The Network Automation appliance listens on the private IP address 169.254.1.1/24, which can be used at any time to configure the system. The easiest way to access the appliance on that address is to temporarily configure your workstation to use an address on the same subnet, such as 169.254.1.5/24 (or any other address on the same subnet not occupied by another device).
Depending on the operating system, the procedure to configure your workstation can be slightly different. The following procedure is for systems running Windows 7:

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel dialog box, click Network and Sharing Center.
3. In the Network Connections dialog box, click Change Adapter Settings.
4. Right-click the icon for the Ethernet interface you wish to change (Local Area Connection, for example), and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.
5. In the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) in the Network Components list, and then click Properties.
6. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, select Use the following IP address, and then fill in the IP address and Subnet mask fields using the IP address 169.254.1.5 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
7. Click OK in the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties and Local Area Connection Properties dialog boxes. (Depending on your operating system, you might need to reboot your computer.)

Note: This address change is necessary only for the initial setup of Network Automation. Once the setup is complete, return your workstation to its prior configuration.

8. Click Close in the Local Area Connections Status dialog box.

9. Temporarily disconnect the Network Automation appliance from the network by unplugging the Ethernet cable from the MGMT port of the appliance.

10. Obtain an Ethernet cross-over cable and connect your computer to the MGMT port using the cross-over cable.

11. Use an SSH client to access Network Automation at the IP address 169.254.1.1.

12. Log in with user name admin and password admin.

13. Continue the configuration by following the instructions described in Configuring a Network Automation Appliance for IPv4 and IPv6 .

Notes on Windows IPv6 Configuration

Of course, users can manage Network Automation on an IPv6 network. The Network Automation Management port has its own factory default link-local IPv6 address that is unique on its connected subnet. The default IPv6 address derives from the Ethernet MAC address of the Management interface (MGMT).
You must use a Windows 7 system to configure Network Automation to run on an IPv6 network, because Windows 7 natively supports IPv6.
To configure a new Infoblox Network Automation appliance to be managed through IPv6, do the following:

1. Reboot Windows 7, ensure that it is enabled for IPv6 networking, and connect it to the management (MGMT) port of the Network Automation appliance, using a standard Ethernet cable.
2. On the Windows 7 system, open a DOS command line window and run ipconfig.
   Check the listing in the Local Area Connection section of the ipconfig listing, and make a note of the interface number associated with the PC's IPv6 Link Local address. The IPv6 value will have an fe80: prefix and end with a %* designator, such as fe80:505:ac3b:49b7:dc38%15. The value 15 in this example is the interface number, which will vary with each client.
3. In a Windows command line, run the following command:
   netsh interface ipv6 show neighbor
4. Find the Interface *: Local Area Connection section (the * corresponds to the interface number for your PC system's IPv6 address). No entry should be present in this category for any address starting with the fe80: prefix.
5. In the Windows PC's command line, run a multicast IPv6 ping to all nodes on the subnet where the Management port is running. This executes a multicast IPv6 ping to the Network Automation management port connected to the PC.
   In the Windows command prompt, run the following command:
   ping -6 -n 5 ff02::1
   Allow the command to complete whether or not responses occur.
6. In the Windows PC's command line, run the following command a second time:
   netsh interface ipv6 show neighbor
   The MGMT port IPv6 link-local address should now appear in the neighbor table under the Interface xx: Local Area Connection section, similar to the following:
   fe80::230:48ff:febc:97da             00-30-48-bc-97-da             Reachable
   This is the link-local address of the Network Automation appliance management port (MGMT).
7. Open an SSH client session to the Network Automation CLI at the IPv6 address shown in Step 6 along with the interface number. Log in with the factory default username/password admin/admin.
   Next, you assign a globally routable static IPv6 address on the management port.
8. Proceed with appliance configuration as described in Configuring a Network Automation Appliance for IPv4 and IPv6.