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Objects Imported from NIOS

This section lists the DNS, IPAM, and Discovery objects are imported from NIOS.

DNS Objects

NIOS 8.x

NIOS 9.x

DNS Objects

NIOS 8.x

NIOS 9.x

DNS View

Yes

Yes

Authoritative  Zone

Yes

Yes

Forward Zone

Yes

Yes

Zone Delegation

Yes

Yes

ACL

Yes

Yes

Authoritative Name Server Group

Yes

Yes

Forward Name Server Group

Yes

Yes

A Records

Yes

Yes

AAAA Records

Yes

Yes

CAA Records

Yes

Yes

CNAME Records

Yes

Yes

DNAME Records

Yes

Yes

NAPTR Records

Yes

Yes

PTR Records

Yes

Yes

MX Record

Yes

Yes

NS Records

Yes

Yes

SOA Records

Yes

Yes

SRV Record

Yes

Yes

TXT Record

Yes

Yes

DNS to IP Space Association

Yes

Yes

Name Server Group Association

Yes

Yes

IPAM Objects

NIOS 8.x

NIOS 9.x

IPAM Objects

NIOS 8.x

NIOS 9.x

IPSpace

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Address block

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Subnet

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Ranges

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Exclusion Range

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Address

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Fixed Address

Yes

Yes

IPAM NIOS-X Server address

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Address block

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Subnet

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Ranges

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Exclusion Range

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Address

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Fixed Address

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Option Space

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Option Filter

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Option Code

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Option Space

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Option Filter

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Option Code

Yes

Yes

DHCP Config profile

Yes

Yes

Discovery data for objects imported from NIOS

You can view the network discovery data for objects imported from NIOS.

The network discovery data can be viewed in one of the following ways:

  • Click an IP address that shows the Discovered sign. The network discovery data is shown in the information pane.

  • Drill down to the particular IP address with the Discovered sign. The network discovery data is shown in the collapsible Discovered Data pane.

  • Click the Edit menu. Select the columns showing the network discovery data by selecting the column names in the Discovered Data pane. The selected columns are added showing the relevant network discovery data.

The following network discovery information is shown:

  • Discovered Attributes

    • Device Name

    • Operating System

    • Vendor

    • Model

    • Device Type

    • Location

    • Contacts

  • Discovery Metadata

    • Last Discovered

    • First Discovered

    • Discovered Name

    • Source

Exceptions to Objects Imported from NIOS

  • External primaries/external secondaries are not synced.

  • Delegation zone with Name Server Group is not synced as Universal DDI does not support this feature.

  • TSIG information is not synced for zones.

  • Named ACLs are not synced (Nested ACL).

  • ACL association to Allow updates, Allow queries, and Allow zone transfer is not synced.