Depending on your deployment and configuration choices, the Ethernet ports on the NIOS appliance perform different functions. The Ethernet ports that handle traffic on the NIOS appliance are as follows:
LAN1 port – A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. This is the default port for single independent appliances, single Grid members, and passive nodes in HA pairs. You must use the LAN1 port to set up the appliance initially. It handles traffic for all management services if you do not enable the MGMT and LAN2 ports. The passive node in an HA pair uses this port to synchronize the database with the active node.
LAN2 port – A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. The LAN2 port is not enabled by default. You can enable the LAN2 port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. By default, the appliance uses the LAN1 port (and HA port when deployed in an HA pair). To enable and configure the LAN2 port, you must have read/write permission to the Grid member on which you want to enable the port. The LAN2 port is available on the TE-906, TE-1506, TE-1606, TE-2306, TE-4106, TE-815, TE-825, TE-1415, TE-1425, TE-2215, TE-2225, TE-4015 and TE-4025 appliances. For information about how to use the LAN2 port, see Using the LAN2 Port.The LAN2 port is available on all appliance models both physical and virtual except those appliances deployed in public cloud. For information about how to use the LAN2 port, see Using the LAN2 Port.
HA port – A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port through which the active node in an HA (high availability) pair connects to the network using a VIP (virtual IP) address. HA pair nodes also use their HA ports for VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) advertisements.
MGMT port – A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that you can use for appliance management or DNS service. You can enable the MGMT port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. If the MGMT port is enabled, the NIOS appliance uses it for management services (see the Sources and Destinations for Services table below for specific types).
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NoteWhen you configure VLANs on the following Network Insight appliances: ND-1405, ND-2205, ND-4000, ND-V1405, and ND-V2205, the VLAN interfaces are used exclusively for discovery. You cannot bind other services on these VLAN interfaces of the supported Network Insight appliances. For more information about Network Insight, see About Network Insight. |
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VLANs and VLAN tagging are supported on both IPv4 and IPv6 transports . This feature is currently supported on the following Infoblox appliances: All of the Trinzic X6 series appliances, Trinzic 1405, 1415, 1425, 2205, 2215, 2225, 4005, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, CP-VM-800, CP-VM-1400, and CP-VM-2200. It is also supported on all the Trinzic virtual appliances. VLAN tagging is not supported on TE-100, TE-805, ND-805, TR-805, TE-815, and TE-825. For information about these appliances, refer to the respective installation guides on the Infoblox Support web site at https://www.infoblox.com/support.
Currently, only the DNS service can listen on specific VLAN interfaces. The DHCP service on both physical and virtual Infoblox appliances. VLANs and VLAN tagging are not supported on Infoblox appliances deployed in public cloud and are not supported on Infoblox reporting appliances. Binding non-Discovery services on the VLAN interfaces of the Network Insight appliances is not supported. The following appliances require NIOS 9.0.4 or higher to support VLAN tagging: TE-815, TE-825, TE-926, ND-805 and ND-906.
Currently, only the DNS service can listen on specific VLAN interfaces. The DHCP service listens only on the primary VLAN interface (tagged or untagged). You can also specify VLANs as the source port for sending DNS queries and notify messages. For information about how to configure these, see Specifying Port Settings for DNS.
Additional VLAN support is available exclusively for discovery on the following Network Insight appliances: ND-906, ND-1606, ND-2306, ND-4106, ND-1405, ND-2205, ND-4000, ND-V1405, and ND-V2205. Binding other services on the VLAN interfaces of the Network Insight appliances is not supported.
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From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab -> Grid_member checkbox, and then click the Edit icon.
Select the Network -> Basic tab in the Grid Member Properties editor.
In the Additional Ports and Addresses table, click the Add icon and select either MGMT (IPv4), MGMT (IPv6), LAN2 (IPv4), LAN2 (IPv6), Additional Address (loopback) (IPv4), Additional Address (loopback) (IPv6), LAN1 (VLAN)(IPv4), LAN1 (VLAN)(IPv6), LAN2 (VLAN)(IPv4) or LAN2 (VLAN)(IPv6) from the drop-down list. You can add up to 10 IPv4 and 10 IPv6 VLANs for each interface.
You can configure only IPv4 VLAN addresses for an IPv4 Grid member and only IPv6 VLAN addresses for an IPv6 Grid member, but for a dual mode Grid member you can configure both IPv4 and IPv6 VLAN addresses.For vNIOS appliances, some of the options in the drop-down list may vary depending on your vNIOS configuration. For example, if you are using a single network interface instance of vNIOS for GCP, you will see choices specific to the LAN1 interface and Additional Address only. For more information, see the vNIOS documentation specific to your product at Appliances. Note that you can:
You can configure only IPv4 VLAN addresses for an IPv4 Grid member and only IPv6 VLAN addresses for an IPv6 Grid member, but for a dual mode Grid member you can configure both IPv4 and IPv6 VLAN addresses.
For vNIOS appliances, some of the options in the drop-down list may vary depending on your vNIOS configuration. For example, if you are using a single network interface instance of vNIOS for GCP, you will see choices specific to the LAN1 interface and Additional Address only. For more information, see the vNIOS documentation specific to your product at Appliances.
MGMT (IPv4): Select this to configure IPv4 address for MGMT port.
MGMT (IPv6): Select this to configure IPv6 address for MGMT port.
LAN2 (IPv4): Select this to configure IPv4 address for the LAN2 port for DHCP or DNS. This is not applicable to Trinzic 100 appliance.
LAN2 (IPv6): Select this to configure IPv6 address for the LAN2 port for DHCP or DNS. This is not applicable to Trinzic 100 appliance.
Additional Address (loopback) (IPv4): Select this to add a non-anycast IPv4 address to the loopback interface. Note that you can configure this for IPv4 and dual mode Grid member.
Additional Address (loopback) (IPv6): Select this to add a non-anycast IPv6 address to the loopback interface. Note that you can configure this for IPv6 and dual mode Grid member.
LAN1 (VLAN) (IPv4): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN1 interface. You can add up to 10 IPv4 VLAN addresses. Note that you You can configure this for IPv4 and dual mode Grid member. This VLAN tagging is supported on the following Infoblox appliances: Trinzic 1405, 1415, 1425, 2205, 2215, 2225, 4005, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, CP-VM-800, CP-VM-1400, and CP-VM-2200. It is also supported on all the Trinzic virtual appliances. VLAN tagging is not supported on TE-100, TE-805, ND-805, TR-805, TE-815, and TE-825.LAN1 (VLAN) (IPv6): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN1 interface. You can add not supported in public cloud.
LAN1 (VLAN) (IPv6): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN1 interface. You can add up to 10 IPv4 and 10 IPv6 VLAN addresses. Note that you can configure this for IPv6 and dual mode Grid member. This is supported on the following Infoblox appliances: Trinzic 1405, 1415, 1425, 2205, 2215, 2225, 4005, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, CP-VM-800, CP-VM-1400, and CP-VM-2200. It is also supported on all the Trinzic virtual appliances. VLAN tagging is not supported on TE-100, TE-805, ND-805, TR-805, TE-815, and TE-825.LAN2 (VLAN) (IPv4): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN2 interface. You can add up to 10 IPv4 VLAN addresses. Note that you can configure this for IPv4 and dual mode Grid member. This is supported on the following Infoblox appliances: Trinzic 1405, 1415, 1425, 2205, 2215, 2225, 4005, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, CP-VM-800, CP-VM-1400, and CP-VM-2200. It is also supported on all the Trinzic virtual appliances. VLAN tagging is not supported on TE-100, TE-805, ND-805, TR-805, TE-815, and TE-825You can configure this for IPv6 and dual mode Grid member. VLAN tagging is not supported in public cloud.
LAN2 (VLAN) (IPv6IPv4): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN2 interface. You can add up to 10 IPv6 IPv4 VLAN addresses. Note that you can configure this for IPv6 and dual mode Grid member. This is supported on the following Infoblox appliances: All of the X6 series appliances, Trinzic 1405, 1415, 1425, 2205, 2215, 2225, 4005, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, CP-VM-800, CP-VM-1400, and CP-VM-2200. It is also supported on all the Trinzic virtual appliances. VLAN tagging is not supported on TE-100, TE-805, ND-805, TR-805, TE-815, and TE-825.You can configure this for IPv4 and dual mode Grid member. VLAN tagging is not supported in public cloud.
LAN2 (VLAN) (IPv6): Select this to add a VLAN to the LAN2 interface. You can add up to 10 IPv6 VLAN addresses. You can configure this for IPv6 and dual mode Grid member. VLAN tagging is not supported in public cloud.
Enter the following:
Interface: Displays the name of the VLAN interface. This can be LAN1 (VLAN)(IPv4), LAN1 (VLAN)(IPv6), LAN2 (VLAN)(IPv4), or LAN2 (VLAN)(IPv6) depending on your selection. You cannot modify this.
Address: Type the IP address for the VLAN port.
Subnet Mask (IPv4) or Prefix Length (IPv6): For IPv4 address, specify an appropriate subnet mask and for IPv6 address, specify the prefix length. The prefix length ranges from 2 to 127, with common-sense values ranging from /48 to /127 due to the larger number of bits in the IPv6 address.
Gateway: Type the IPv4 or IPv6 default gateway address for the VLAN port depending on the type of interface. For IPv6 interface, you can also type Automatic to enable the appliance to acquire the IPv6 address of the default gateway and the link MTU from router advertisements.
You can now define a link-local address as the default IPv6 gateway and isolate the LAN segment so the local router can provide global addressing and access to the network and Internet. This is supported for both LAN1 and LAN2 interfaces as well as LAN1 and LAN2 in the failover mode.VLAN Tag: Enter the VLAN tag or ID. You can enter a number from 1 to 4094. Ensure that you configure the corresponding switch accordingly.
Port Settings: For IPv4 only. From the drop-down list, choose the connection speed that you want the port to use. You can also choose the duplex setting. Choose Full for concurrent bidirectional data transmission or Half for data transmission in one direction at a time. Select Automatic to instruct the NIOS appliance to negotiate the optimum port connection type (full or half duplex) and speed with the connecting switch automatically. This is the default setting. You cannot configure port settings for vNIOS appliances.
DSCP Value: Displays the Grid DSCP value, if configured. To modify, click Override and enter the DSCP value. You can enter a value from 0 to 63.
Save the configuration and click Restart if it appears at the top of the screen.
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You can implement DiffServ (Differentiated Services) on the appliance by configuring the DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point) value. DiffServ is a scalable and class-based mechanism that provides relative priorities to the type of services on your network. It can provide low latency for critical network traffic while providing simple best-effort service for non-critical services. The Infoblox DSCP implementation fully conforms to RFC 2475. For more information about DiffServ, refer to RFC 2475, An Architecture for Differentiated Services.
In IPv4 and IPv6 headers, DiffServ uses the DS (Differentiated Services) field for packet classification purposes. The DS field defines the layout of the ToS (Type of Services) octet in IPv4 and the Traffic Class octet in IPv6. The first six bits of the DS field are used as the DSCP value, which determines the PHBs (per-hope behaviors) on DiffServ compliant nodes and enables priorities of services to be assigned to network traffic. For more information about the DS field, refer to RFC 2474, Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers.
When you configure the DSCP value for DiffServ, the appliance sets priorities for all outgoing IP traffic. It implements QoS (quality of service) rules so you can effectively classify and manage your critical network traffic. To ensure that core network services, such as DNS services, continue to operate in the event of network traffic congestion, you can set the DSCP value for the entire Grid and override it at the member level. Note that on an appliance, all outgoing IP traffic on all interfaces uses the same DSCP value.
DSCP is supported on both IPv4 and IPv6 transports and the DSCP value for both IPv4 and IPv6 transports must be the same. This feature is currently supported on the following Infoblox appliances: All of the X6 series appliances, Trinzic 2215, 2225, Infoblox-4030-10GE, PT-1405, PT-2205, TE-1415, TE-1425, and TE-4015. For information about these appliances, refer to the respective installation guides on the Infoblox Support web site at https://www.infoblox.com/support.
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