To deploy Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation, first you need to deploy and configure the Controller cluster based on the Deployment Model for the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer for the VMware Cloud Foundation.

Prerequisites

  1. Create a Content Library on the management domain vCenter Server to host NSX Advanced Load Balancer images.

    1. Create a dedicated Content Library for hosting the Controller Images. Content Library name used in this documentation is ‘avicsfo-m01-’.

    2. Create a dedicated Content Library for hosting the Service Engine images.

  2. For Stretched Cluster deployments,

    1. Create a VM Group for NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller VMs.

    2. Create Host Groups for ESXi hosts in each AZ.

    3. Create a ‘should’ anti-affinity rule between the Controller VM Group and ESXi Host Group.

Procedure