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• Resilientoperationagainstthe
failureofindividualappliances
• Easydisasterrecoverywith
nodatacorruption,errors,or
losstoensurecorenetwork
servicesavailability
• Simpliedandunied
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rewall
• 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rmware
andcongurationles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unied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Conguration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).
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TheexibleInfobloxGridManageruserinterfaceprovidesthevisibilityandcontrol
neededtomanageallcorenetworkservicesindynamicIPnetworks.TheGridManager
consolidatesthemanagementofallappliances,services,anddata—andprovides
summaryanddrill-downviewswithasimpleclick.Granular,role-basedmanagement
capabilitiesenableadministratorstodelegatespecicnetworks,ranges,hosts,and
devicestojuniorordepartmentalpersonnel.TheInfobloxGridManagermakesit
easytocopewithfast-changingnetworks,andbecausealldataresideintheInfoblox
appliancedatabase,thestatusofdevicesandserviceswithintheGridManageralways
reectstheactual,real-timestateofthenetwork.
Manageappliances,services,anddatausingtheInfobloxGridManageracross
anyarchitectureorgeographicdistribution.
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Additional Benefits Include
High-availability Services: TheNS1withGridpackagerunsonthereliableInfoblox
applianceplatform,whichisdesignedfornonstopoperationinhigh-performance
networks.High-availability(HA)servicesaresupportedbybloxHA™technology—
whichusesindustry-standardVirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol(VRRP)forsub
5-secondnetworkfailover—andbloxSYNC™technologytoensurereal-timedatabase
synchronizationwithnolossorduplicationofdata.
Integrated, Zero-admin Database:TheNS1withGridpackagestoresallDNSandDHCP
dataintheintegratedbloxSDB™database,whichisbuiltintotheInfobloxNIOS™
operatingsystemsoftwareprovidedonallInfobloxappliances.ThebloxSDBdatabase
isdesignedspecicallytosupportintegratedcorenetworkservicesandprovides
unmatchedconsistencybetweenserviceandmanagementviewsofIP-address-centric
networkservicesdatawithoutcompromisingperformance.
Integrated Web GUI:TheInfobloxWebGUIallowsadministratorstodeployandmanage
theentireDNS,DHCPandIPAMinfrastructurewithjustafewmouseclicks.The
powerful,Web-basedInfobloxGUIistheonlysolutionthatmanagesallaspectsofthe
infrastructureanddata—includingsoftwareupdatesandupgrades,backupandrestore,
disasterrecoveryandallservicesanddatamanagement—withoutresortingtoclient
basedorcommand-lineinterfaces.TheInfobloxWebUImanagesallaspectsofthe
productincludingDNS,DNSSEC,DHCP,IPAMandGridmanagement,monitoringand
reporting.Wizardsandvisualtoolsareavailabletomakecongurationandmonitoring
error-free.
Integrated Management:TheNS1withGridpackageprovidespracticaloperational
efcienciesthatlowertotalcostofownership.Forexample,creatingaDHCPrange
automaticallycreatesanassociatedDNSrecord,reducingthenumberoftasksrequired
ofnetworkadministrators.
Granular, Role-based Administration:Role-basedadministrationisapowerfulway
toensurethatadministratorsareonlygivenaccesstoviewandmodifyspeciccore
networkservicesattributesconsistentwiththeirorganizationalandfunctionalrole.For
example,thismeansthataseniorDNSadministratorcouldhavetheabilitytodene
newdomainsandaddnewappliancestoaGrid,whileahelpdeskadministratormight
onlyhavetheabilitytoviewspecicsubnetsandissueIPaddressestonewdevicesby
pickingfromapre-denedlist.Infobloxhascreatedaveryscalable,yetverygranular
role-basedadministrationframework.Theframeworkprovidescustomerstheability
todelegateadministrationdowntotheobjectlevelandyetmaintainpermissionsfora
large,complexadministrationmodel.Somespecicsinclude:
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• Easyworkowtomanagepermissions.Theadministratorcanquicklyset
permissionsbyright-clickingonanyobjecttobringupalistofpermissions.This
ismucheasierthanhavingtoswitchtoaseparateadministrationpanel.Italso
providesacomprehensivelistofwhichpermissionshavebeengrantedtoeach
administrationgroup.
• Administrationisalsoeasedthroughtheuseofroles.Rolescanbemappedto
anorganizationorjob(e.g.,PrinterAdmins,DNSAdmins)andthenrolescan
beassignedtoadministrativegroups.Thisabstractionmodelallowsasetof
permissionstobedenedonceanychangestotheroleareinheritedbyallgroups
thatareassociatedwithit.
Hardened Security: TheInfobloxNIOSTMsoftwareishardenedandconsistently
withstandssecurityscansandattackswithinthemostdemandinggovernmentand
militaryorganizations.DNSandDHCPservicescanbeupgradedeasilytosupportthe
latestversionsofBINDandDHCP,ensuringminimumexposuretosecuritythreats.In
theeventthatanewexploitisdiscovered,theunderlyingInfobloxNIOSsoftwarecanbe
upgradedinminutesviaasingle,simpleoperation.Thismakesitmuchmoredifcult
topenetratethangeneral-purposeoperatingsystemswithknownvulnerabilities.
ManagementcommunicationissecuredusingSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)-encrypted
VPNsforprotectionagainstmanagementcompromise.
DNS Attack Detection and Mitigation: Infobloxprovidestheabilitytodetect,alertand
mitigateanyattacksagainstmembersthatareconguredasrecursiveDNSservers.
TheNIOSsoftwarewillmonitortwokeyparametersthatareindicatorsofanattack:
mis-matchedDNSmessageIDsandmis-matchedUDPportsonDNSresponses.This
happenswhenanattackerisguessingonthoseparametersto“spoof”aresponsewith
thepoisoneddata.Theadministratorcansetathresholdforbothparametersandwhen
eitherisexceededthesystemwillsendanemailalertand/orSNMPtrap(whicheveris
conguredforthesystem).Thisfeaturewillgiveadministratorsanearlywarningthat
oneoftheirserversisunderattack.
Inaddition,InfobloxNIOSallowsattackmitigationbyimplementingqueryrate-limiting.
TheadministratorcanimplementalteronaspecicIPornetworktolimitorstopall
trafc.Thiswillslowdownorstoptheattack,thesuccessofwhichisbasedonthe
attacker’sabilitytotryasmanyresponse“guesses”aspossiblebeforethelegitimate
DNSservercanrespond.
One-Click DNSSEC: Infobloxhasa“one-clickDNSSEC”solutionthatautomatesthe
processesofsigningandmaintainingasignedzone.Thiseliminatesdozensoferror-
prone,manualoperationsandeliminatestheneedtowriteandmaintaincustom
scripts.KeygenerationisperformedautomaticallyusingDNSSECpropertiesspecied
attheGridorzonelevel;resourcerecordsignaturesaremaintained;and,zone
signingkeyrolloveroccursseamlesslyandautomaticallyaccordingtobestpractices
recommendedbytheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology(NIST-800-81)and
RFC4641standards.
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Nonstop Infrastructure for Critical Network Solutions
Infobloxnetworkservicesappliancesincludearangeofspecialcapabilitiesthatserve
keynetworkapplications:
Voice over IP
Usersdemanddial-tonereliabilityforvoicecommunications.Todeliverthislevel
ofreliabilityinanIPenvironmentrequiresanonstopDHCPserviceforassigningIP
addressestovoice-over-IPhandsetsandIPsoftphones,aswellasledeliveryservices
forprovidingupdatedphonermwareandcongurations.TheNS1packagedeliversa
combinationoffeaturesthatprovidesaneasy-to-manage,high-availabilitysolutionfor
IPvoiceapplications:
High-availability DHCP
Infobloxsupportsindustry-standardDHCPfailoverthatworksacrossdistributedWANs.
Inaddition,pairsofInfobloxappliancescanbeeasilyconguredin“HAmode”to
providefastfailoverandreal-timedatasynchronizationwithoutrequiringinefcient
allocationofIPaddresses.
Built-in TFTP, FTP, and HTTP
Historically,TFTPhasbeenprovidedbystand-aloneserversmanagedindividuallyat
eachlocationwithnocentralizedcontrolandnohigh-availabilitycapabilities.TheNS1
packageextendsthebenetsofnetworkservicesappliancestomanagingIPtelephony
byprovidingareliable,easy-to-manageTFTPservice.Firmwareandcongurationles
areuploadedtotheapplianceandservedtoIPphoneswhentheybootup.Added
reliability,expectedinatelephonyenvironment,canbeprovidedusinganHApairof
appliancestoprovidereliableTFTPservices.
Reliable DNS Infrastructure for Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
InfobloxisaMicrosoftGoldCertiedPartnerandthe
InfobloxNS1packageincludesspecialsupportforeasy
integrationintoMicrosoftADenvironments.Thisenables
enterprisestoensurethatthecriticalDNSservicesneeded
fortheirMicrosoftandnon-Microsoftapplicationsare
alwaysavailableandsecure.
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Performance and Capacity Specifications
Infoblox-250-A Infoblox-550-A Infoblox-1050-A
Infoblox-
1550/2-A
Infoblox-1852-A Infoblox-2000
DNS Queries per Second
3,000 12,000 24,000 36,000 110,000 75,000
DHCP Leases per Second
25 75 150 225 225 750
DNS Technical Specifications
RFCs Supported
1034and1035
Dynamicupdate,RFC2136
Incrementalzonetransfer,RFC1995
Noticationofzonechanges,RFC1996
Secretkeytransactionauthentication(TSIG),
RFC2845
ClasslessIN-ADDR.ARPAdelegation,
RFC2317
Protocol Engine
BIND9.6.1
Additional
Capabilities
• SecuredynamicDNSupdatesusingTSIG
• Conditionalforwarding
• MicrosoftActiveDirectorysupport
• InfobloxViews
• IP-address-basedaccesslistsonqueries,
zonetransfers,anddynamicupdates
• Zoneimporttools
• CustomizableTTLsettings
DHCP Technical Specifications
RFCs Supported
RFCs3046,2131and1531
BOOTP,RFCs1534,2132,andRFC4388
Protocol Engine
DHCPD3.1
Additional
Capabilities
• VLSM(VariableLengthSubnetMask)
support
• CIDR(ClasslessInter-DomainRouting)
support
• Multiplesubnetspersegment
(supernetting)
• Staticleases”basedonMACaddress
(manualallocation)
• MAC-address-basedltering
• Addressavailabilitycheckingbefore
assignment
• DHCPrelayagent/Option82support
• DHCPVendorClassIdentier/Option
60support
• SecureDHCP-DNSintegrationupdates
DNSwhenleasesareissued
• AdvancedDHCPOptionsEditor
• Windows,Unix,andMacOS
compatibility
• Externalsyslogserversupport
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Optionalserviceproductsarealsoavailablethatextendthehardwareandsoftwarewarranty.Theseproductsarerecommendedtoensure
theapplianceiskeptupdatedwiththelatestsoftwareenhancementsandtoensurethesecurityandavailabilityofthesystem.Professional
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