Deploying Avi Load Balancer Controller OVA in No Access Mode

This section explains how to deploy the Avi Load Balancer Controller OVA in No Access mode.

Log into the vCenter server through a vCenter client. Use the client to deploy Avi Load Balancer Controller OVA file as follows:

Click File in the top menu and choose Deploy OVF Template.

Follow theDeploy OVA Template wizard instructions:

• Choose Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed for disk format.

• Choose a port group for Destination Networks in Network Mapping. This port group will be used by the Avi Load Balancer Controller to communicate with vCenter.

• Specify the management IP address and default gateway. In the case of DHCP, leave this field empty

• Power on the VM.

After you install the OVA and before you power the Controllers ON, edit the hardware resources and change the CPU, memory, and disk to the minimum recommended values for production. Refer to Avi Controller Sizing for more details.