Administrator Guide Infoblox provides tamper evident FIPS labels that you must affix on the HDD cover, all PSU and fan canisters, over the IPMI port of the appliance to make it FIPS compliant. You must install the FIPS tamper evident labels correctly onto the device for compliance with FIPS. This label is valid for Infoblox Trinzic TE-4015 and TE-4025 appliances only.
Infoblox Reporting TR-4005 Product Overview The Infoblox Reporting TR-4005 is a high performance network appliance that collects data from Infoblox Grid members, stores the data in the reporting database, and generates reports that provide statistical information about IPAM, DNS, DHCP, and system activities and performance.
Note: The Trinzic Reporting TR-4005 does not support HA operation and acts only as a Grid member. Infoblox 4005 Series Hardware Components The Infoblox 4005 Series are 2-U appliances that you can efficiently mount in a standard equipment rack. For information about rack mounting, Rack Mounting Procedures...
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USB-to-Serial dongle for connection to the serial console port. If the dongle is connected to a laptop, the laptop also must be properly grounded. Failure to do so may cause damage to the serial console port of the Infoblox appliance.
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In optional configurations for the Infoblox 4005 Series (any appliance that does not use the internal Ethernet ports), the Infoblox 1GbE SFP or 10GbE SFP+ ports replace the functionality in the original system MGMT, LAN1, HA and LAN2 ports, thereby disabling the built-in MGMT, LAN1, HA and LAN2 ports.
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RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters, or a female DB-9-to-female DB-9 null modem cable. The 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.
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Appliance Rear Panel The Infoblox 4005 Series appliances ship with dual AC power supplies and six fan modules. The power supplies and fan modules are field replaceable. The power supplies are also hot-swappable so you can replace any one of them at a time without disrupting the operations of the appliance.
System specifications describe the physical characteristics of the Infoblox 4005 Series appliances. Environmental specifications describe Infoblox 4005 Series temperature and moisture limits. Power specifications describe the electrical range within which the appliance circuitry can operate. This chapter reports power usage and heat generation characteristics against the hardware configuration for the Infoblox 4005 Series appliances.
ND-4005-1GE-DC: 316W ND-4005-10GE-DC: 335W Fan FRU (Field-Replaceable Unit) SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) The Infoblox 4005 Series appliances ship with inbuilt fans that can be replaced. The following table lists the fans supported on an Infoblox 4005 series appliance: Description FRU, Trinzic 1405, 2205, and 4005 Series AC Power Supply Unit, 600W...
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Recommended System: 2 GHz (or higher) CPU with at least 1 GB of RAM available for the Infoblox GUI, and network connectivity to an Infoblox appliance Monitor Resolution: Minimum: 1280 x 768 Recommended: 1280 x 1024 or better CLI Access Secure Socket Shell (SSH) client that supports SSHv2 Terminal emulation program, such as minicom or Hilgraeve Hyperterminal®...
To change these settings to suit your network, use the console port. 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 NIOS CLI.
Auto Provisioning NIOS Appliances In addition to using the Grid Setup Wizard or accessing the Join Grid dialog box to join appliances to a Grid, you can set up an Infoblox appliance using the auto provision feature, which allows a DHCP server to automatically assign an IP address to the appliance. You can then join the auto-provisioned appliance to a Grid.
.) You can also enable remote console SSHv2 (Secure Shell version 2) access through the Infoblox Grid Manager or CLI, and then access the CLI from a remote location using an SSHv2 client. (For more information, refer to Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide Using CLI Help You can display a list of available CLI commands by typing help at the command prompt.
The Infoblox 4005 Series appliances mount into a standard 19” (48 cm) equipment rack. The appliances ship with accessory kits that contain the following: a pair of rack slide brackets and chassis slide rails, a pair of rack ears, eight (8) 10-32 screws, and eight (8) 8-32 screws. Infoblox also offers a four-post and an adjustable rail four-post rack mounting kits that you can order separately.
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Two-Post Rack Mounting Infoblox provides a pair of rack mounting ears as part of the Accessory Kit for your appliance. For optimal physical stability of the appliance in a two-post installation, you use the provided ears to mount the appliance from its rear to the posts of the rack.
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Adjustable Rail Four-Post Rack Mounting Infoblox provides an adjustable four-post rail kit with 600mm to 900mm depth adjustment, designed to allow one person to perform physical installation of the rail kit and the appliance. This kit is provided as a field-replaceable unit. For more information, see...
Powering the Appliance The Infoblox 4005 Series appliances ship with two (2) hot-swappable AC power supply modules (PS1 and PS2) and matching AC power cables. Infoblox also offers optional DC power supply modules. Infoblox recommends using the power cables that ship with the appliances to connect each power supply to separate power circuits.
The Grid Manager also displays detailed status of the RAID array. 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 rest of the disks in the array. The appliance displays information about mismatched disks in the Detailed Status panel.
Grid Manager operation. When you replace a failed disk, you must replace it with an Infoblox supplied disk. To ensure that you receive the correct replacement disk, report the disk type or part number of the failed disk. The appliance also displays the disk type in the Detailed Status panel of the Grid Manager.
NIOS within the downed system detects the new hard disk and initializes it for NIOS usage. If the appliance runs in an Infoblox Grid, the system then communicates with the current Grid Master, downloads any remaining configuration, and then automatically rejoins the Grid.
Infoblox. Keep your DC power supplies in your facility until you receive your replacement appliance. International AC Power Cords Infoblox offers replacement AC power cords for international markets as listed below . For availability, contact your Infoblox sales representative.
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