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Viewing General Server Information

The GENERAL INFORMATION page displays the following information about a server:

  • The overall status of the server: This can be Online, Error, or Pending.

  • Platform Management: Displays the current status of the server platform. If the status if Error, The portal displays the problem related to the error. For example, the platform can be disconnected and display an Error status.

  • Application Management: Displays the current status of the application on the server. If the status is Error, The portal displays the problem related to the error. For example, the platform can be disconnected and display an Error status.

In the SERVICES section, the following information is displayed for all services that are currently running on the servers:

  • Create Service: Click this and choose a service from the drop-down menu to create the service on this server. If you have applied a template to the server and the Lock Type is Unlocked or Monitored, you can add a new service to the server as well.

  • Service Name: The name of the services running on the server.

  • Service Status: The current status of the service.

  • Service Type: The type of the service.

  • Service Status Change: The timestamp in the specific time zone when the service status was last updated.

In the TEMPLATE INFO section, the following information is displayed if you have applied a template to the server:

  • Associated Template: The name of the template that was applied to the server. For information on how to apply a template to the server, see Applying Templates to servers.

  • Lock Type: This can be Locked, Unlocked, or Monitored. Depending on the status of the lock type, you might or might not be able to add, modify, or add services that are not currently in the template configuration. For information on how to set the lock type on a server, see Setting Lock Type on servers. To add a new service to the server, click Create Service in the SERVICES section and choose a desired service from the drop-down menu.

  • Drift: The status of this field determines whether the server is adhered to the template configuration or has drifted from it. If the drift status is True, the server has drifted from the template. If the drift status is False, the server is adhering to the template configuration.

Click General Information next to a services to view more information about the service. For information, see Viewing General Service Information.

  • Server IP Address: The IP address of the server. The current release supports only IPv4 addresses.

  • NAT IP Address: The IP address of the NAT (Network Address Translation) of the server.

  • Local Time/Timezone: The local time in and time zone of the server’s location.

  • Created: The timestamp of the moment the server was created, formatted as mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss time zone.

  • Last Seen: The most recent time the server was active or online.

  • Uptime: The amount of time the server has been up and running. This tells you how long the server has been up and running since its last restart or reboot. This data is synchronized and updated every 60 seconds. Use this data together with the Last Seen data to determine the root cause of connection-related issues for the server.

  • Version: The version number of the on-prem agent running on the server.

  • MAC Address: The discovered MAC address of the server.

  • Serial Number: The serial number of a physical appliance. For virtual appliances, this is shown as N/A. You can look up the serial number through the VM console.

  • OPHID: The auto-generated unique ID of the server.

  • Last Update: The UTC timestamp of the most recent update of the services.

  • IP Space: The IP space associated with the server.

For Platform Management, the Infoblox Portal displays the following:

  • Version: The version number of the Infoblox platform running on the server.

The LOCATION section appears only if you have associated this server with a location profile. The following is displayed:

 

 

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