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Useful NIOS Commands
set remote_console
set maintenancemode
set maintenancemode no
set expertmode
set expertmode no
set temp_license
Restart NIOS without rebooting entire appliance.
set maintenancemode restart_product
Show Hotfix
show upgrade_history
[Date] Reverted to: 8.4.4-386831 [Date] Upgraded to: 8.4.6-393507 [Date] Upgraded to: 8.5.3-417434 [Date] Upgraded to: 8.6.1-421683 [Date] Upgraded to: 8.6.2-49947-c076923293a0 [Date] Hotfix Hotfix-CHF-8.6.2.2_NIOS-88072_APPLY-607f5de05325e8e918bd2cc08c1500c2-Mon-Jan-23-17-23-41-2023.bin applied successfully [2023/01/01 01:01:01] Hotfix Hotfix-CHF-8.6.2.3-NIOS-11122-APPLY-f62d08c367229f13fc7d6d24400e57bc-Wed-Mar-15-09-51-18-2022.bin applied successfully
Uupgrade history from the GM and GMC's is the best bet because this will not show hotfixes that were released with (e.g.) an RMA or grid expansion.
Reset NIOS
Note that auto-provisioning can be enabled only on single appliances.
| Command | Clear NIOS Database | Clear Configuration | Clear Network Settings | Clear Licenses | Clear Network Automation Database |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reset all | Yes | Yes | Set to 192.168.1.1/24 | No | N/A |
| reset all auto_provision | Yes | Yes | Set to DHCP | Yes | N/A |
| reset all licenses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| reset all licenses | Yes | Set to 192.168.1.1/24 | Set to DHCP | Yes | N/A |
| reset database | Yes | Yes | Prompts | No | Yes |
| reset database nios | Yes | No | Prompts | No | N/A |
| reset database net-automation | No | No | No | No | Yes |
the Network Automation only applies if the appliance has the Network Insight licence installed.
The following clears the NIOS appliance of database, configuration, and network settings. It then re-establishes the factory settings with the default IP address, gateway, and subnet mask.
reset all
The following command clears database, configuration, and network settings. It also clears all licensing information from the appliance before re-establishing the factory settings.
reset all licenses
The following command removes configuration files and DNS and DHCP data from the NIOS appliance database. However, the network and licensing information remains intact. The network settings of the appliance include the IP address and subnet mask for the appliance, the IP address of the gateway, the host name, and the remote access setting.
reset database
General
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| show arp | Display system ARP cache |
| show capacity | Display DB usage for this member |
| show check_ssl_certificate | Display current check ssl certificate status |
| show config | Display dns, dhcp, dtc, healthd configuration file |
| show connection_limit | Display the per client IP address protocol maximum connection limit |
| show connections | Display all TCP/UDP connections |
| show cpu | Display the processor and memory statistics |
| show date | Display the date, time and time zone of the appliance |
| show debug | Display the status of debugging |
| show disk | Display the disk space used |
| show file | Display the content(s) of a file(s) |
| show hardware-type | Display hardware type |
| show hardware_status | Display the hardware status |
| show hwid | Display the hardware ID |
| show interface | Display network interface details |
| show license | Display product and maintenance licenses |
| show license_uid | Display the grid-wide license unique ID |
| show log | Display the specified system log |
| show lom | Display LOM network/user settings |
| show memory | Display the memory statistics |
| show monitor | Display current network monitor settings |
| show network | Display current network settings |
| show ntp | Display NTP associations and statistics |
| show remote_console | Display remote console access settings |
| show scheduled | Display number of automatic restarts per hour for scheduled tasks |
| show security | Display current security settings |
| show snmp | Display SNMP information such as contents of variables |
| show status | Display Grid and HA status |
| show subscriber_secure_data | Displays subscriber secure records |
| show support_access | Display support access settings |
| show tech-support | Display output for all show commands |
| show temperature | Display the temperature |
| show test_promote_master | Display status of the Master Candidate communication test |
| show upgrade_history | Display upgrade history |
| show uptime | Display the uptime of the appliance |
| show version | Display the product version |
NIOS Infoblox Console Cable
Connect a serial cable from the console port on your management system to the console port on the appliance. The appliance has a male DB-9 console port on its front panel.
- Bits per second: 9600
- Data bits: 8
- Parity: None
- Stop bits: 1
- Flow control: Xon/Xoff
HAS TO BE A NULL MODEM CABLE - Null modem, also called crossover, is a term associated with serial (RS-232) cables. A standard serial cable, also called an AT cable, has the wires inside the cable running straight through. Take a DB9 cable as an example. Pin 1 on one end of the cable would be connected to Pin 1 on the other end. Then Pin 2 to 2, 3 to 3, and so on. Null modem cables are serial cables that use an alternative pinout for different functionality.
https://docs.infoblox.com/space/IIGF2SA/36834963/Connecting+to+the+Appliance
Editing NIOS Backup Files
Backup files which get manipulated in any way, including Infoblox's own scripts to reset passwords MUST NOT be restored in production under any circumstances.
Manipulating backup files automatically voids any assistance you can get from Engineering.
The Grid Backup file (.bak) is a tar.gz file that can be opened with 7-Zip. This file contains an XML file called onedb.xml.
XPad64 can edit this file. (Search for “admin”)
The following value is for the password 'infoblox'.
value VALUE="{ssha}_HAAAADt7bFVX+JJh4KXe8lzuVi5D9VRTShr1CkajRRI="
NIOS can be very picky about what backup files it will restore onto a version of code. You must always make sure you are running the same version of NIOS that was used to make the Grid backup. However, in a LAB environment, you can edit the first line of the onedb.xml file. This is for LABBING only. NEVER use this in production. Your configuration will not be supported by Infoblox.
In this example, we are making a Grid Backup from 8.6.0 early access NIOS compatible with 8.6.0 GA NIOS. NOTE: We are not actually making it compatible, we are simply tricking NIOS 8.6.0 GA into loading the configuration as best as it can.
<DATABASE NAME="onedb" VERSION="8.6.0-403398" MD5="73c15d7365c6eb9cca9ee2dbeca4001e" SCHEMA-MD5="c8e8877ba8e8da62feb8663e29f83aef" INT-VERSION="8.6.6000-403398">
to
<DATABASE NAME="onedb" VERSION="8.6.0-412613" MD5="a38a4f0e5f50eea4dd78f7897678a0b4" SCHEMA-MD5="0773358b1f81a6df4231095bbf702d05" INT-VERSION="8.6.6000-412613">
You may also need to edit the UI ACL (if it is set). Search for
<PROPERTY NAME="function_type" VALUE="SECURITY_ACCESS"/>
This is set on the CLI using set security (docs)