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About vNIOS Virtual Appliance for XenServer

Infoblox vNIOS for Xen is a virtual appliance designed for Citrix XenServer 6.1 and 6.2 running Xen hypervisor. It enables customers to deploy large, robust, manageable and cost effective Infoblox Grids. For information about Infoblox Grids, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide. Note that the vNIOS for Xen virtual appliance functions as a HVM (hardware virtual machine) guest on the XenServer platform.
Infoblox NIOS provides core network services and a framework for integrating all the components of the modular Infoblox solution. Infoblox NIOS provides integrated, secure, and easy-to-manage DNS (Domain Name System), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and IPAM (IP address management) services. In addition to DNS, DHCP and IPAM, NIOS also provides TFTP, HTTP, and FTP file transfer services. Infoblox vNIOS for Xen virtual appliance provides most of the features supported by the NIOS, with some limitations as described in Known Limitations.
You can also install the vNIOS for Xen virtual appliance on Linux systems running Xenproject.org 4.3 hypervisor. For more information, see Installing vNIOS for Xen using Xenproject.org 4.3 Hypervisor.
You can configure most of the vNIOS appliances as independent or HA (high availability) Grid Masters, Grid Master candidates, and Grid members. For the list of vNIOS appliance models and their specifications, see vNIOS for Xen Virtual Appliance Models.

Note

  • Each vNIOS virtual appliance requires a unique hardware ID.
  • vNIOS is not supported on Xen hypervisors from NIOS 8.4.0 onwards. However, if you are running NIOS versions that are prior to 8.4 on Xen hypervisors, upgrade to NIOS 8.4.x or 8.5.x as long as there is a supported upgrade path. For more information about upgrade paths, refer to the NIOS Release Notes on the Infoblox Support site.