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Grid Members Communication Fail To Join Back to Grid
Problem Summary Grid Members communicating with the Grid Master through the Management (MGMT) interface with hardcoded port speed and duplex settings will fail to join back to the Grid when upgrading to NIOS 7.1.x or NIOS 7.2.x from earlier releases. Customer Environment Infoblox Grid running NIOS versions prior to NIOS…
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NIOS Release 7.2.4
INTRODUCTION Infoblox NIOS 7.2.x software, coupled with Infoblox appliance platforms, enables customers to deploy large, robust, manageable and cost-effective Infoblox Grids. This next-generation solution enables distributed delivery of core network services—including DNS, DHCP, IPAM, TFTP, and FTP—with the nonstop…
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One of the Nodes in an HA pair goes into a Continuous restart loop
PROBLEM SUMMARY One of the nodes in an HA pair has suddenly gone into a continuous HA restart loop. This node was working perfectly for a long time and there were no changes in network or switch port configurations in the recent past. CAUSE Console or LCD output: [2011/03/15 10:01:31.615] Infoblox system initializing...…
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NIOS Release 7.3 Available
Infoblox NIOS software, coupled with Infoblox appliance platforms, enables customers to deploy large, robust, manageable and cost-effective Infoblox Grids. This next-generation solution enables distributed delivery of core network services - DNS, DHCP, IPAM, TFTP, and FTP - with the nonstop availability and real-time…
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CVE-2015-7547 glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability
Problem Summary NIOS DNS servers are vulnerable to CVE-2015-7547: glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow Overview On February 16, 2016, a vulnerability in glibc's DNS resolver was disclosed publicly. It is tracked as CVE-2015-7547. The glibc DNS client side resolver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow…
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How to Configure DDI HA Pair
Problem Summary How to configure Infoblox DDI (Secure DNS, DHCP, and IPAM) High Availability(HA) Pairs. Customer Environment Infoblox Grid with HA Versions NIOS 6.x and NIOS 7.x Resolution Step 1: Planning for your DDI HA Pair You will need 5 IP addresses, to configure your HA pair All 5 IP addresses must be in the 'same'…
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Applying license keys for NIOS Appliances
Wondering how to apply license keys for your NIOS Appliances? We've got the answer! Although this has been available for some time, it's been picking up traction lately so we wanted to publish it for you. Versions All versions of NIOS Resolution License keys for NIOS version 6.x and later versions can be applied through…
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Understanding DNS and DHCP Syslog Records
Are you curious what all the messages actually mean in the Syslogs? If so, we've got you covered! Here's a sampling of what you'll find in the attached documents: As long as you have the NIOS 6.x and later version and the Grid operating with DNS and DHCP service, you'll find the attached documents provide a thorough…
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Getting the status as failure while configuring the MS server
PROBLEM SUMMARY Getting the status as failure while configuring the MS server for managing the DNS data. Following logs can be seen: Sync DNS server ERROR ADDRESS xx.xx.xx.xx Could not query DNS server information: NT code 0x00000005 Sync DNS server ERROR ADDRESS xx.xx.xx.xx DNS server returned server information in the…
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What does "no more recursive clients: quota reached" mean?
When you see the "quota reached" message, you have reached the limit for outstanding recursive queries that the recursive name server allows. When a recursive name server receives queries and it is not authoritative, the recursive name server needs to ask other name servers to get answers for those queries. Until the…
