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1. Connect a console cable from the console port on your workstation to the male DB-9 console port on the NIOS appliance. The DB-9 pin assignments follow the EIA232 standard. You can use one RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters, or a female DB-9-to-female DB-9 null modem cable.
   
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2. Use a serial terminal emulation program, such as Hilgraeve Hyperterminal® (provided with Windows® operating systems), to launch a session. The connection settings are as follows:

   • Bits per second: 9600

   • Data bits: 8

   • Parity: None

   • Stop bits: 1

   • Flow control: Xon/Xoff

3. Log in to the appliance using the default username and password (admin and infoblox).

4. At the Infoblox command prompt, enter set network to change the network settings, such as the IP address, netmask, and gateway for the LAN1 port. You can configure either IPv4 or IPv6 address for the LAN1 port.
   Note that In the following example, the variable ip_addr1 is the IP address of the LAN1 port and ip_addr2 is the IP address of the gateway for the subnet on which you set the ip_addr1 address. Infoblox appliances support IPv4 and IPv6 networking configurations in all deployments cited in this chapter. You can set the LAN1 port to an IPv6 address and use that address to access the NIOS UI.

   You can configure an IPv4 address for the LAN1 port as follows:

   Infoblox > set network

   NOTICE: All HA configuration is performed from the GUI. This interface is used only to configure a standalone node or to join a Grid.

   Enter IP address: ip_addr1

   Enter netmask: netmask

   Enter gateway address: ip_addr2

   Configure IPv6 network settings? (y or n): y

   Enter IPv6 address [Default: none]: 2001:db8:a22:a00::29

   Enter IPv6 Prefix Length [Default: none]: 64

   Enter IPv6 gateway [Default: none] 2001:db8:a22:a00::1

   Become Grid member? (y or n): n

   To avoid configuring IPv6 network settings, you can press N at the command line.

   You can configure an IPv6 address for the LAN1 port as follows:

   Infoblox > set network

   NOTICE: All HA configuration is performed from the GUI. This interface is used only to configure a standalone node or to join a grid.

   Enter IP address : 2620:010A:6000:2400:0000:0000:0000:6508

   Enter IPv6 Prefix Length: 64

   Enter IPv6 gateway [Default: none]: 2620:010A:6000:2400:0000:0000:0000:0001

   Configure IPv4 network settings? (y or n):n

   Become grid member? (y or n): n

   To configure IPv4 network settings, you can press Y at the command line and configure IPv4 address, netmask, and the gateway address. After you confirm your network settings, the Infoblox application automatically restarts. You can press N to avoid configuring IPv6 on the command line. After you confirm your network settings, the Infoblox application automatically restarts.

5. Cable the LAN1 port to a network. For information about installing and cabling the appliance, refer to the user guide or installation guide that was shipped with the product.

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1. If you have not changed the default IP address (192.168.1.2/24) of the LAN1 port through the LCD or CLI—and the subnet to which you connect the appliance is not 192.168.1.0/24—put your management system in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet and connect an Ethernet cable between the management system and the appliance.

2. Open an Internet browser window and enter https://<IP_address_of_the_appliance> to make an HTTPS connection. For information about supported browsers, see Supported Browsers.
   Several certificate warnings may appear during the login process, because the preloaded certificate is self-signed and has the host name www.infoblox.com, which may not match the destination IP address you entered in step 1. To stop the warning messages from occurring each time you log in to Grid Manager, you can generate a new self-signed certificate or import a third-party certificate with a common name that matches the FQDN (fully qualified domain name) of the appliance. For information, see Managing Certificates.

3. Enter the default username and password (admin and infoblox) on the Grid Manager login page, and then click Login or press ENTER. For information, see Logging on to the NIOS UI.

4. Read the Infoblox End-User License Agreement (EULA), and then click I Accept.
   Note that if you want to view the privacy policy of Infoblox, then on the EULA screen, click Infoblox Privacy Policy. Grid Manager displays the policy on a new browser tab.Read about the Infoblox Customer Experience Improvement Program and choose whether to participate (opt in) or not participate (opt out) in the program. By default, participation is enabled. If you want to opt out of the program, select To Opt-Out of the alert program, please click here. For more information about the program, see Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program.

5. Click OK. The Grid Setup wizard appears.

6. In the first screen of the NIOS Setup wizard, complete the following:

7. Type of Network Connectivity: Select the type of network connectivity for the appliance from the drop-down list:

   • IPv4 and IPv6: Select this to configure a dual mode appliance.

   • IPv4: Select this to configure an IPv4 appliance.

   • IPv6: Select this to configure an IPv6 appliance.

8. Are you configuring an HA pair or a standalone appliance?: Select Configuring a standalone appliance. To configure an independent HA pair, see Deploying an Independent HA Pair.

9. Click Next and complete the following to configure network settings:

   • Host Name: Enter a valid domain name for the appliance.

   • Ports and Addresses: This table lists the network interfaces based on the type of network connectivity of the appliance. For an IPv4 appliance, specify the network information for LAN1 (IPv4) interface and for an IPv6 appliance, specify the network information for LAN1 (IPv6) interface. For a dual mode appliance, specify the network information for both LAN1 (IPv4) and LAN1 (IPv6) interfaces.
     Enter correct information for the following by clicking the field:

     • Interface: Displays the name of the interface. You cannot modify this.

     • IP Address: Type the IPv4 or IPv6 address depending on the type of interface. An IPv6 address is a 128-bit number in colon hexadecimal notation. It consists of eight 16-bit groups of hexadecimal digits separated by colons (example: 2001:db8:0000:0123:4567:89ab:0000:cdef or 2001:db8::123:4567:89ab:0:cdef).

     • Subnet Mask (IPv4) or Prefix Length (IPv6): Specify an appropriate subnet mask for IPv4 address or prefix length for IPv6 address. The prefix length ranges from 2 to 127.

     • Gateway: Type the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the default gateway depending on the type of interface. For the 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.

     • Port Settings: Select the port settings from the drop-down list. The list contains all the settings supported by the hardware model. The default is Automatic. The appliance automatically detects the port settings.

10. Click Next and complete the following to set admin password:

    • Yes: To change the default password.

    • No: To keep the default password. Infoblox recommends that you change the default password.
      When you select Yes, complete the following:

    • Password: Enter a password for the superuser admin account. The password must be a single alphanumeric string without spaces and at least four characters long. The password is case-sensitive.

    • Retype Password: Enter the same password.

11. Click Next and complete the following to configure time settings:

    • Time Zone: Select the applicable time zone from the drop-down list. The default is UTC.

    • Would you like to enable NTP?:

    • Select Yes to synchronize the time with external NTP servers, and then click the Add icon. Grid Manager adds a row to the NTP Server table. Click the row and enter either the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) or the resolvable host name of an NTP server. You can view a list of public NTP servers at ntp.isc.org.

    • Select No to specify the time settings for the appliance.

    • Date: Enter the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. You can also click the calendar icon to select a date from the calendar widget.

    • Time: Enter the time in HH:MM:SS AM/PM format. You can also click the clock icon to select a time from the drop-down list.

12. Click Next to view the summary of the configuration. Review the information and verify that it is correct. You can change the information that you entered by clicking Previous to go back to a previous step.

13. Click Finish. The appliance restarts and disconnects Grid Manager.

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