The text in this guide follows the following style conventions.

Style Usage
bold • Indicates anything that you input in the user interface, by clicking, choosing, selecting, typing, or by pressing on the keyboard.

• • • Indicates the field names in the user interface.

input Signifies command line entries that you type.

variable Signifies variables typed into the user interface that you need to modify specifically for your configuration. These can be command line variables, file names, and keyboard characters.
Indicates the names of the wizards, editors, and dialog boxes in Grid Manager, such as the
Add Network wizard or the DHCP Network editor.

Variables

Infoblox uses the following variables to represent values that you type, such as file names and IP addresses.
Variable Value
_a_record_ A record

aaaa_record AAAA record

admin_group Name of a group of administrators

admin_name Name of the appliance administrator

addr_range IP address range

dhcp_template DHCP template

domain_name Domain name

directory Directory name failover_association Failover association filter_name Name of a DHCP filter
fingerprint DHCP fingerprint

fixed_address Fixed address fixed_address_template Fixed address template glb Global Load Balancer
Grid Grid name

Grid_master Grid Master

Grid_member Grid Member



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Variable Value
hostname Host name of an independent appliance

host_record Host record

ifmap_client IF-MAP client

ip_addr IPv4 address

lease IP address of a lease

mac_filter Name of a MAC filter

match_rule Name of a match rule

member Grid member name

ms_server Microsoft server

named_acl Named ACL (access control list)

netmask Subnet mask

network IP address of a network network_access_server Name of a NAS network_template Network template
network_view Network view

option_space DHCP option space

policy Name of a policy on RADIUSone

policy_group Name of a Policy Group

port Number of a port; predefined for certain protocols

ptr_record PTR record

reservation Reservation

roaming_host Roaming host

scheduled_task Scheduled task

server_group Name of a group of servers

shared_network Shared network

service One of the services available from Grid Manager

template DHCP template

dns_view DNS view

zone DNS zone

Navigation

Infoblox technical documentation uses an arrow "->" to represent navigation through the user interface. For example, to edit a fixed address, the description is as follows:
From the Data Management tab, select the DHCP tab -> Networks tab -> Networks -> network -> fixed_address
check box, and then click the Edit icon.


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