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title: "set hardware-type"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35416333/set%20hardware-type"
format: markdown
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Use the `set`` ``hardware-type`` `command for IB-FLEX only. This command enables you to set a supported virtual appliance as an IB-FLEX. For more information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*About IB-FLEX*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35882266)</span>.

To see if an appliance has been configured as an IB-FLEX, you can use the `show`` ``hardware-type` command.

# Syntax

`set hardware-type`

This command has no arguments.

# Example

When setting a supported virtual appliance as an IB-FLEX:  
`Infoblox > ``set`` ``hardware-type IB-FLEX`