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  1. Connect the appliance to a network using an Ethernet cable, connect it to a power source, and then turn on the power. For information about cabling the appliance to a network and powering the appliance, refer to the user guide or installation guide that ships with the product.
    A lease request is automatically sent to the DHCP server that assigns a DHCP lease and a dynamic IP address to the appliance. The DHCP client tries to send the lease request for a duration of one minute and if the request fails, the default IP address (192.168.1.2) is assigned to the appliance.
  2. Join the appliance to the Grid Master. You can join the auto-provisioned appliance to the Grid Master using the Connect dialog box. For more information, see Joining Auto-Provisioned Appliances to the Grid. You can also join an appliance to the Grid using the JoinGrid dialog box. For more information, see see Joining Appliances to the Grid.
    A static IP address is set and auto-provisioning is automatically disabled for the appliance after it joins the Grid.

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  1. Log in to the Grid Master. Note that the single appliance or the HA pair must be online and the Grid Master must be able to reach the appliance.
  2. From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab.
  3. Add the appliance as a Grid member. For information about adding Grid members to the Grid, see see Adding Grid Members.
  4. Select the Grid member that you want to join to the Grid Master, expand the Toolbar and click Connect.
  5. The following fields are displayed in the Connect dialog box:
    • Host Name: The name of the member.
    • Configured IPv4 Address: The IPv4 address of the member.
    • Site: The site to which the IP address belongs. This is one of the predefined extensible attributes.
    • Temporary IPv4 Address: Enter the IPv4 address of the DHCP lease or click Select to select the DHCP lease.
      Grid Manager displays the Lease Selector dialog box from which you can select the DHCP lease. Note that the Lease Selector displays the active DHCP leases which are fingerprinted as "Infoblox Appliance".
  6. Click Next to retrieve the appliance information.
    The Grid Master uses SSL to connect to the appliance and it gets the appliance information. Grid Manager displays the following information for the appliance:
    • Remote Appliance Type: The appliance type.
    • Remote Appliance Serial Number: The serial number of the appliance.
    • Licenses: Grid Manager displays the Grid license and the licenses that are pre-provisioned on the member.
      It displays the following information:
      • Type: The license type.
      • String: The license string. If the license string is not displayed, you can enter or paste it here.
  7. Click Connect to join the appliance to the Grid Master.
    To confirm that the appliance has successfully joined the Grid, check the status in the Status column of the newly added member. (Green = The appliance has joined the Grid Master and is functioning properly; Yellow = The appliance is in the process of joining the Grid Master; Red = The appliance has not joined the Grid Master).