The Advanced Appliance PT-4000 is a high performance Infoblox network appliance that supports the Infoblox ADP (Advanced DNS Protection) solution. With valid licenses installed, the PT-4000 appliance provides a hardware-accelerated solution to DNS threats targeting DNS caching and authoritative applications. You configure and manage the Advanced Appliance PT-4000 through the Infoblox Grid Manager. For more information about Advanced Appliance features and licensing, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide.
Key features of the Advanced Appliance PT-4000 include the following:

• Four (4) active SFP 1GbE Ethernet interfaces: two (2) active 10GbE interfaces (LAN1 and LAN2) to support Advanced DNS Protection features, one interface (HA) to support high availability mode, and one interface (MGMT) designated for device management.
• High availability support
• Supports management through the Infoblox Grid
• LOM (Lights Out Management) support
• Replaceable hard disk drives
• Hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies in a redundant 1+1 configuration
• Alternative system configurations for the support of copper or fiber SFP 1GbE interfaces, with support for mixed copper/fiber deployments.

Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000-10GE

The Advanced Appliance PT-4000-10GE is an optional configuration that provides Infoblox ADP (Advanced DNS Protection) capabilities at 10GbE line speed. With valid licenses installed, the PT-4000-10GE appliance provides a hardware-accelerated solution to DNS threats targeting DNS caching and authoritative applications, using 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Associated features include the following.

• Four (4) active SFP+ 10GbE Ethernet interfaces: two (2) active interfaces to support Advanced DNS Protection features, one interface (HA) to support high availability mode, and one interface (MGMT) designated for device management. (See Infoblox PT-4000-10GE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity for details.)
• High availability support
• Supports management through the Infoblox Grid
• LOM (Lights Out Management) support
• Replaceable hard disk drives
• Hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies in a redundant 1+1 configuration
• Alternative system configurations for the support of copper or fiber SFP+ 10GbE interfaces, with support for mixed copper/fiber deployments and mixed 1GbE and 10GbE deployment, based on installed transceivers.