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Begin by checking the Reserve Port checkbox.
Optionally, you can completely skip port reservation and port configuration by clicking Next.- Click the Device Name button to choose the device for which the port reservation is associated. You should know the identity of the device to which the Infoblox appliance is connected before taking this step.
- After choosing the device, choose the Interface with which the reservation is bound. The drop-down list shows only interfaces that are most recently found to be available by Network Insight during the last discovery cycle. This list does not include any ports that are Administratively Up and Operationally Up and are otherwise already assigned to other networks or objects.
- The Wizard page also shows a list of any VLANs that are currently configured in the chosen device. This Wizard page does not allow the definition of new VLANs for port configuration–only the assignment of an existing VLAN in the device for port configuration.
Select the Configure Port checkbox to define specific port control settings for the port reservation.
Note that if you do not take this action when you create the object, you cannot perform the configuration later while editing the object.- If the chosen device supports them, choose the Voice VLAN and/or the Data VLAN settings you may need for the port assignment. You do not create new VLAN values in this step; you can select from VLANs that are provisioned on the currently chosen device. All VLANs configured on the device and discovered by Network Insight during its most recent discovery polling cycle appear in the drop-down lists.
- Set the Admin Status to Up if you need to activate the port in the current task. Though the port reservation is associated only with the current object, any port configuration creates a new Port Control task under Task Manager.
- Enter a description for the port assignment. Infoblox recommends doing so to help other technicians to recognize the port assignment event.
When finished, click Save & Close or select other tabs to change settings for the object.
Note that once a switch port or other device port is reserved, Network Insight prevents further port reservations from using the same port for another reservation.
See the following sections for examples on how to create IPAM objects with port reservations:
- Adding Host Records
- Configuring IPv4 Networks
- Configuring IPv4 Fixed Addresses
- Configuring IPv4 Reservations
- Configuring IPv6 Networks
- Configuring IPv6 Fixed Addresses
- Adding Grid Members
- Defining Port Reservations for an Infoblox Grid Member
Editing Port Reservation Settings for IPAM Objects
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