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vNIOS Appliances in NIOS 9.0.1 and Later
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vNIOS Appliances in NIOS 9.0.1 and Later

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Last updated: Jul 08, 2024 by Shwetha S (Deactivated)
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Infoblox NIOS virtual appliances support any hardware that provides the required Hypervisor version,
memory, CPU, and disk resources. To maintain high performance on your NIOS virtual appliances and
to avoid not having enough resources to service all the NIOS virtual appliances, do not oversubscribe
physical resources on the virtualization host. Required memory, CPU, and disk resources must be
adequately allocated for each virtual appliance that is running on the virtualization host. For
information about the required specification for each NIOS virtual appliance model, see the following
tables.

This page details the specifications of the vNIOS virtual appliances from Trinzic X5 and X6 series that are supported from NIOS 9.0.1 onwards.

Note

  • From NIOS 9.0.4 onwards, the CPUID hypervisor bit (CPUID(1)ECX:31 must be enabled for VM guests. It is the default for all VM hypervisors, but can be disabled in some hosting configurations.  Do not disable it.

  • vNIOS appliances must be configured with a single source of time. In general, Grid members synchronize time with the Grid Master or with a common NTP source. If the VM configuration for Grid members includes taking time from the VM host, this may cause a conflict.

  • The numbers in the tables are based on a broad reference and may vary depending on your deployment, shape selected, and other parameters. For the exact specifications, please refer to the specific vNIOS documentation.

vNIOS X5 Series Appliance Specifications

The required memory, CPU, and disk allocation for each supported Trinzic X5 series vNIOS appliance model are listed in the below tables. Note that the cloud platform columns indicate vNIOS cloud platforms. For example, the VMware column indicates vNIOS for VMware.

Supported vNIOS Appliance Models and Specifications

NIOS Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat Open Shift

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

NIOS Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat Open Shift

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

IB-V815

500

2

16

X

X

Yes

IB-V825

500

2

16

X

Yes

IB-V1415

500

4

32

X

X

Yes

IB-V1425

500

4

32

X

Yes

IB-V2215

500

8

64

X

X

Yes

IB-V2225

500

8

64

Yes

IB-V4015

500

14

128

X

Yes

IB-V4025

500

16

128

X

X

Yes

The overall disk space in NIOS reporting virtual appliances is the value mentioned in the Overall Disk
column plus user defined reporting storage.

NIOS Reporting Virtual Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure

Nutanix AHV

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

NIOS Reporting Virtual Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure

Nutanix AHV

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

IB-V805

500 

2

32

X

X

No

IB-V1405

500 

4

128

X

X

No

IB-V2205

500 

8

64

X

X

X

No

IB-V4005

500 (+ 1500 GB reporting storage)

14

128

X

X

X

No

IB-V5005

User defined reporting storage

User defined

User defined

No

 

Network Insight Virtual Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS,
Azure

Nutanix AHV

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

Network Insight Virtual Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS,
Azure

Nutanix AHV

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

ND-V805

500

4

32

X

No

ND-V1405

500

8

32

No

ND-V2205

500

16

64

X

No

ND-V4005

500

32

128

X

X

No

Note
Trinzic X5 series ND appliances are not supported on GCP.

Cloud Platform Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

Cloud Platform Appliances

Overall Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

CP-V805

500

2

16

X

No

CP-V1405

500

4

32

X

No

CP-V2205

500

8

64

No

Note

  • When running NIOS in MS Hyper-V with dynamic memory allocation enabled, your system might experience high memory usage. To avoid this issue, Infoblox recommends that you disable dynamic memory allocation.

  • For optimal performance, vNIOS for Hyper-V is not recommended as a Grid Master or Grid Master Candidate.

  • Specifications of vNIOS for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub are different from the other vNIOS for Microsoft Azure flavors. For the exact specifications, refer to the Infoblox Installation Guide vNIOS for Microsoft Azure in the Infoblox Documentation portal.

  • To achieve best performance on your virtual appliances, follow the recommended specifications and allocate your resources within the limits of the licenses being installed on the appliances.

  • vNIOS for AWS is supported on IB-V4015 from NIOS 8.6.2 onwards and on IB-V4025 from NIOS 8.5.2 onwards. vNIOS for Azure and vNIOS for GCP are supported on the IB-V4015 and IB-V4025 appliances running NIOS 8.6.2 and NIOS 8.6.3.

  • NIOS for KVM is supported in the following environments: Red Hat OpenStack and Ubuntu.

  • vNIOS for Red Hat OpenShift instances can be deployed as Grid members, not as Grid Master or Grid Master Candidate.

vNIOS X6 Series Appliance Specifications

Starting from NIOS 9.0.1, vNIOS appliances listed in the below tables are also supported. The tables list the required memory, CPU, and disk allocation for each supported Trinzic X6 series vNIOS appliance model. The cloud platform columns indicate vNIOS cloud platforms. For example, the VMware column indicates vNIOS for VMware.

Supported vNIOS Appliance Models and Specifications

NIOS Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat Open Shift

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

NIOS Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS, Azure, GCP

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat Open Shift

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

IB-V926

500

8

32

X

Yes

IB-V1516

500

12

64

X

Yes

IB-V1526

500

16

64

X

Yes

IB-V2326

500

20

192

Yes

IB-V4126

500

32

384

Yes

 

Network Insight Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS,Azure

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat OpenShift

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

Network Insight Virtual Appliances

Primary Disk (GB)

# of CPU Cores

Memory Allocation (GB)

VMware

MS Hyper-V

KVM

AWS,Azure

Nutanix AHV

Red Hat OpenShift

Supported as Grid Master and Grid Master Candidate

ND-V906

500

8

32

X

X

No

ND-V1606

500

16

64

X

No

ND-V2306

500

20

192

X

X

No

ND-V4106

500

32

384

X

X

No

  • Trinzic X6 series ND appliances are not supported on GCP.

  • NIOS for KVM is supported in the following environments: Red Hat OpenStack and Ubuntu.