The vNIOS virtual appliance has the following limitations:
- You cannot configure the reporting virtual appliance as an HA pair. You also cannot configure it as a Grid Master or Grid Master Candidate. You can use it only as a dedicated reporting server in the Grid.
- vNIOS appliances do not support the configuration of port settings for the MGMT, LAN, LAN2, and HA ports.
- vNIOS appliances run on virtual hardware. They do not have sensors to monitor the physical CPU temperature, fan speed, and system temperature.