IB-FLEX is a virtual platform that is scalable based on the resource that you allocate to the virtual machine. NIOS automatically detects the capacity of the virtual machine and scales it to the appropriate platform after you provision the IB-FLEX member.
You must first install the Grid license on a non IB-FLEX appliance that is designated as the Grid Master to allow members to join the Grid, even if you have already installed an Flex Grid Activation license. This license does not affect a non IB-FLEX Grid Master.
An IB-FLEX appliance designated as a member does not require any license, either Grid or vNIOS, while joining the Grid. When you register an IB-FLEX member, the appliance checks for the Grid (enterprise) license and changes it to a non IB-FLEX member. For an IB-FLEX appliance, it checks for an Flex Grid Activation Grid-wide license before node registration.
IB-FLEX members can join the Grid through the MGMT interface when Software ADP is enabled. You can configure an IB-FLEX appliance to function as a Grid Master or a member. To enable reporting for a Grid member that is running Software ADP, you must configure the MGMT interface.
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IMPORTANT: To set up a supported virtual appliance as an IB-FLEX, you must first define the hardware type of the virtual appliance as IB-FLEX before you configure it. Depending on the platform or environment in which you are installing IB-FLEX, you can define the hardware_type as parameter to IB-FLEX during the cloud-init process, or you can manually set the hardware type using the set hardware-type CLI command. For more information, see /wiki/spaces/NCG8/pages/22938534.
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- It is not compatible with the traditional node-based licensing and it supports capacity based licensing only.
- An IB-FLEX instance will not start if you do not configure the required minimum level of resources.
- The resources assigned to IB-FLEX for cores and memory must be equal to or exceed the minimum designated values for the platform. For more information about IB-FLEX platforms, see About IB-FLEX Instances and Platform Settings.
- IB-FLEX does not support DNS64 on appliances running NIOS version 8.2.0.
Installing IB-FLEX
Depending on your network environment, you can install IB-FLEX just like how you install other Infoblox virtual appliances. Before you deploy an IB-FLEX, ensure that you set the hardware type of the appliance to IB-FLEX. You can do so either through the cloud-init process during deployment or manually through the set hardware-type CLI command.
For more information about installing IB-FLEX in the VMware environment, see Deploying vNIOS Appliances on VMware.
For information about installing IB-FLEX in the OpenStack environment, see Deploying vNIOS for KVM in OpenStack Using Elastic Scaling.
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