NIOS-X servers (formerly hosts or on-prem hosts) are physical or virtual servers on which you run Infoblox protocol services or NIOS-X as a Service (NIOS-XaaS) based on your license entitlements. Depending on your network infrastructure and how you want to implement NIOS-X servers, you can deploy them by using Infoblox-provided hardware and OVA packages or via bare-metal deployment and other supported open platforms.
Before you create service instances and associate them with deployed servers, ensure that you understand the basics of deploying servers for specific services. For more information, see the following:
To ensure a successful NIOS-X server deployment, set up your environment according to the requirements. For more information, see the following:
For information about the various methods to deploy NIOS-X servers, see the following: