This NIOS release includes the following new features and enhancements:
Licensing for Appliance IB-FLEX
Infoblox introduces a new virtual platform called IB-FLEX, a scalable service-provider grade platform with flexible resource allocation to the virtual machine. To configure IB-FLEX, you first install the Flex Grid Activation license on the Grid Master and then enable the following features as a bundle on the IB-FLEX member: Grid (enterprise), DNS, DNS Traffic Control, Software ADP, Threat Protection Update, DNS Firewall, NXDOMAIN Redirect, FireEye, Threat Insight, and Cybersecurity Ecosystem. Contact your Infoblox representative for more information about IB-FLEX and the Flex Grid Activation license. For more information, see About IB-FLEX .
Enhancements to Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection
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This release adds the following enhancements to the DNS Traffic Control (DTC) feature. For more information, see
Managing DNS Traffic Control.
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You can now configure NIOS vDiscovery to automatically resolve conflicts with pre-existing DNS records for an IP address when new VMs are discovered. For more information, see IP Discovery and vDiscovery.
Support for EDNS Client Subnet
This release adds support for the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) option for recursive DNS. When using this option, the recursive DNS resolver provides the client subnet to the authoritative DNS server so it can build an optimized reply. For more information, see Enabling Recursive Resolution Using EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) Option.
Specifying Source Port Settings
You can now configure BIND query-source, which defines the IP address and port used as the source for outgoing queries. For more information, see Specifying Port Settings for DNS.
TLS 1.2 Support for OpenVPN
This release uses TLS 1.2 for the key exchange for the Grid communication.
Support for Unrestricted Reporting Virtual Appliances
This release supports subscription-based reporting on virtual appliances that do not have capacity restrictions for reporting. For more information, see Infoblox Reporting and Analytics.
Enhancement to DHCP Lease Management
This release adds more options to how you can manage DHCP leases. In addition to one-lease-per-client per member support, you can now configure the appliance to release leases that have a client ID when the client moves from one network to another. You can also have the appliance retain all leases until they expire. For more information, see Configuring DHCP Lease Management.
Support for IPv6 NXDOMAIN Redirection
NIOS now supports IPv6 NXDOMAIN redirection. You can create rules that specify how a DNS member responds to queries for A and AAAA records for certain domain names and non-existent domain names. For more information, see About NXDOMAIN Redirection.
Thales HSM Client Upgrade
NIOS supports version 3.21.3 of Thales. For more information, see About HSM Signing.
Support for SafeNet Network HSM Upgrades
This NIOS release supports SafeNet Network HSM upgrades (formerly Luna SA). For more information, see Configuring a SafeNet HSM Device.
WAPI Enhancements
This release includes the following PAPI and WAPI enhancements. For more details, refer to the WAPI Documentation.
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