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Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance
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  • Page 1 Infoblox Installation Guide Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance For the Trinzic 1400 Appliances...
  • Page 2 Infoblox, Inc. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Infoblox, Inc. shall not be liable for any damages resulting from technical errors or omissions which may be present in this document, or from use of this document.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Infoblox Installation Guide For the Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance Contents Introduction ..............5 Product Overview .
  • Page 4 Contents Infoblox Installation Guide...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This guide provides an overview of the Trinzic Reporting 1400 network appliance, and explains how to install and configure the system. You can add the Trinzic Reporting 1400 appliance as a member to the Infoblox Grid and configure it as a dedicated logging and reporting appliance. Note that you cannot configure the reporting appliance as an HA pair.

  • Page 6: Hardware Components

    Introduction Hardware Components The Trinzic Reporting 1400 is a 1-U platform that you can mount in a standard equipment rack using the mounting brackets and bolts that ship with the appliance. For information about rack mounting, see Rack Mounting on page...
  • Page 7 UID LED on the rear panel glows blue. In a rack environment, the UID feature enables easier location of a server when moving between the front and rear of the rack. You can also identify the appliance through the Infoblox GUI and CLI command. Status LED Reserved for future use.
  • Page 8 EIA232 standard. To make a serial connection from your management system to the console port, use the RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters that ship with the appliance. RJ-45 pin assignments follow IEEE 802.3 specifications. All Infoblox Ethernet ports are auto-sensing and automatically adjust to standard straight-through and cross-over ethernet cables.
  • Page 9 10Base-T Ethernet and 100Base-T fast Ethernet use the same two pairs of wires. The twisted pair of wires connecting to pins 1 and 2 transmit data, and the twisted pair connecting to pins 3 and 6 receive data. For 1000Base-T connections, all four twisted-pair wires are used for bidirectional traffic. For the Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance...

  • Page 10: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Support

    SFP transceiver modules for 1GbE optical connectivity. In select configurations for the Trinzic Reporting 1400, the Infoblox 1GbE SFP or 10GbE SFP+ ports replace the functionality in the original system MGMT, LAN1, and LAN2 ports, thereby disabling the built-in MGMT, LAN1, and LAN2 ports.
  • Page 11 UID LED Blue = UID is activated through pressing the UID button on the appliance Blinking Blue = UID is activated through the Infoblox GUI or CLI command Dark = UID is deactivated Note: When UID is activated, the LCD on the front panel blinks at the same time.

  • Page 12: System, Environmental, And Power Specifications

    AC Power Supply: Dual input, 450 Watts — Input Voltage.: 90 – 264VAC — Input Frequency: 47 – 63 HZ — Input Current: 4A max at 230V — Inrush Current: 20A max at 230V — Power Factor: > 0.94/230V 50 Hz Infoblox Installation Guide...

  • Page 13: Installing An Appliance

    Installing an Appliance Follow these instructions to rack mount the Trinzic Reporting 1400 appliance, connect it to a power source, and cable it to a network. Before proceeding, review the Infoblox Safety Guide and follow the necessary precautions. Rack Mounting The Trinzic Reporting 1400 appliance mounts into a standard 19”...
  • Page 14 Select a desired location and secure the rack slide brackets to the rear posts of the equipment rack with two (2) 10-32 screws on each side of the rack, as shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Rack Slide Bracket Attached to the Rear Post of the Rack Infoblox Installation Guide...

  • Page 15: Powering The Appliance

    Secure the rack ears to the rack with two (2) 10-32 screws on each side of the rack. Powering the Appliance The Trinzic Reporting 1400 appliance ships with one (1) hot-swappable AC power supply module. You can order an additional power supply to set up a redundant 1+1 configuration. In the 1+1 configuration, Infoblox recommends using the power cables shipped with the appliance to connect each power supply to separate power circuits.
  • Page 16 Use the Infoblox GUI to access the Infoblox reporting appliance from a management system. Through the GUI, you can set up and administer the appliance. For management system requirements and access instructions, Accessing the Appliance on page 17.

  • Page 17: Accessing The Appliance

    Accessing the 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 directly through a serial cable. After completing the steps in...

  • Page 18: Connecting To The Appliance

    You can disable LCD input functionality. To disable the LCD, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide. Console Port The Infoblox appliance has a male DB-9 console port on the front panel. You can log in to the appliance through this port and specify initial network settings using the Infoblox CLI.

  • Page 19: Specifying Appliance Settings

    A Grid is a group of two or more Infoblox appliances that share sections of a common, distributed, built-in database and which you configure and monitor through a single, secure point of access—the Grid Master. To set up a Grid, you must configure a single or HA Grid Master and at least one Grid member, which can also be a single appliance or an HA pair.
  • Page 20 Shared Secret Host Name Grid Master’s IP Address LAN1 Port IP Address and Netmask Gateway IP Address Port Settings NTP Server IP Address On the last screen of the wizard, click Finish. The Infoblox GUI application restarts. Infoblox Installation Guide...

  • Page 21: Infoblox Gui

    You can view reporting data and configuration settings and make configuration changes through the Reporting tab of the Infoblox GUI. Figure 11 Infoblox GUI Overview Global Search Reporting Tab Help Panel Finder Panel Toolbar Workspace For the Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance...

  • Page 22: Infoblox Cli

    The Infoblox CLI allows you to configure and monitor the appliance using a small set of Infoblox commands. There are some tasks, such as resetting the appliance, that you can only do through the CLI. You can access the Infoblox CLI through a direct console connection from your management system to the Infoblox appliance.

  • Page 23: System Device Replacement

    To see a detailed status report, log in to the Infoblox GUI and from the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab -> reporting member, and then click the Detailed Status icon. (For more information about the Detailed Status panel, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide.)

  • Page 24: Hard Disk Drive Replacement

    Replace only the disk that is offline. In the event of a disk failure, you must replace the failed disk with one that is qualified and shipped from Infoblox and has the same disk type as the other disk in the array. The appliance displays information about mismatched disks in the Detailed Status panel.

  • Page 25: Changing Ac Power Supplies

    The Trinzic Reporting 1400 ships with one AC power supply. When the power supply fails for any reason, the Infoblox GUI displays a power supply alarm. The Grid Status widget on the Dashboard of the GUI also displays an Figure 14 error.
  • Page 26 Changing AC Power Supplies To replace the Trinzic Reporting 1400 AC power supply, do the following: Turn off the power supply. Disconnect the AC power cable from the power outlet. Gently press the black catch-release lever toward the handle, grip the power supply handle, and pull the...

  • Page 27: Replaceable Units And Sfps

    Replaceable Units and SFPs Table 4 lists field replaceable units and orderable parts for the Trinzic Reporting 1400 appliance. It specifies compatibility of the units and their part numbers. Contact your Infoblox field representative or Infoblox Technical Support for more information.
  • Page 28 Cisco SFP+ 10GbE Copper Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M Not sold by Infoblox Direct Attach (10GSFP+Cu) Contact your distributor Cable for availability HP SFP+ 10GbE Copper HPJ9283B Not sold by Infoblox Direct Attach (10GSFP+Cu) Contact your distributor Cable for availability For the Trinzic Reporting 1400 Appliance...

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