The following table lists recommended software combinations that are verified for compatibility with the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware:

To ensure compatibility of the Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware with other combinations of VMware software components, check that the components are compatible with each other. You can do so using documentation for these products and VMware Product Interoperability Matrices. See Resources for the links.
For deployment steps, see Deploying Infoblox IPAM Plug-In for VMware. For more information on cloud deployments, see the Cloud Network Automation Deployments section.

Cloud Network Automation Deployments

Cloud Network Automation includes two components:

• The Cloud Network Automation license that provides the ability to view VM-related information from VMware vCenter directly within the Infoblox GUI organized by a tenant. This enables the networking teams to have direct visibility on information that is normally available only through VMware vSphere Web Client, which in turn enables the networking and server teams to better manage IP address and DNS record allocations, and troubleshoot issues.

• Cloud platform appliances that enable API calls to be sent directly to the Infoblox appliances that are serving DNS and/or DHCP locally within the datacenter that is hosting the Cloud Management Platform (CMP) rather than sending all API calls to the Grid Master.

The Infoblox Plug-In allows you to work with both non-Cloud Network Automation and Cloud Network Automation NIOS deployments by using the Infoblox WAPI and Cloud API, respectively.

To use the Cloud Network Automation solution for visibility and/or federating API calls, the Plug-In must be configured to use the Infoblox Cloud API. The Cloud API, unlike the standard Infoblox WAPI, supports additional objects such as the tenant object and the federated API capability of the Cloud Platform Appliances.

The following figure illustrates the usage of Cloud Network Automation with the VMware Plug-In.

You may use one of three different configurations of your VMware plugin with NIOS Cloud Network Automation:

• The Cloud Network Automation license is installed on the Grid Master; the user configures the Infoblox VMware Plug-In to connect directly to the Grid Master. This deployment assumes that no Cloud Platform Appliances are in the NIOS Grid.

• One or more Infoblox cloud platform members are added to the NIOS Grid; the Cloud Network Automation license is not installed on the Grid Master, and the VMware Plug-In is configured to connect directly to a primary cloud platform member instead of the Grid Master.

• One or more Infoblox cloud platform members are added to the NIOS Grid; the Cloud Network Automation license also is installed on the Grid Master; the Infoblox VMware Plug-In is configured to connect directly to a primary cloud platform member instead of to the Grid Master just as in the second option.