IB-FLEX is a virtual platform that is scalable based on the resource that you allocate to the virtual machine. NIOS automatically detects the capacity of the virtual machine and scales it to the appropriate platform after you provision the IB-FLEX member.
You must first install the Grid license on a non IB-FLEX appliance that is designated as the Grid Master to allow members to join the Grid, even if you have already installed an Flex Grid Activation license. This license does not affect a non IB-FLEX Grid Master.
An IB-FLEX appliance designated as a member does not require any license, either Grid or vNIOS, while joining the Grid. When you register an IB-FLEX member, the appliance checks for the Grid (enterprise) license and changes it to a non IB-FLEX member. For an IB-FLEX appliance, it checks for an Flex Grid Activation Grid-wide license before node registration.
IB-FLEX members can join the Grid through the MGMT interface when Software ADP is enabled. You can configure an IB-FLEX appliance to function as a Grid Master or a member. To enable reporting for a Grid member that is running Software ADP, you must configure the MGMT interface.
A non IB-FLEX appliance designated as a member requires either a Grid and/or vNIOS/NIOS licenses installed to join the Grid. Similarly, for a reporting appliance to join the Grid, you must install a Grid and/or vNIOS/NIOS licenses. You cannot assign pool licenses to an IB-FLEX appliance. IB-FLEX supports HA for appliances that are running Software ADP.
Infoblox supports elastic scaling on IB-FLEX members that use the Flex Grid Activation Grid-wide license. It also supports pre-provisioning for Software ADP on the supported platforms. You must add the new IB-FLEX model to the list of supported pre-provisioning hardware types, so that you can select it during the member pre-provisioning. To pre-provision a non IB-FLEX Grid member, you must have valid pool licenses and pre-provisioned those members in the Grid.
IMPORTANT: To set up a supported virtual appliances appliance as an IB-FLEX, you must first define the hardware type of the virtual appliance as IB-FLEX before you configure the applianceit. Depending on the platform or environment in which you are installing IB-FLEX, you can define the hardware type as IB-FLEX during the cloud-init process, or you can manually set the hardware type using the set hardware-type CLI command. For more information, see
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