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Hosts, formerly referred to as on-prem hosts, are physical or virtual appliances on which you run BloxOne services according to your license entitlements. Depending on your network infrastructure and how you want to implement hosts, you can deploy them by using Infoblox-provided hardware and OVA packages or via a bare-metal deployment and other supported open platforms. To ensure a successful host deployment, set up your environment according to the BloxOne Connectivity and Service Requirements.

For information about different methods in deploying hosts, see Deploying hosts.

The Hosts page of the Cloud Services Portal displays a list of deployed hosts. You can toggle between the the list view or the map view by clicking the icons on the upper right hand corner of the page.

The default list view displays the following information for each host:

Displayed Field

Description

Name

The host’s name.

Host Status

The host’s status:

  • Online: The host is online, and both the platform and application management are running properly.

  • Pending: This status applies to BloxOne physical appliances only. Pending means the host has not been physically connected yet.

  • Awaiting Approval: This applies to BloxOne physical appliances only. When the host is in this state, it is awaiting approval or denial to establish a connection to BloxOne Clould. You can approve or deny the host connection based on your business requirements. The host status changes to Online when you approve the connection and to Denied when you deny the connection.

  • Degraded: Either the platform or application management is in error when either one is not functioning properly.

  • Error: Any of the platform or application-management applications are not functioning properly.

You can expand the panel and view detailed information about the errors. For more information, see Viewing Detailed Host Information.

Host Type

The host’s type: 

  • BloxOne Appliance

  • BloxOne Container

  • BloxOne VM

  • CNIOS

  • NIOS

  • NIOS HA

  • Not Available

For example, if your host is a physical appliance, then its type is BloxOne Appliance, the bare-metal container is BloxOne Container, and the bare OVA VM is BloxOne VM.

When you use filters to locate specific on-prem hosts, you can select the following subtypes:

  • For BloxOne Appliance: All Appliance Types, B105, VEP1425, or VEP1485

  • For BloxOne VM: All VM Types, VMware, Azure, KVM, KVM OpenStack, or AWS

Version #

The version of the platform currently running on the host.

Serial Number

The serial number of the host (physical or virtual).

Options

Click the … icon to display the following options:

  • Apply config updates immediately: Choose this to apply the host’s configuration updates immediately.

  • General Information: Choose this to view the host’s information.

  • Edit: Choose this to modify the host’s configuration.

  • Create Template: Choose this to take a snapshot of the host’s configuration and apply the template to multiple hosts that should use the same configuration. For information, see Configuring Templates.

  • Copy API Access Key: Choose this to copy the API access key.

  • Approve: Choose this to approve the host connection to BloxOne Cloud.

  • Deny: Choose this to deny the host connection to BloxOne Cloud.

  • Disconnect: Choose this to disconnect the host from BloxOne Cloud.

  • Refresh Status: Choose this to refresh the host status.

  • Replace: Choose this to replace this host with another host.

  • Remove: Choose this to remove the host.

  • Troubleshoot: Click this and choose one of the following to troubleshoot your host: Traceroute, DNS Test, Traffic Capture, NTP Test, or Restart Host.

  • Local Access: Choose this to enable local access, so you can use the Device UI to make configuration changes or troubleshoot your host without disconnecting it from BloxOne Cloud. For information, see Managing Local Access for Hosts.

Expand/Collapse

Click the down arrow to expand the panel and see detailed information about the host. For more information, see Viewing Host Information.

Click the up arrow to collapse the panel.

When you toggle to the map view, the Cloud Services Portal displays a world map that indicates the locations of your hosts (using the red location icon), as illustrated below.

Only hosts with geolocations appear on the map. Hosts without geolocations are listed in the left lower corner of the map. You can click a location icon to zoom into host locations within that region. You can even drill down to the street level to locate specific hosts by clicking the location icon.

The number under a location icon indicates the number of deployed hosts (both virtual and physical) within that specific location. For example, if a location icon has a number of 187, there are a total of 187 hosts deployed at that location. You can click the icon to drill down to the next level to view more precise locations for the hosts.

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