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1. Download the vNIOS virtual appliance from the Infoblox Technical Support web site and login to the Xen console.
   

   Figure 1.13 Log in to the Xen Console
   

2. Execute the sh nios.*.bundle command in the Xen console. Example:
sh nios-6.11.0-LD-dk-2014-03-10-10-39-2014-03-12-11-20-25_x86_64-160G-1420.bundle
   

   Figure 1.14 Deploying the Installer

   
   
   
3. When you execute the previous command, it displays the Infoblox End-User License Agreement. Type yes to accept the Infoblox license agreement.
   Accept the Infoblox End-User License Agreement? (yes/no): yes
It may take a while to install the vNIOS virtual appliance.
   

   Figure 1.15 Accepting Infoblox End-User License Agreement
   

4. Specify a name for the image. Example:
   Please enter name for the image being deployed (default: NIOS): NIOS-1420-new

5. Enter the path where you want to deploy the image. Example:
   Please enter deploy path for the image: /tmp/infoblox123
Unpacking and converting the image...
   Figure 1.16 Specifying a name for the image and the location to save the image
   
6. Enter a name for the network bridge and the specify the HVM loader path. Example:
   Please enter network bridge name (default: virbr0):
Please enter path to HVM loader (default: /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader):
WARNING: HVM loader /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader does not exist or is not executable.
Please either fix /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader or edit /tmp/infoblox123/nios.cfg to set a proper HVM loader.
NIOS image successfully deployed! Next:
- please update /tmp/infoblox123/nios.cfg as per previous warning(s);
- run as root in Dom0:
    # xm create /tmp/infoblox123/nios.cfg
   

   Figure 1.17 Specifying network bridge name and HVM loader path

   
7. Create an HVM vNIOS VM using the xm create nios.cfg command. Example:
   xm create /tmp/infoblox123/nios.cfg
Using config file "/tmp/infoblox123/nios.cfg".
Started domain NIOS-1420-new (id=6)
   

   Figure 1.18 Creating nios.cfg file

   

8. Execute the xm list command to list the active vNIOS virtual appliances. Example:
   xm list
Name                 ID Mem   VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0              0 23743    32 r-----  1492.1
NIOS-1410-new         2 8208      4 -b----  2694.8
NIOS-1420-new         6 8208      1 r-----    10.4
NIOS-6-11-1420        1 8048      4 -b----  2226.3


   Figure 1.19 Listing active vNIOS virtual appliances

   

9. Attach the NIOS console using the xm console name command. Example:
   xm console NIOS-1420-new.
/etc/rc.d/rc.runonce: Creating Apache Certificate
/etc/rc.d/rc.runonce: Finished Manufacturing Initialization
/etc/rc.d/rc3: remounting / read-only
/etc/rc.d/rc3: mounting root Read only
/etc/rc.d/rc3: starting product
Starting Xen support
OK
Starting VMWare tools


   Figure 1.20 Attaching NIOS console

   

The vNIOS installation is complete.