The Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution provides information on the use of NSX Advanced Load Balancer as a load balancing solution for VMware Cloud Foundation.
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Intended Audience
The Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation documentation is intended for cloud architects, and administrators who are familiar with and want to use NSX Advanced Load Balancer for load balancing in the VMware Cloud Foundation.
Support Matrix
The Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution is compatible with certain versions of the VMware products that are used for implementing the solution.
Ensure that both the VCF BoM and the NSX Advanced Load Balancer release version are under support.
For more information on End of General Support and End of Technical Guidance dates, plase visit lifecycle.vmware.com.
Software Components in Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation:
VMware Cloud Foundation Version |
Product Group |
Component Versions |
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5.1 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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5.0 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.5.1 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.5 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.4 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.3.1 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.3.0 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.2.0 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.1.0 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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4.0 |
Products part of VMware Cloud Foundation |
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Solution-added Products |
NSX Advanced Load Balancer. The following versions are supported:
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Before You Apply This Guidance
To design and implement the Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, your environment must have a certain configuration.
Supported VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment
Workload Domain |
Deployment Details |
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Management domain |
Automated deployment of vCenter Server and NSX Manager cluster by using VMware Cloud Builder. Refer the following VMware Cloud Foundation documentation:
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(Optional) One or more virtual infrastructure workload domains |
Automated deployment of vCenter Server and NSX-T Manager cluster by using SDDC Manager. Refer the following VMware Cloud Foundation documentation:
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Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation solution currently does not support VCF Workload Domains which require load balancing on federated networks configured using NSX Federation.
Overview of Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation
By applying the Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, you implement centralized load balancing (LB) for your application workloads within VMware Cloud Foundation and can configure enterprise grade load-balancing, global server load balancing, application security, and container ingress services.
NSX Advanced Load Balancer was formerly known as Avi. These represent the same product and are used interchangeably in this document.
Implementation Overview of Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation
Stage |
Steps |
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Implementation Overview of Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation |
Work with the technology team of your organization on configuring the network in the data center. Collect the environment details and write them down in the Planning and Preparation of Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundationworkbook. |
Deploy and configure Avi Control plane |
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Configure infrastructure on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller to enable fully automated load balancing |
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Update History
This Advanced Load Balancing for VMware Cloud Foundation is updated when necessary.
Revision |
Description |
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20 Mar 2023 |
The validated solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0. |
30 October 2023 |
The validated solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0. |
11 October 2023 |
The validated solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0, 4.5.1. |
22 February 2022 |
The validated solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0. This validated solution now supports registering NSX Advanced Load Balancer with Cloud Services to consume NSX Advanced Load Balancer with Cloud Services SaaS Subscriptions. |
05 October 2021 |
The validated solution now supports VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.1. |
24 August 2021 |
Initial draft |
