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Accessing the Appliance
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Accessing the Appliance

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Last updated: Jun 22, 2017 by Olga Nekrutkina

The management system is a computer from which you configure and monitor the PT-4000 appliance. You access the appliance from the management system through Ethernet or directly through a serial cable. The management system must meet the following requirements to operate an Infoblox appliance.

Table 4 Software and Hardware Requirements for the Management System

Management System Software RequirementsManagement System Hardware Requirements
Infoblox GUI Access
  • Microsoft Windows 8®: Microsoft Internet Explorer® 10.x*; Mozilla Firefox 21.x, 16.x, and 10.x; Google Chrome 27.x, 22.x, and 16.x
  • Microsoft Windows 7®: Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8.x and 9.x, Mozilla Firefox 7.x, 8.x and 16.x or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x
  • Microsoft Windows XP® (SP2+): Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.x and 8.x, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x, 7.x, 10.x and 16.x, or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.x: Mozilla Firefox 7.x, 10.x and 16.x or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.x: Mozilla Firefox 7.x, 10.x and 16.x or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x
  • Apple Mac OS® X 10.7.x: Safari 5.x, Mozilla Firefox 7.x, 10.x and 16.x or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x
  • Apple Mac OS® X 10.6.x: Safari 5.x, Mozilla Firefox 7.x, 10.x and 16.x or Google Chrome 10.x, 16.x and 22.x

CLI Access

  • Secure Socket Shell (SSH) client that supports SSHv2
  • Terminal emulation program.
  • Minimum System:

500 MHz CPU with 256 MB RAM available to the Infoblox GUI, and 256 Kbps connectivity to an Infoblox appliance

  • Recommended System:

1 GHz (or higher) CPU with 512 MB RAM available for the Infoblox GUI, and network connectivity to an Infoblox appliance

  • Monitor Resolution: Minimum: 1024 x 768

Recommended: 1280 x 800 or better


After completing the steps in Cabling the Appliance to a Network, start an HTTPS connection to the appliance and access the Infoblox GUI using one of the supported browsers.
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.