This section lists the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS appliance models and their specifications. You can load the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI (Amazon Machine Image) from the Infoblox Community AMI page and deploy it in your chosen VPC. For more information, see Obtaining the Infoblox vNIOS for AWS AMI.
Depending on your AWS region, the vNIOS for AWS model, and the NIOS release the appliance is running, select an appropriate EC2 shape by referring to the tables in the following sections:
Note
The Amazon EC2 R6i instance type is supported from NIOS 8.6.3 and later versions of 8.6.x.
Trinzic Appliances
The following table lists the vNIOS for AWS models supported in NIOS 8.5.0 and later releases:
NIOS VM Models | vCPU | Amazon EC2 Shape* | Amazon EC2 Shape for Cape Town, Hong Kong, Milan, Stockholm, and Bahrain | Amazon EC2 Shape for Jakarta** | Grid Master/ Grid Master Candidate (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IB-V825 | 2 | r4.large | i3.large | i3.large | Yes |
r6i.large | r6i.large | ||||
IB-V1425 | 4 | r4.xlarge | d2.xlarge | i3.xlarge | Yes |
r6i.xlarge | r6i.xlarge | ||||
IB-V2225 | 8 | r4.2xlarge | d2.2xlarge | i3.2xlarge | Yes |
r6i.2xlarge | r6i.2xlarge | ||||
IB-V4015 | 16 | r4.4xlarge | d2.4xlarge | i3.4xlarge | Yes |
r6i.4xlarge | r6i.4xlarge | ||||
IB-V4025 | 16 | r4.4xlarge | d2.4xlarge | i3.4xlarge | Yes |
r6i.4xlarge | r6i.4xlarge |
* Amazon EC2 shape for regions: North Virginia, Ohio, North California, Oregon, Mumbai, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Canada, Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, Sao Paulo.
** Amazon EC2 shapes for Jakarta are supported in NIOS 8.6.2 and prior versions.
Note
The IB-V4015 appliance is supported only in NIOS 8.6.2 and IB-4025 is supported in NIOS 8.5.2 and later versions.
vNIOS for AWS instances running on NIOS 8.5.2 and later versions can be deployed with IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. Infoblox recommends the following:
When setting up a vNIOS instance to work in dual mode (IPv4 and IPv6) or in an IPv6-only configuration, use a shape that is r4.4xlarge or larger.
When setting up an IPv6-only configuration, use IB-V4015 appliances running on NIOS 8.6.2 or IB-V4025 appliances running on NIOS 8.5.2 or later.
Network Discovery Appliances
The following models of vNIOS for AWS appliances are supported in NIOS 8.6.3:
Network Insight Virtual Appliances | vCPU | Amazon EC2 Shape | Grid Master/ Grid Master Candidate (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|---|
ND-V805 | 4 | r6i.xlarge | No |
ND-V1405 | 8 | r6i.2xlarge | No |
ND-V2205 | 16 | r6i.4xlarge | No |
ND-V4005 | 32 | r6i.8xlarge | No |
Cloud Platform Appliances
The following table lists the vNIOS for AWS cloud platform models supported from NIOS 8.5.0 and later releases:
NIOS VM Models | vCPU | Amazon EC2 Shape* | Amazon EC2 Shape for Cape Town, Hong Kong, Milan, Stockholm, and Bahrain | Amazon EC2 Shape for Jakarta** | Grid Master/ Grid Master Candidate (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CP-V805 | 2 | r4.large | i3.large | i3.large | No |
r6i.large | r6i.large | ||||
CP-V1405 | 4 | r4.xlarge | d2.xlarge | i3.xlarge | No |
r6i.xlarge | r6i.xlarge | ||||
CP-V2205 | 8 | r4.2xlarge | d2.2xlarge | i3.2xlarge | No |
r6i.2xlarge | r6i.2xlarge |
* Amazon EC2 shape for regions: North Virginia, Ohio, North California, Oregon, Mumbai, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Canada, Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, Sao Paulo.
** Amazon EC2 shapes for Jakarta are supported in NIOS 8.6.2 and prior versions.
Reporting Appliance
The following table lists the vNIOS for AWS reporting model supported from NIOS 8.6.2 and later releases:
NIOS VM Models | Overall Disk Space | Memory Allocation | vCPU | Amazon EC2 Shape for all Regions | Grid Master/ Grid Master Candidate (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IB-V5005 | 250 + user defined | User defined | User defined | User defined | No |
Note
Infoblox recommends that you allocate a minimum of 250 GB of additional disk space for reporting storage requirements.
Infoblox supports only R4 and R6i type of EC2 shapes and recommends that you choose only those shapes for your reporting vNIOS instances.
To enable the reporting functionality on IB-V5005 instances, you must open the required ports in the configured security group. For more information, see the Defining an AWS Instance Security Group section.
IB-FLEX Appliances
The following table lists the vNIOS for AWS IB-FLEX models supported from NIOS 8.5.0 and later releases. For more information about IB-FLEX, see Infoblox NIOS Documentation.
NIOS VM Models | vCPU | Amazon EC2 Shape* | Amazon EC2 Shape for Jakarta** | Grid Master/ Grid Master |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IB-FLEX | 4 | r4.xlarge | i3.xlarge | Yes |
r6i.xlarge | ||||
IB-FLEX | 8 | r4.2xlarge | i3.2xlarge | Yes |
r6i.2xlarge | ||||
IB-FLEX | 16 | r4.4xlarge | i3.4xlarge | Yes |
r6i.4xlarge |
* Amazon EC2 shape for regions: North Virginia, Ohio, North California, Oregon, Mumbai, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Canada, Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, Sao Paulo.
** Amazon EC2 shapes for Jakarta are supported in NIOS 8.6.2 and prior versions.