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When you create a new object using the wizard, you can configure the port or ports that are associated with the object's port reservation. In this case, two new tasks are created: an object creation task, and a port control task, which can be scheduled separately from the object creation. The port control task is a separate task that may also require administrator approval. When you create a new task, an information feedback panel provides a link to the port control task in the Task Manager.
You may also select and reschedule both tasks. For more information about rescheduling tasks, see Rescheduling Tasks Scheduling New IPAM/DHCP Objects and Associated Port Configurations.
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Objects are completed in their configuration by Grid Manager before executing a port configuration.
If, for example, a fixed address object is subject to administrative approval, no port control task takes place for that object until the approval is executed and the object is created. This has implications for scheduling: if you schedule the creation of a new host, IPv4 reservation or fixed address, and wish to schedule a port control task for the same object, the scheduled object creation must take place first, and must complete, before the scheduled port configuration executes.
All port configuration operations can be scheduled and subject to administrator approval. For more information, see
see Configuring Approval Workflows.
About Port Reservations
You can define a device port reservation for a defined object such as a host, fixed address or IPv4 reservation, or for an Infoblox Grid Member. Port reservations assign device interfaces to Infoblox-managed objects in Grid Manager. The port reservation is a property of each object, such as a fixed address or host record, that you create.
After discovering and cataloguing infrastructure devices, Grid Manager compiles the lists of interfaces and separately tracks available switch ports on each device. When you attempt to reserve a switch port, Grid Manager provides the complete list of available switch ports on the device, automatically preventing possible conflicts over port usage.
Characteristics of port reservations include the following:
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- Grid members (including HA Pairs). For more information , see the following sections Defining Port Reservations about defining port reservations and defining port reservations for an HA Pair, for an Infoblox Grid Member and Defining see the following sections Creating Port Reservations for an HA PairIPAM Objects.
- Hosts. For more information about defining hosts host records with included port configuration, see Adding About Host Records.
- IPv4 reservations. For more information about adding IPv4 reservations, see Adding Configuring IPv4 Reservations.
- Fixed addresses (IPv4 and IPv6). For more information , see Adding about adding IPv4 fixed addresses and adding IPv6 fixed addresses, see Configuring IPv4 Fixed Addressesand Adding and Configuring IPv6 Fixed Addresses.
- IP networks (IPv4 and IPv6). For more information , see Adding about adding IPv4 networks and adding IPv6 networks, see Configuring IPv4 Networks and Adding Managing IPv6 Networks.
Devices involved in these operations must be under managed status in Grid Manager. For more information , see
Converting Unmanaged Devices to Managed Devicesabout converting unmanaged devices to managed devices, see Managing Discovered Data.