Accessing the Infoblox 800 Series Appliance

The management system is the computer from which you configure and monitor the Infoblox appliance. You can access the appliance from the management system remotely across an Ethernet network or through a serial console cable. After completing the steps in Cabling the Appliance to a Network, you can open an HTTPS connection to the appliance and access the Infoblox Grid Manager using a supported Web browser. You must install and enable Javascript for the Grid Manager to function properly.
Alternatively, start an SSHv2 connection and access the CLI through an SSHv2 client. You can also access the CLI by connecting a serial cable directly from the console port of a management system to the console port on the appliance, and then using a terminal emulation program. Infoblox recommends that the management system meet the following requirements to operate an Infoblox appliance.

Table 4 Management System Software Requirements

*Grid Manager fully supports Microsoft Internet Explorer® 11.x and 10.x when you enable compatibility view in the browser. Features in the Reporting tab may not function properly if you disable compatibility view. In the browser, go to Tools -> Compatibility View to enable the feature.
Infoblox recommends using the latest release of the supported versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for best performance.

Management computer system requirements include the following:

• Recommended System:

Infoblox recommends that you use a computer with a 2 GHz CPU and at least 1 GB of RAM, and network connectivity to the Infoblox appliance

• When viewing Grid Manager, set your monitor resolution as follows: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 768

Recommended resolution: 1280 x 1024 or better