Infoblox Platform Appliances:
Optimize your Enterprise
Better performance, more capabilities and easier management for the
hybrid, multi-cloud network
Deploy your way:
physical, software,
cloud and COTS
Infoblox appliances are available in a variety of options to match an organization’s specific requirements. They integrate with a broad array of automation and orchestration platforms and are simple to deploy through flexible licensing.
- Physical appliances—purpose-built and more reliable, scalable and secure than general-purpose servers
- Software and cloud appliances—identical functionality but with a lower technology footprint
- COTS—Infoblox appliances available as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) options that meet stringent performance standards
NIOS 9.0.1:
Optimize your enterprise
with purpose-built Trinzic X6 appliances
Integrated physical and software appliances to power
your critical and hybrid, multi-cloud networks
Hybrid deployment of Infoblox appliances
This diagram shows our hybrid architecture powered by the Infoblox Grid along with ecosystem integrations. The unique architecture enables the seamless deployment of Infoblox physical, virtual and cloud appliances whether on-premises or in the cloud.

“With Infoblox, we’ve been able to upgrade and replace units in the middle of the day, and the new units seamlessly rejoin the Grid without impacting users or service availability.”
IT Security Analyst, Canada’s Department of Agriculture
Trinzic X6 Purpose-Built Physical and Software Network Appliances
Trinzic X6 physical and software network appliances deliver all the capabilities you need to see, secure, analyze and manage your on-prem, private/hybrid- and public/multi-cloud enterprise. Infoblox’s Trinzic X6 appliances run on NIOS 9 or higher and improve:
- Performance – Delivering up to 50% better DNS and DHCP performance over prior models
- Capability – Including Cloud Platform API, DNS Firewall (RPZ) and DTC load balancing licenses, multi-power supply options and Trinzic X5 and X6 subscription hosting to protect investment
- Simplification – Consolidating eight Trinzic X5 to five Trinzic X6 models, enabling services to run on a common model and supporting on-prem, private and public cloud environments
Supported integrations
Hypervisors
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Nutanix AHV
- OpenStack KVM
- VMware ESXi
Private clouds
- Nutanix
- OpenShift
- OpenStack
- VMware
Public clouds
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud

Trinzic Enterprise DDI (DNS, DHCP and IPAM) appliances
Enterprise Trinzic appliances deliver the speed, capacity and functionality required to get the most from emerging digital technologies. They are sized to optimize service from the smallest remote office to the largest enterprise or service provider, with other options including COTS and virtualization platforms.
Supported integrations
Hypervisors
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Nutanix AHV
- OpenStack KVM
- VMware ESXi
Private clouds
- Nutanix
- OpenStack
- VMware
Public clouds
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud

Network Insight appliances
These appliances facilitate on-premises data collection and correlation for asset discovery, visibility and better network management. They can accommodate networks of any scale or distribution and help deliver authoritative IPAM as the single source of truth for your organization.
Supported integrations
Hypervisors
- Nutanix AHV
- OpenStack KVM
- VMware ESXi
Private clouds
- Nutanix
- OpenStack
- VMware

Reporting and Analytics appliances
These appliances integrate with the Infoblox Grid to deliver real-time visibility with zero performance impact on DDI network service appliances. This capability enables you to analyze, control and secure your network and remediate threats faster using data-driven insights.
Supported integrations
Hypervisors
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Nutanix AHV
- OpenStack KVM
- VMware ESXi
Private clouds
- Nutanix
- OpenStack
- VMware

Network automation appliances
These virtual appliances lower TCO by saving hardware, power, cooling and real-estate costs while delivering flexible, high-availability performance and reliability. They provide unmatched agility, manageability and scalability to simplify and automate complex multi-platform workflows and enable consistent, policy-compliant security protocols.
Supported integrations
Hypervisors
- Nutanix AHV
- OpenStack KVM
- VMware ESXi
Private clouds
- Nutanix
- OpenStack
- VMware

Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) appliances
These appliances are designed for simplified planning and flexible scalability, enabling you to nimbly meet changing business needs. Currently available only for BloxOne DDI, all COTS appliances are designed to meet minimum throughput and capacity specifications.
Supported integrations
Hypervisors/container runtime
- Docker
- KVM
- VMware ESXi
Public cloud
- AWS


Flexible
licensing
Infoblox’s flexible licensing gives you a simpler migration path to virtual and cloud architectures, offers budget flexibility and helps align your procurement needs with your business imperatives.
Customers are automatically eligible to receive software upgrades for the appliances, physical or virtual regardless of whether they are deployed in their own virtualized environment (like VMware and OpenStack) or in the public cloud (like AWS and Azure).
Please contact your Infoblox account team for more details.
Find out more
DNS, DHCP
& IPAM (DDI)
Unify DNS, DHCP and IPAM across on-premises and cloud data centers
DNS, DHCP & IPAM (DDI)
Unify DNS, DHCP and IPAM across on-premises and cloud data centers
Multi-Cloud
Streamline the network management of multi-cloud solutions
Multi-Cloud
Streamline the network management of multi-cloud solutions
Network Insight
Enhance discover, security and efficiency with Network Insight
Network Insight
Enhance discover, security and efficiency with Network Insight
BloxOne® DDI
Simplify and scale cloud access everywhere with automated, cloud-managed DNS, DHCP and IPAM
BloxOne® DDI
Simplify and scale cloud access everywhere with automated, cloud-managed DNS, DHCP and IPAM