Integration Options for Avi Load Balancer in ACI Fabric

This section discusses integrating Avi Load Balancer with ACI in different hosting infrastructures.

VMware

Network policy mode with write access vCenter cloud

This is a traditional mode where EPGs for the SEs are used instead of Service Graphs within ACI. ACI is used only to provide access between the client network and virtual service network. Avi Load Balancer integrates with vCenter in write access mode. This is our recommended deployment mode.

Network policy mode with no-access/read access vCenter cloud

This is a traditional mode where EPGs for the SEs are used instead of Service Graphs within ACI. ACI is used only to provide access between the client network and virtual service network. Avi Load Balancer will be deployed as an external L3out on VMware infrastructure with no access cloud (no integration with vCenter) or read access (read only access to Vcenter) and will perform the BGP peering with ACI.

Cisco CSP 2100/ Bare Metal Servers

Network policy mode

This is a traditional mode where EPGs for the SEs are used instead of Service Graphs within ACI. Avi Load Balancer will be deployed as an external L3Out on Cisco CSP and will perform the BGP peering with ACI.