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For the new vNIOS for Microsoft Hyper-V models supported from NIOS 9.0.1 onwards, Infoblox recommends that you use SSDs for storage for better performance. See the tables in this topic for the supported models. |
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| vNIOS Appliance | Primary Disk (GB)* | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation |
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| IB-V815 | 250500 | 2 | 16 GB |
| IB-V825 | 250500 | 2 | 16 GB |
| IB-V1415 | 250500 | 4 | 32 GB |
| IB-V1425 | 250500 | 4 | 32 GB |
| IB-V2215 | 250500 | 8 | 64 GB |
| IB-V2225 | 250500 | 8 | 64 GB |
The below table lists the models of vNIOS for Microsoft Hyper-V appliances supported in NIOS 9.0.1 and later. These models support the cloud platform feature. To use the feature, you must install the Cloud Platform license. For more information, refer to the Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 topic in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
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| Reporting vNIOS Appliance | Primary Disk (GB) | Minimum Disk Space Required | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation |
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| IB-V805 | 250500* (+ 1 TB user defined reporting storage) | 250 GB | 2 | 32 GB |
| IB-V1405 | 250500* (+ 1.2 TB user defined reporting storage) | 500 GB | 4 | 32 GB |
| IB-V5005 | User defined reporting storage | User defined | User defined | User defined |
| Network Insight vNIOS Appliance** | Storage (GB) | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation |
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| ND-V805 *V805 | 500 | 2 | 32 GB |
| ND-V1405 *V1405 | 500 | 8 | 32 GB |
| ND-V2205 *V2205 | 500 | 16 | 64 GB |
** The overall disk space for an ND appliance is 500 GB. Only in NIOS 8.4.x, the overall disk space is 250 GB.
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| Cloud Platform Virtual Appliance | Storage (GB)* | # of CPU Cores | Memory Allocation |
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| CP-V805 | 250500 | 2 | 16 GB |
| CP-V1405 | 250500 | 4 | 32 GB |
| CP-V2205 | 250500 | 8 | 64 GB |
* If a vNIOS instance is running on a NIOS version prior to 9.0.1, the disk size will be set to 250 GB.
Requirements
The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019 that will be hosting the vNIOS virtual appliance must have the Hyper-V role already installed and operating. Use the Microsoft PowerShell script provided by Infoblox (with Hyper-V Manager or SCVMM) to install the vNIOS virtual appliance on the Microsoft server.
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You must have Hyper-V-PowerShell to successfully deploy the vNIOS virtual appliance on a Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 server using the Infoblox provided PowerShell script. You can install Hyper-V-PowerShell using the command Install-WindowsFeature -Name Hyper-V-PowerShell. For Microsoft servers earlier than Windows 2012 R2, you must have PowerShell Management Library. For more information, see Installing vNIOS Virtual Appliance. |
The following are required before you install the vNIOS virtual appliance on a Microsoft Windows server:
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