December 2016

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IPAM Today
IPAM goes far beyond IP address tracking and allocation. With expanding networks, keeping
track of multiple types of data pertaining to the devices is increasingly complex. While IT
vendors
are create more tools to help track network devices, the information is just not
centralized, reducing confidence in the data’s accuracy and timeliness.

Infoblox takes IP addresses and their management to a new level, providing layers of
information that help IT departments have centralized visibility and management of every
network resource and advancing the concept of IP resource management.

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Infobl
The Infoblox IP address management (IPAM) Freeware is available as a VMware® image. It offers an intuitive
web-based user interface to do the following:
• Store specific data filters and get dynamic, real-time results;
• Quickly visualize blocks of network address space and manage subnets with up to 500 IP addresses; and
• Better manage your migration to IPv6.
The Infoblox IPAM Freeware is a limited version, with IPAM only, of the Infoblox NIOS solution which has additional
capabilities such as DNS/DHCP management, grid technology, NTP and file distribution using FTP, TFTP and HTTP.
To upgrade to the full version of the Infoblox NIOS solution, click Upgrade Now in the application or go to:
http://www.infoblox.com/products/ipam-freeware-upgrade-form.cfm
To learn more about the Infoblox NIOS solution, visit www.infoblox.com or view the IPAM video tutorial at:
http://www.infoblox.com/library/l-genLibrary.cfm?section=l-ipamdemo
The following comparison chart outlines features supported by Infoblox IPAM Freeware and the Infoblox NIOS
appliance:

Major Features and Benefits IPAM Freeware NIOS Appliance

On demand and scheduled network discovery of devices X X
Unified repository of IP address and asset information X X
Ability to assign values to the standard IPAM attributes e.g., device type, X X
operating system, etc.
Graphical representation of IPs (IP Map) X X
Graphical representation of networks (Net Map) X X
Ability to organize IP addresses in smart folders X X
Wizard for creating new networks X X
Wizard for assigning new IP addresses X
Maximum active IP addresses 500 > 100K
Resilient DNS, DHCP, NTP, TFTP services X
Centralized management using the Infoblox Grid X
Detailed logging for administrative changes, IP address usage and service X
performance

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Major Features and Benefits (Continued) IPAM Freeware NIOS Appliance
Automated monitoring of service performance, IP address usage and system X
Role based administration with workflow X
API for extending the capability and integrating with other systems X
Secure and resilient appliance X
Hardware based high availability X
Disaster recovery X
Service based high availability (DNS anycast, DHCP failover etc.) X

System Requirements
The Infoblox IPAM Freeware is a virtual appliance that you can run using VMware Player 2.5 and above, which you can
download for free from the VMware web site: http://www.vmware.com/products/player

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Resource Requirement
Disk 2 GB Virtual Disk
Memory 512MB RAM
Network The network card is configured in bridged mode by default, with DHCP client mode enabled.

Infoblox cannot guarantee any performance levels when running within a VMware environment. Performance of
Infoblox IPAM Freeware may be compromised when running within a virtual environment.

GUI/Browser Requirements
The Infoblox IPAM Freeware supports the following operating systems and Internet browsers:

OS
Microsoft Windows 7®
Microsoft Windows Vista®
Microsoft Windows XP® (SP2+)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0+
Fedora Core 8+
Apple® OSX® 10.5+
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer ® 8.0+
Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
Microsoft Internet Explorer ® 7.0+ and 8.0+
Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
Microsoft Internet Explorer ® 7.0+ and 8.0+
Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
Mozilla Firefox 3.5+
Safari 3.2+ and 4.x+

You must install and enable Javascript for proper operation of the IPAM freeware.

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 Installing IPAM Freeware

Suggested Screen Resolutions

When viewing the IPAM Freeware program, the screen resolution of your monitor should be as follows:
Minimum Resolution: 1024x768
Recommended resolution: 1280x800 or better

Installing IPAM Freeware

Before you can install IPAM Freeware, you must download VMware Player 2.5 or above from the VMware web site:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player
To install Infoblox IPAM Freeware using VMware Player:
1. Start VMware Player.
2. Click Open a Virtual Machine.
3. Navigate to the InfobloxIPAMFreeware.vmx file on your local directory and click Open.
4. VMware Player displays information about Infoblox IPAM Freeware, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1.1 Infoblox IPAM Freeware Virtual Machine

5. Click Play virtual machine.

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6. If VMware Player displays a dialog box asking whether you want to keep or create a new unique identifier, always
select Create. Newer versions of VMware ask if you’ve moved or copied the virtual machine. Select I copied it, as
shown in Figure 1.2.

Figure 1.2 Virtual Machine Dialog Box

7. If VMware Player displays a dialog box asking whether you want to download additional tools, as shown in
Figure 1.3, select Do Not Download.

Figure 1.3 Download Tools Dialog Box

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 Installing IPAM Freeware

When Infoblox IPAM Freeware starts up, the VMware console appears. The VMware console displays a bootup
sequence and the IP address of the IPAM Freeware system, as shown in Figure 1.4. Take note of this IP address,
because you will use it when you log in to the IPAM Freeware system, as described in Logging In.

Figure 1.4 VMware Console

IPAM Freeware
IP Address

To view the IP address at a later time, you can use the VMWare console’s Command Line Interface to log in to the IPAM
freeware system and view the IP address.
• To type in the VMware Player console, click on it or hit CTRL+G. You might have to hit ENTER to activate it as well.
• To leave the VMware Player window, hit CTRL+ALT.
On the VMware console:
1. Log in with the username admin and password infoblox.
2. Type the command show network.
IPAM Freeware displays the IP address that you can use to log in to the system.

Figure 1.5 Log In and View IP address

Log in as admin
and use the
password infoblox.

Type show network.

IPAM Freeware
IP address

VMware console
usage tip.

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Using IPAM Freeware
Now that you have installed IPAM Freeware and retrieved the IP address, you can then log in and do the following:
• Create networks that you can manage.
• Run a discovery to obtain and manage information about your networks. During a discovery, the system detects
all active hosts on the specified networks.
• View the discovered data.
Note that with Infoblox IPAM Freeware you can manage a maximum of 500 active IP addresses. Attempting to run a
discovery on a large subnet may exceed this limit and take a significant amount of time to complete. If you need a
solution to manage a large number of IP addresses, please contact Infoblox.

Logging In
1. Open a web browser, enter http://<ip_address>. Type the IP address that was displayed on the VMware console.
The IPAM Freeware login screen displays, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1.6 IPAM Freeware Login Screen

2. Log in using the following:

Username: admin
Password: infoblox
3. Accept the Infoblox End-User License Agreement.

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 Using IPAM Freeware

IPAM Freeware displays the Dashboard, which is your home page. The Dashboard provides various widgets for
viewing and managing data.

Figure 1.7 Dashboard

Creating a Network
1. In the My Commands widget of the Dashboard, click Add IPv4 Network.
2. In the Add Network wizard, complete the following:
— Address: Enter the IP address of the network. You can enter the IP address with a CIDR block. For example,
enter 10.0.0.0/24, and the netmask slider adjusts the netmask to /24. You can also enter partial IP address
with a CIDR block. For example, when you enter 15/24, the system displays 15.0.0.0/24 and the netmask
slider adjusts the netmask to /24.
— Netmask: You can use the netmask slider to select the appropriate number of subnet mask bits for the
network.
— Comment: You can enter additional information about the network, such as the name of the organization it
serves.
3. Click Next until you reach step 4 of the wizard.
Steps 2 and 3, which are supported on the NIOS solution only, allow you to assign a DHCP server to the network
and set certain properties.
4. In step 4, you can specify the attributes of the network. Select one of the predefined attributes, such as Site, and
enter a value.
5. Click Save & Close. If you want to create another network, click Save & New to open a new wizard.

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Running a Discovery
1. Go back to the Dashboard and in the Discovery Status widget, click Discovery Manager.
2. In the DIscovery Manager wizard, click the Add icon (+).
3. From the list of networks that you created, select the networks on which you want to run a discovery.
4. Click Start, and then Close to close the wizard.
The Discovery Status widget displays a progress bar and tracks the number of networks the appliance has discovered.
You can click the Refresh icon to update the status displayed by the progress bar.

Figure 1.8 Discovery Status

Click the Refresh icon to update the

status displayed by the progress bar.

When the Discovery Status widget displays some discovered objects, and even if it is still running, you can go to the
Data Management tab, select the IPAM tab, and then click the network link to see a map of the IP addresses, as shown
in Figure 1.9.

Figure 1.9 IP Map

Discovered IP addresses are created as “Unmanaged” objects. You can select an IP address in the map to see its
detailed information.