NIOS static licence (per appliance)
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- 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
- Related metrics
- Product category
Evidence 15
"Cloud Platform licenses are only supported on Cloud Platform Appliances."
"Each of these unique hardware ID values is associated with a VM registration number from your Contract Notification email."
"Before any non-perpetual (subscription or temporary) licenses expire, an expiration warning appears during the Grid Manager login process."
"Static and Grid-wide licenses of the same type can co-exist in the same Grid."
"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."
"Active perpetual licenses will be applied as subscription licenses as perpetual licenses are not offered from NIOS 9.0.1 onwards."
"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"
"(i) transfer, sublicense, resell, or distribute Software;"
"Support is not included with the Software License and must be purchased separately under Infoblox’s Software Support Addendum."
"Perpetual licenses are permanent licenses that do not have expiration dates."
"Static licenses cannot be transferred among appliances."
"After temporary licenses expire, you cannot subscribe to them again. Note that pool licenses are not supported as temporary licenses."
"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."
"A Trinzic X6 series hardware appliance ships with no licenses installed."
"the Infoblox vNIOS service can be directly installed from the AWS marketplace with a built-in license, eliminating the need for separate license purchases."
Source Documents 7
- Licensing Requirements (NIOS 8.5, Cloud Network Automation)Product guide · retrieved 2026-10-12
- vNIOS Obtaining and Installing Your VM LicensesProduct guide · retrieved 2026-10-12
- NIOS Managing Licenses (8.5)Product guide · retrieved 2026-10-12
- Infoblox NIOS and NetMRI Software Addendum to MCAProduct terms · retrieved 2026-10-12
- NIOS Managing Licenses in NIOS 9.0.1 and LaterProduct guide · retrieved 2026-10-12
- DNS Infrastructure Protection LicensingProduct guide · retrieved 2026-10-12
- Provisioning the PayGo Instance of vNIOS for AWSProduct guide · retrieved 2026-10-12