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Infoblox Metric

NIOS static licence (per appliance)

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Unit
Appliance (hardware ID)
Aliases
Static licence
Definition
Member-specific NIOS licence installed on the Grid Master or a Grid member and mapped to the hardware ID (serial number) of one NIOS or vNIOS appliance. May be perpetual, subscription or temporary.
Counting rules
Pre-installed on physical appliances according to the software packages ordered; cannot be transferred among appliances; renewed subscription keys are downloaded from the support portal. NIOS 9.0.1 and later offers subscription licences only.
Applies to products
  • NIOS DDI
  • vNIOS
  • Trinzic
Product category

Evidence 15

Cloud Platform licences work only on Cloud Platform Appliances
"Cloud Platform licenses are only supported on Cloud Platform Appliances."

Licensing Requirements, Cloud Network AutomationLicensing Requirements (NIOS 8.5, Cloud Network Automation)Retrieved 2026-10-12

Each vNIOS licence is tied to a hardware ID paired with a VM registration number
"Each of these unique hardware ID values is associated with a VM registration number from your Contract Notification email."

Obtaining and Installing Your VM LicensesvNIOS Obtaining and Installing Your VM LicensesRetrieved 2026-10-12

Expiring NIOS licences trigger a login warning until renewed
"Before any non-perpetual (subscription or temporary) licenses expire, an expiration warning appears during the Grid Manager login process."

NIOS Managing Licenses, License TypesNIOS 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

Installing an Upgrade ends the licence to the prior version
"If Customer installs an Upgrade, it replaces the prior version and the prior Software License terminates, with no residual rights retained by Customer in the prior version."

NIOS and NetMRI Addendum section 3 UpgradesInfoblox NIOS and NetMRI Software Addendum to MCARetrieved 2026-10-12

NIOS 9.0.1 and later no longer offers perpetual licences
"Active perpetual licenses will be applied as subscription licenses as perpetual licenses are not offered from NIOS 9.0.1 onwards."

Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 and LaterNIOS Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 and LaterRetrieved 2026-10-12

NIOS licence covers the copies and capacity purchased, in object code, for internal use
"to install and operate the number of copies of Software purchased in the Order (i) in object code only, (ii) for the internal business purposes of Customer and its Affiliates, and (iii) in accordance with capacity or other use limits in the Order, for the license term stated in the Order"

NIOS and NetMRI Addendum section 2 GrantInfoblox NIOS and NetMRI Software Addendum to MCARetrieved 2026-10-12

NIOS Software may not be transferred, sublicensed or resold
"(i) transfer, sublicense, resell, or distribute Software;"

NIOS and NetMRI Addendum section 2 RestrictionsInfoblox NIOS and NetMRI Software Addendum to MCARetrieved 2026-10-12

NIOS support is bought separately and gates updates
"Support is not included with the Software License and must be purchased separately under Infoblox’s Software Support Addendum."

NIOS and NetMRI Addendum section 3 Support; Updates & UpgradesInfoblox NIOS and NetMRI Software Addendum to MCARetrieved 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

Static NIOS licences map to one appliance hardware ID and cannot be transferred
"Static licenses cannot be transferred among appliances."

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

Temporary NIOS licences last 60 days and cannot be re-subscribed
"After temporary licenses expire, you cannot subscribe to them again. Note that pool licenses are not supported as temporary licenses."

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

Threat Protection add-on is licensed per appliance and keeps running after expiry
"Threat Protection (Software add-on) licenses are subscription-based. If the license expires, the service will continue to work but a license expiry warning will be displayed."

DNS Infrastructure Protection, LicensingDNS Infrastructure Protection LicensingRetrieved 2026-10-12

Trinzic X6 appliances ship without licences; temporary licences last 60 days
"A Trinzic X6 series hardware appliance ships with no licenses installed."

Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 and LaterNIOS Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 and LaterRetrieved 2026-10-12

vNIOS for AWS PayGo instances include their licences
"the Infoblox vNIOS service can be directly installed from the AWS marketplace with a built-in license, eliminating the need for separate license purchases."

Provisioning the PayGo Instance of vNIOS for AWSProvisioning the PayGo Instance of vNIOS for AWSRetrieved 2026-10-12

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