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A virtual machine version of NetMRI installed in a virtual infrastructure platform. You can use NetMRI VMs as collectors and as an Operations Center. A NetMRI VM performance should be sufficient to handle a required number of devices. For more information on how to ensure this, see Benchmarking of NetMRI Virtual Appliancesfor the Operations Center.

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Note: In the Operations Center context, when an appliance acts as the Operations Center it uses only a single port, which is the MGMT port for the NT-1400, NT-2200 or NT-4000. Collectors may use multiple interfaces for network discovery and management, including 802.1q virtual scan interfaces. Typically, both the LAN1 and LAN2 ports are used in this manner on each Collector appliance. For more information, see Configuring Network Interfaces for Operations Center.

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Infoblox NetMRI appliances should always be supported by an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to avoid data corruption problems in cases of power outage.

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Benchmarking for the Operations Center Benchmarking for the Operations Center

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Benchmarking for the Operations Center

A NetMRI VM, whether a collector or an Operations Center, is hardware intensive and requires high performance. If you run or plan to run virtual machines in an Operations Center environment, make sure that your virtual machine hosts successfully conform to the required number of network devices. To do so, download the Infoblox Benchmark tool from the Infoblox Support site at https://support.infoblox.com. For more information, also download the Benchmarking Guide for NetMRI 7.4.2 from the same location.

For related VM best practices, see Virtual Machine Best Practices.

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Access Using the Command Line SSH client Access Using the Command Line SSH client

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Access Using the Command Line SSH client

Initial connections to the NetMRI Administrative Shell using an SSH command line client to the IP address of the MGMT port require a username as one of the command line parameters, as shown in this example:

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• • When sending syslog to the appliance, limit the log level to reduce volume.
  • You can find a description of the specific Syslogs that NetMRI processes at the example URL: https://your-netmri/netmri/api/change/syslog-config.tdf?contentType=text/xml.

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A NetMRI VM, whether a collector or an Operations Center, is hardware intensive and requires high performance. If you run or plan to run virtual machines in an Operations Center environment, make sure that your virtual machine hosts successfully conform to the required number of network devices. To do so, download the Infoblox Benchmark tool from the Infoblox Support site at https://support.infoblox.com. For more information, also download the Benchmarking Guide for NetMRI 7.4.2 from the same location.

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Virtual Machine Best Practices Virtual Machine Best Practices

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Virtual Machine Best Practices

Follow the points below to ensure efficient VM-based Collector operation:

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4. Enable Intel VT options in the BIOS of the host system.

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Discovery Best Practices Discovery Best Practices

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Discovery Best Practices

Follow the points below to ensure effective discovery of the network:

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