Hosts, formerly referred to as NIOS-X servers (formerly hosts or on-prem hosts, ) are physical or virtual appliances servers on which you run BloxOne Infoblox Platform services according to your license entitlements. Depending on your network infrastructure and how you want to implement hostsNIOS-X servers, you can deploy them by using Infoblox-provided hardware and OVA packages or via a bare-metal deployment and other supported open platforms. To ensure a successful host server deployment, set up your environment according to the BloxOne NIOS-X Server Connectivity and Service Requirements.
For information about different methods in deploying hostsservers, see Deploying hostsNIOS-X Servers.
The Hosts Servers page of the Cloud Services Infoblox Portal displays a list of deployed hostsNIOS-X servers. You can toggle between the the list view or the map view among the following views by clicking the icons on the upper right hand corner of the page.
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NIOS-X server: Displayed Field | Description |
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server status, as follows: |
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server is online, and both the platform and application management are running properly. Pending: This status applies to
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server status changes to Online when you approve the connection and to Denied when you deny the connection. Degraded: Either the platform or application management is in error when either one is not functioning properly. Error: Any of the platform or application-management applications are not functioning properly.
You can expand the panel and view detailed information about the errors. For more information, see Viewing Detailed |
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BloxOne Container
NIOS-X (BloxOne) Physical Server NIOS-X (BloxOne) Container NIOS-X (BloxOne) Virtual Server CNIOS NIOS NIOS HA Not Available
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NIOS-X (BloxOne) Physical Server, the bare-metal container is NIOS-X (BloxOne) Container, and the bare OVA VM is |
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, B1-105, B1-212, VEP1425,or VEP1485 For
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Virtual Server Types, VMware, Azure, KVM, KVM OpenStack, or AWS
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server. | Serial Number | The serial number of the |
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server: Traceroute, DNS Test, Traffic Capture, NTP Test, or Restart
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When you toggle to the table view, the Servers page can display some or all of the following fields. By clicking the hamburger menu next to the fields, you have the flexibility to select or deselect the fields (including associated tags) as well as their order to be displayed in the table view. server Name: The server’s name. Status: The server status, as follows: Online: The server is online, and both the platform and application management are running properly. Pending: This status applies to NIOS-X physical servers only. Pending means the server has not been physically connected yet. Awaiting Approval: This applies to NIOS-X physical servers only. When the server is in this state, it is awaiting approval or denial to establish a connection to Infoblox Platform. You can approve or deny the server connection based on your business requirements. The server status changes to Online when you approve the connection and to Denied when you deny the connection. Degraded: Either the platform or application management is in error when either one is not functioning properly. Error: Any of the platform or application-management applications are not functioning properly.
Platform Management: The status of the platform management. You can expand this section in the right panel and view the following information: Status: The current deployment status of your server. For new non-NIOS deployments, this field displays Upgrading as the status and the Message field displays the installation progress. Error Message: Infoblox Platform performs health checks on platform components and displays relevant messages for the current status. For details about the health check messages, see Health Check Messages for Servers. For new non-NIOS deployments, the following table describes the corresponding Status and Message for the current deployment. Version: The version of your server platform. Status Changed: The timestamp when the last status changed.
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Upgrading | Initializing server | Initial connection with Infoblox Platform | | Updating system | Updating OS | | Downloading infrastructure | Downloading Infoblox Platform infrastructure | | Starting infrastructure | Completing installation of infrastructure | | Downloading services | Downloading services and waiting for the server to go online |
Application Management: This section displays information about the application that is currently running on your server. Infoblox Platform performs health checks on platform components and displays relevant messages for the current status. For details about the health check messages, see Health Check Messages for Servers. Type: The server type. This field can display one of the following: NIOS-X Server, NIOS-X (BloxOne) Container, NIOS-X (BloxOne) VM, CNIOS, NIOS, NIOS HA, and Not Available. For example, if your server is a physical appliance, the server type is NIOS-X (BloxOne) Physical Server, bare-metal container is NIOS-X (BloxOne) Container, and OVA VM is NIOS-X (BloxOne) Virtual Server. Version: The version of the agent that is currently running on the server. Serial Number: The serial number of a physical appliance. For virtual appliances, this displays N/A, and you can look up the serial number through the VM console. Description: Additional information about the server. Server IP Address: The IP address of the server. The current release supports only IPv4 addresses. OPHID: The auto-generated unique ID for the server. NAT IP Address: The IP address of the NAT (Network Address Translation) for the server. Location Time/Time Zone: The current time and time zone of the server at its location. IP Space: The IP space in which the server IP resides. Created At: The timestamp when the server was created, in mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss time zone format.
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Infoblox Portal displays a world map that indicates the locations of your |
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servers (using the red location icon), as illustrated below.  Image ModifiedOnly |
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servers with geolocations appear on the map. |
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Servers without geolocations are listed in the left lower corner of the map. You can click a location icon to zoom into |
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server locations within that region. You can even drill down to the street level to locate specific |
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servers by clicking the location icon. The number under a location icon indicates the number of deployed |
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servers (both virtual and physical) within that specific location. For example, if a location icon has a number of 187, there are a total of 187 |
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servers deployed at that location. You can click the icon to drill down to the next level to view more precise locations for |
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You can also do the following:
Perform a local search to view servers based on your filtering criteria; and you can page through the results. Infoblox supports the following fields for local search on the Servers page: Name, OPHID, Server IP Address, and Serial Number.
Local search for Serial Number is applicable only for Appliance and CNIOS server type.
Click the Sort by drop-down menu to sort the list of servers by available fields, such as Created, Server Name, Server State, and server Type.
You can also do the following on this page:
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