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NIOS comes with its own hardware box (appliance) on which NIOS will be installed. Ensure that you verify the hardware that you receive. You can also install NIOS on virtual appliances.
Verifying the Hardware
To verify secure delivery of the hardware:
Use the tracking number of the order to review the status of the shipment.
Inspect the tamper-evident seals for any signs of tampering.
Verify the product by comparing the shipping slip with the invoice.
Prerequisites
Before you begin the configuration, ensure that you have all the necessary components. The following are needed and must be acquired before continuing with this guidance:
Supported NIOS appliances
A management station or computer from which you configure and manage the NIOS appliance. See Support Matrixfor the system and browser requirements.
The IP address of the appliance on your network.
Supported Appliances
For the list of supported physical appliances and virtual appliances that NIOS is supported on, see the NIOS Release Notes on the Infoblox support portal.
Downloading the NIOS Software
You can download NIOS from the Infoblox Support web site at https://support.infoblox.com/. You must be a registered user to access this web site.
NIOS 8.6.5 is intended for a small set of customers who require the special features (MGM, FIPS/CC) specific to this version. Infoblox recommends that most customers upgrade directly to NIOS 9.x instead of NIOS 8.6.5. If you wish to use NIOS 8.6.5, please reach out to Infoblox Support for assistance.
To download the software:
Log on to the Infoblox Support web site at https://support.infoblox.com/
Click the Downloads tab.
Select NIOS/vNIOS from the Infoblox Software drop-down list.
Select the General maintenance products with full engineering support for routine patches and bug fixes on all significant issues option.
Select NIOS 8.6.
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The NIOS installer files are available for download. The installer files are of two sizes:
Files of size 250 GB
Files of size 70 GB
Infoblox recommends using a minimum size of 70 GB for any of these files that has resizable as part of the file name and you can resize them depending on your requirement and deployment.
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Infoblox recommends configuring instances of only 250 GB and higher as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate.
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Limitations of Using the Scalable Image File
The following are the limitations of using the scalable NIOS image:
You can use the scalable image only on the following appliances: IB-V805, IB-V1405, IB-V2205, IB-V4005, IB-V815, IB-V825, IB-V1415, IB-V1425, IB-V2215, IB-V2225, IB-V4015, IB-V4025, IB-FLEX, CP-V805, CP-V1405, CP-V2205.
If you use ovftool to deploy the OVA image, there is no command line option to increase the disk-size. As a
workaroundworkaround, you can use ovftool to upload the image but before powering on the VM, you will need to use the UI to change the disk size based on your requirement.
The Parental Control feature fails to start because of no space left on the device when downloading Zvelo data.
The primary disk size is full if you enable the bloxTools service on the member provisioned with the lower disk size.
Infoblox recommends to not run DNS/DHCP/updates on the member provisioned with the lower disk size.
Do not try to join a resizable disk image to a Grid running an NIOS version earlier than 8.5.
Infoblox does not recommend auto-synchronizing or downgrading resizable disk images to NIOS versions earlier than 8.5.
If you have resizable members whose provisioned disk space is lower than 85 GB, disable the rsync-batch mode by running the
set upgrade_dist rsync_batch disablecommand on Grid Master.If you have a reporting member as part of your Grid, then you must have a minimum disk space of 250 GB by default.