The Infoblox 4000 Series are 2-U appliances that you can efficiently mount in a standard equipment rack. For information about rack mounting, see Infoblox 4000 Series Rack Installation .
The front panel comes with a removable cover.

Note: If you wish to run the Infoblox 4000 Series in a NEBS-3 configuration, remove the front panel of the appliance as shown in Figure 2 (for DC only).

Figure 1 Infoblox 4000 Series Front View

Appliance Front Panel

Removing the front panel cover reveals front panel components, including the hard disk drives and indicator lights, illustrated in Figure 2 and described in Table 1. For explanations of Ethernet port LEDs, and console and Ethernet port connector pin assignments, see Ethernet Port LEDs and Interface Connector Pin Assignments.
Figure 2 Infoblox 4000 Series with Front Panel Cover Removed
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Table 1 describes front panel components for the Infoblox 4000 Series appliance.
Table 1 Front Panel Components for Infoblox 4000 Series

Disk Drive Front Panel LEDs

Disk drives are located on the appliance front panel. To the right of each drive, two LEDs display connection and activity status. Table 2 lists the disk drive LED combinations and the states they represent.
Table 2 Disk Drive LED Combinations

Ethernet Port LEDs

View the Activity and Link LEDs to see link activity and connection speeds on Ethernet ports. Figure 3 describes the status conveyed by Ethernet port LEDs through their color and illumination (steady glow or blinking).
Figure 3 Ethernet Port LEDs

SFP/SFP+ Interface Support

The Infoblox 4000 Series appliances support optional interface configurations to accept SFP transceiver modules, for 1GbE optical and copper connectivity.
To support connectivity to 10 Gigabit (10GbE) networking infrastructure, Infoblox also offers versions of the Infoblox IB-4010, Network Insight ND-4000, Advanced Appliance PT-4000 and Trinzic Reporting TR-4000 that provide 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) interfaces accepting SFP+ transceiver modules. An example showing optical port configuration appears in Figure 7.

Note: The IB-4010, IB-4020, and Advanced Appliance PT-4000 support four (4) active interfaces in the optional 1GbE SFP and 10GbE SFP+ configurations. Other appliances in the Infoblox 4000 Series, specifically the ND-4000 and TR-4000, support three active interfaces in the optional 1GbE SFP or 10GbE SFP+ configurations. The port designated HA is inactive for these models. Order of ports from left to right is otherwise the same.
For details on Advanced Appliance PT-4000-10GE support, see Infoblox PT-4000-10GE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity.

In optional configurations for the Infoblox 4000 Series, the Infoblox 1GbE SFP or 10GbE SFP+ ports replace the functionality in the original system MGMT, LAN1, HA and LAN2 ports, thereby disabling the original system MGMT, LAN1, HA and LAN2 ports.
10GbE interfaces accept Infoblox-provided SFP+ 10GbE Short Range and Long Range transceivers, Cisco SFP+ Direct Attach 10GSFP+Cu, or HP HPJ9283B SFP+ Direct Attach 10GSFP+Cu transceivers.
You may mix media types in the set of ports (e.g., two copper interfaces and two fiber interfaces).
SFP and SFP+ transceivers may be used in a mixed configuration in the offered 4-Port 10GbE configuration. One possible use case involves installing 10GbE SR SFP+ transceivers in the LAN1 and LAN2 ports for an Infoblox-4010 appliance, and installing 1GbE SFP copper transceivers in the MGMT and HA interfaces.

Note: For ND-4000 and TR-4000 appliance models configured with 1GbE SFP or 10GbE SFP+ interfaces, the HA port is reserved for future use and otherwise unused. Order of ports from left to right is otherwise identical.

See the section Infoblox 4000 Series Field Replaceable Units, for specific information on part numbers, availability, and device compatibility.

Infoblox PT-4000-10GE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity

Note: Guidelines described in this section apply only to the PT-4000-10GE Advanced Appliance with its 10GbE configuration.

When you install the PT-4000-10GE Advanced Appliance, some installation guidelines must be followed:

• Install all transceivers into the ports for your appliance before turning the system on for the first time.
• The LAN1 and HA ports must be set to the same line speed. In the expected 10-Gigabit deployment, LAN1 will be set to run to 10GbE line speed. If you are running HA with a second appliance, the HA interface must be set to the same line speed as the LAN1 port by using the same transceiver type. This requirement applies to both RJ-45 and optical interfaces.
• The MGMT, LAN1 and LAN2 interface line speeds may be set independently.
• The 10-Gigabit Ethernet option also supports mixed mode configurations, in which RJ-45 and optical transceivers may be used in the same appliance.

Figure 4 summarizes the requirements and port order for the PT-4000-10GE Advanced Appliance.
Figure 4 PT-4000 Appliance 10GbE Port Setting Requirements
 

Interface Connector Pin Assignments

An Infoblox 4000 Series appliance provides four types of ports on its rear panel:

• USB port (reserved for future use)
• Male DB-9 console port
• RJ-45 100Base-T/1000Base-T auto-sensing gigabit Ethernet ports
• Active 10/100/1000 iLO/IPMI port

Figure 5 describes DB-9 and RJ-45 connector pin assignments.

Figure 5 DB-9 Console Port and RJ-45 Port Pinouts
 

DB-9 pin assignments follow the EIA232 standard. To make a serial connection from your management system to the console port, you can use an RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters, or a female DB-9-to-female DB-9 null modem cable. The RJ-45 pin assignments follow IEEE 802.3 specifications.
All Infoblox Ethernet ports are auto-sensing and automatically adjust to standard straight-through and cross-over Ethernet cables.

SFP/SFP+ Ports

The Infoblox 4000 series appliances ship with three or with four (4) SFP or SFP+ transceivers, depending on the appliance model and the ordered configuration. Depending on the options you have selected, Infoblox 4000 series appliances support the following Infoblox-sold transceivers shown in Table 3 (other supported third-party transceivers are listed in Transceivers for 1GbE SFP and 10GbE SFP+ Support).
Table 3 SPF/SFP+ Interface Modules Specifications

Infoblox 4000 Series Appliance Rear Panel

The Infoblox 4000 Series appliances offer a choice of dual AC power supplies, or dual DC power supplies with or without NEBS-3 compliance. In all cases, power supplies are hot swappable; any single power supply can be replaced without disrupting the operations of the appliance.
The Infoblox 4000 Series provides four (4) RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces that operate as the MGMT port, LAN1 port, High Availability (HA) port and LAN2 port in the Infoblox system. The four port assignments are from left to right and reflect standard Infoblox port assignments as shown in Figure 4 and listed in Table 4 . Figure 7 illustrates the optional system configuration with optical interfaces.
Figure 6 Infoblox 4000 Series Rear View with RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

For information on installing an earth ground connector to the chassis for DC-based 4000-Series systems, see Ground Lug Installation (DC Systems Only) of this guide.
Figure 7 Infoblox 4000 Series, Rear View with Four SFP+ Interfaces



Figure 8 shows the rear view of the Infoblox PT-4000-10GE appliance.
Figure 8 Infoblox PT-4000-10GE appliance, Rear View with Four SFP/SFP+  Interfaces

See the preceding section, SFP/SFP+ Interface Support, for details on optical interface configuration. Also see Infoblox PT-4000-10GE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity for details on transceiver usage in the PT-4000-10GE appliance.

For a complete summary of 1GbE and 10GbE support on all Infoblox 4000 Series appliances, see Table 5.

Table 4 provides more-specific information for each interface on the Infoblox 4000 Series rear panel.
Table 4 Infoblox 4000 Series Rear Panel Components

Table 5 SFP/SFP+ Appliance Support Summary

¹ – Optional 1GbE or 10GbE line card.

² – PT-4000-10GE uses 10GbE hardware acceleration for DNS security threats targeting DNS caching and authoritative applications.