Infoblox Metric

NIOS Grid-wide licence

Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited

Unit: Grid
Aliases: Grid-wide licence
Definition: NIOS licence associated with the whole Grid and replicated to all members, not tied to one member. Supported Grid-wide licences: Security Ecosystem, Reporting Subscription, RPZ, Threat Analytics, Flex Grid Activation and FireEye.
Counting rules: Entitles all members to a feature, but other conditions decide whether a member can run it.
Applies to products: NIOS DDI
Related metrics: NIOS static licence (per appliance)
Product category: DDI Management Platform

Evidence 4

Flex Grid Activation is a permanent Grid-wide licence that bundles many features

"is a permanent Infoblox license that you can implement as a NIOS Grid-wide license to enable the following features at the same time"

NIOS Managing Licenses, About the Flex Grid Activation LicenseNIOS Managing Licenses (8.5)Retrieved 2026-10-12

Grid-wide licences are lost on restore or factory reset, and may coexist with static licences

"Static and Grid-wide licenses of the same type can co-exist in the same Grid."

NIOS Managing Licenses, Managing Grid-wide LicensesNIOS Managing Licenses (8.5)Retrieved 2026-10-12

Grid-wide NIOS licences apply to the whole Grid but each feature still depends on the member

"Grid-wide licenses are associated with the entire Grid."

NIOS Managing Licenses, License TypesNIOS Managing Licenses (8.5)Retrieved 2026-10-12

Perpetual NIOS licences never expire; subscription licences expire with the contract

"Perpetual licenses are permanent licenses that do not have expiration dates."

NIOS Managing Licenses, License TypesNIOS Managing Licenses (8.5)Retrieved 2026-10-12