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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. 

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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. 

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  1. Log on to the Infoblox Support web site at https://support.infoblox.com/.
  2. Click the Downloads tab.
  3. Select NIOS/vNIOS from the Infoblox Software drop-down list.
  4. Select the General maintenance products with full engineering support for routine patches and bug fixes on all significant issues option.
  5. Select NIOS 8.5 from the Select version drop-down list.

The NIOS installer files are available for download. The installer files are of two sizes:

  • Files of size 250 GB
  • Files of size 68 GB

Infoblox recommends using a minimum size of 68 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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  • Images of types .vhd and .raw comprise only one file each and can be resized. The minimum size of the .vhd image is 250 GB and that of the .raw image is 43 GB.
  • Infoblox recommends that you provision 68 GB or more disk space for the NIOS instance while deploying resizable images.
  • Infoblox recommends that you have at least 25 GB of disk space if you are using a resizable image during a NIOS upgrade.

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 workaround, 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 disable command 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.