Document Overview
This guide introduces the Infoblox vNIOS™ virtual appliance for Citrix XenServer 6.1 and 6.2 running the Xen hypervisor and Linux systems running Xenproject.org 4.3 hypervisor. It describes how to install the Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance 6.11.0-LD and later releases. It also describes how to configure the vNIOS virtual appliance as a Grid Master and Grid member.
For complete information about administering Infoblox appliances, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide. For the latest Infoblox documentation, visit the Infoblox Support web site at https://support.infoblox.com.
Documentation Organization
This guide covers the following topics:
Chapter | Content |
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Provides information about the Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance and requirements to install on the XenServer. | |
Deploying vNIOS Appliances using XenCenter | Describes how to install the Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance on the XenServer. |
Setting Up a Grid_Old | Describes how to install the Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance and how to deploy a vNIOS virtual appliance as a Grid Master and a Grid member. |
Installing vNIOS for Xen using Xenproject.org 4.3 Hypervisor | Describes how to install the Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance on Linux systems using a Xenproject.org 4.3 hypervisor. |
Conventions
This guide follows the Infoblox documentation style conventions, as listed in the following table.
Style | Usage |
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bold | Indicates anything that you input by clicking, choosing, selecting, typing or by pressing on the keyboard. |
input | Signifies command line entries that you type. |
variable | Signifies variables typed into the GUI that you need to modify specifically for your configuration, such as command line variables, file names, and keyboard characters. |
Navigation
Infoblox technical documentation uses an arrow "->" to represent navigation through the GUI. For example, to access member information, the description is as follows:
From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab.