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You can download the NIOS virtual software from the Infoblox Technical Support site. To download the software, you must have a valid login account on the Infoblox Support site. Register your product at https://support.infoblox.com if you do not already have an account. This software package consists of a template file with .ova extension for all the supported NIOS appliance models. Make sure that you download the file with an extension that corresponds to the appliance model number. You can deploy the NIOS virtual appliance from a remote web server or a local file system accessible from your management system. To verify the version of the software that you are running, you can use the show version command.
You can validate the file downloaded from the Infoblox support website using the MD5/SHA256/SHA512 checksum provided on the support portal at https://support.infoblox.com. To verify the checksum, you can execute the md5sum/sha256sum/sha512sum command from the Unix/Linux based system or use Cygwin installed on a Windows machine. In addition, there are paid and freeware versions that you can install and execute from Windows. For a Mac OS, you can use the md5/shasum -a 256/shasum -a 512 command. Infoblox recommends that you use what is appropriate for your environment.
The Infoblox appliance ships with a default user name and password. Change the default admin account password immediately after the system is installed to safeguard its use. Make sure that the NIOS appliance has at least one administrator account with superuser privileges at all times, and keep a record of your account information in a safe place. You can create new administrator accounts, with or without superuser privileges. For more information, see Managing Administrators.
The Common Criteria compliant hardware platform that hosts NIOS virtual is VMware ESXi, either version 5.5 or 6.5, with the following system hardware:
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