Infoblox IB-250-A-GRID-UPG Data Sheet

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DATA SHEET
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NS1 with Grid
 Package
1
NS1 with Grid Advantages
•  Resilient operation against the
failure of individual appliances
•  Easy disaster recovery with
no data corruption, errors, or
loss to ensure core network
services availability
•  Simplified and unified
management of devices and
data with real-time, secure,
system-wide data updates
•  Intelligent auto-provisioning
for easy pre-staging and
auto-recovery of devices for
effortless upgrades
•  Combined management
views and automation of tasks
through integration of DNS and
DHCP services
•  Industry-standard DNS
services using the latest BIND
implementation
•  One-button software upgrades
that make it easy to add new
features and to remain secure
•  High availability with fast
network failover and database
synchronization via bloxHA™
and bloxSYNC™ technology
•  Enhanced security with
DNS attack detection and
mitigation features
•  Secure management using
SSL-based VPN that works from
anywhere, through any firewall
•  Infoblox Views—an enhanced
version of BIND Views—that
provides virtual DNS services
and allows a single Infoblox
appliance to respond differently
to DNS queries based on the
source of the query
•  Built-in FTP, HTTP, and TFTP
server for distributing firmware
and configuration files to
network devices, such as VoIP
phones and wireless access
points, during the booting
(start-up) process.
NS1 with Grid software package is available on all Infoblox appliance platforms.
Scalable, Integrated Management
The NS1 with Grid package also includes the Grid upgrade which provides patented
Infoblox technology for linking distributed appliances into a unified Grid. The
embedded databases in all Infoblox appliances within a Grid are intelligently
interconnected so that they share a common, real-time view of host names, IP leases,
and other network services data. The Infoblox Grid uses secure communication
among appliances and also uses sophisticated database technology to maintain data
integrity. This ensures that all appliances in the Grid have the right data and that the
Grid continues to deliver services without data loss or corruption in the face of a wide
range of device or WAN failures. Infoblox Grid technology also supports intelligent data
replication to minimize the use of bandwidth in the Grid and to enable “right-sized”
appliances to be deployed at each location.
Features and Benefits
The NS1 with Grid package delivers reliable, manageable, scalable, and secure core
network services at a lower cost and with higher security than server-software and with
greater network availability than any other solution. The services included in the NS1
with Grid package are:
Naming services via Domain Name System (DNS);
Addressing services via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP);
Network visibility and control via IP address management (IPAM);
File delivery services via Trivial File Transfer Protocol (FTP, HTTP, TFTP);
Time synchronization services via Network Time Protocol (NTP).