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title: "Setting Grid Properties"
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<span style="color: #000000">After you add a Grid, you can generate its Join Key file as described in</span> [ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912064638)<span style="color: #0000ff">[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912064638)</span>[*Adding a Grid*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912064638/Adding+a+Grid)<span style="color: #000000">. You can also set its delegation mode to restrict the address space of the managed Grids. When you enable strict delegation mode, the Grid admins can create networks only within and below the network block of the Master Grid.</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">From the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Grids</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> -> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Visualization</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab -> Node Tree, select the Grid Master. When it moves to the center of the node, expand the Toolbar and click the Edit icon.</span>  
<span style="color: #000000">From </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Grids</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> -> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">List</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab, select the Grid and click the Edit icon.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">In the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">General</span>****<span style="color: #000000">Basic</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab of the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Grid</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> editor, you can perform the following:</span>
  - **Name: **You can change the Grid name.
  - **Join** **Key**: <span style="color: #000000">You can make the following changes:</span>
    - **sub Grid Initiated**: I<span style="color: #000000">f the Grid has not joined the Master Grid and a join key was generated, this field displays the join key. Otherwise, it displays a message indicating that the Grid has joined the Master Grid.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">MGM Initiated</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: You can type or paste the join key generated by the Grid. This is required to decrypt the join key file.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Expiration</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Click on </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Generate</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> to generate the join key file and join key details, this field displays the date and time for which the generated join key file and join key combination is valid.     </span>
  - **Join** **Key** **File**:<span style="color: #000000"> You can make the following changes:</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">sub Grid Initiated</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: If the Grid has not joined the Master Grid, you can click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Generate</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> to generate the join key, and then click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Download</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> to download the key.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">MGM Initiated</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Select</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> to upload the join key file generated by the Grid.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Comment</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Optionally, enter additional information about the Grid.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Strict</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Delegation</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Mode</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this option to restrict the address space within which the Grid admins can create networks. If the Master Grid admin allocates an address block to the Grid, then the admins of the Grid can create networks within and below the address block.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Grid</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Master</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">IP</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Address/</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">FQDN</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: You can make the following changes:</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">sub Grid Initiated</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Displays the IP address of the Grid when it is joined to a Master Grid. You can change it to FQDN.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">MGM Initiated</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Displays the IP address of the Grid when it is joined to a Master Grid. It is mandatory to enter the details.</span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">**Attach Port**</span><span style="color: #000000">: Displays the attach port number when a Grid is joined to a Master Grid. The default value of attach port is 21195.</span>  
You need to manually update the Grid Master IP Address/ FQDN field in the Multi-Grid Manager in the following scenarios:
    - <span style="color: #000000">Modify Grid Master IP when Grid is detached</span>
    - <span style="color: #000000">Promote a Grid master candidate when Grid is detached</span>
    - <span style="color: #000000">When Grid is behind a NAT device</span>
    - <span style="color: #000000">When MGMT interface is used for MGM initiated mode, Master Grid communication for a Grid connected through a LAN interface.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Disable</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this to disable synchronization between the Grid and Master Grid. Setting the Disable option has no effect on the Grid data or its services. Setting this option terminates any ongoing synchronization and the Multi-Grid Master closes the VPN connection to the Grid Master.</span>
3. <span style="color: #000000">In the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Snapshot</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab, you can configure the information to be captured in a snapshot. You can modify these settings at any point of time. Do the following to configure the information to be captured in a snapshot:</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Snapshot</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">on</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Attach</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select the Disabled checkbox to disable capturing the snapshot when a Grid is attached to the Master Grid. Clear the checkbox to capture snapshot.</span>
  - **<span style="color: #000000">Snapshot</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">on</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Detach</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select the Disabled checkbox to disable capturing the snapshot when a Grid is detached from the Master Grid. Clear the checkbox to capture snapshot.</span>
  - <span style="color: #000000">In the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Include</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">in</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Snapshot</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> section, select the checkbox to include the following information in the attached snapshots:</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">Lease</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">History</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this checkbox to include lease history details of a Grid.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">Syslogs</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this checkbox to include system log files.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">Distributed</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Files</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this checkbox to include file distribution details of a Grid.</span>
    - **<span style="color: #000000">bloxTools</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">partition</span>**<span style="color: #000000">: Select this checkbox to include bloxTools partition information.</span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">In the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Extensible</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Attributes</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab, you can add and delete extensible attributes that are associated with a Grid. You can also modify the values of extensible attributes. For information, see</span> [ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912293964)<span style="color: #0000ff">[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912293964)</span>[*About Extensible Attributes*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/912293964/About+Extensible+Attributes)*.*
5. <span style="color: #000000">The </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Permissions:</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> tab appears only if you belong to a superuser admin group. For information, see</span> [ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/911867955)<span style="color: #0000ff">[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/911867955)</span>[*About Administrative Permissions*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MAG8/pages/911867955/About+Administrative+Permissions)*.*
6. <span style="color: #000000">Save the configuration.</span>