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Use one or more Category 5/6 Ethernet cables to connect the Infoblox 1405 Series appliance to the network.
Connect an Ethernet cable from the LAN1 port on the appliance to your network switch or router.
( ) If you want to connect your appliance for HA (high availability), connect the LAN1 and HAFor TE-1415 and TE-1425 appliances only.
ports on both appliances to a switch or router on your network. The VIP (Virtual IP), LAN1, and HA port addresses must be on the same
subnet and must be unique for that subnet.
Figure 12 Cabling a Single Appliance and an HA Pair to a Network
Appliance–Network Connectivity
By default, an Infoblox appliance automatically negotiates the optimal connection speed and transmission type (full or half duplex) on the physical
links between its LAN1, LAN2, HA, and MGMT ports and the Ethernet ports on a connecting switch.
Occasionally, the appliances may fail to auto-negotiate that speed and type, and instead connect at lower speeds of either 100 or 10 Mbps using
potentially mismatched full- and half-duplex transmissions. If this occurs, begin by determining whether there is a firmware upgrade available for
the switch. If so, apply the firmware upgrade to the switch and test the connection. If that does not resolve the issue, manually set the ports on the
Infoblox appliance and on the switch to make 1000-Mbps full-duplex connections. See the section in the Modifying Ethernet Port Settings Infoblox
for the steps to resolve the problem.NIOS Administrator Guide
( ) To ensure that VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)Applies to Infoblox PT-1405, Trinzic TE-1415 and TE-1425 appliances.
works properly, configure the following settings at the port level for all the connecting switch ports (HA, LAN1, and LAN2):
Spanning Tree Protocol: Disable. For vendor specific information, search for "HA" in the Infoblox Knowledge Base system at http
s://support.infoblox.com/
Trunking: Disable
EtherChannel: Disable
IGMP Snooping: Disable
Port Channeling: Disable
Speed and Duplex settings: Match these settings on both the Infoblox appliance and switch
Disable other dynamic and proprietary protocols that might interrupt the forwarding of packets
Use the Grid Manager from a management system to access, set up and administer the Infoblox appliance. For management system
requirements and access instructions, see . Accessing the Infoblox 1405 Series Appliance
Accessing the Infoblox 1405 Series Appliance
The management system is the computer from which you configure and monitor the Infoblox appliance. You can access the appliance from the
management system remotely across an Ethernet network or through a serial console cable. After completing the steps in Cabling the Appliance
, you can make an HTTPS connection to the appliance and access the Infoblox Grid Manager using a supported Web browser. Youto a Network
must install and enable Javascript for the Grid Manager to function properly. Grid Manager supports only SSL version 3 and TLS version 1
connections. Infoblox recommends using the latest release of the supported versions of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for
best performance.
Alternatively, start an SSHv2 connection and access the CLI through an SSHv2 client. You can also access the CLI by connecting a serial cable
directly from the console port of a management system to the console port on the appliance, and then using a terminal emulation program.
Infoblox recommends that the management system meet the following requirements to operate an Infoblox appliance.
Table 5 Hardware Requirements for the Management System
Management System Hardware Requirements
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