on configuring the appliance, refer to the
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NIOS Administrator Guide
Open an Internet browser window and enter
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https://<IP address or hostname of your NIOS appliance>
Accept the certificate when prompted.
A certificate warning appears during the login process. This is normal because the NIOS appliance generates a self-signed certificate
when it first starts, and your browser does not have a trusted CA certificate or a cached NIOS appliance server certificate (saved from an
earlier connection) to authenticate the NIOS appliance certificate. Also, the hostname in the default certificate is
is unlikely to match the hostname of your NIOS 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.
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. This is a very simple process. For information about certificates, refer
to the
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Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide
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.
I Accept
5. The Setup Wizard opens, and you can enter basic network and 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 must configure each node individually.
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
