Intro Welcome to Part 11 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we configured the creation of the Avi IPAM Profile. In this post we’ll cover the creation of a basic Virtual Service. What is a Virtual Service? Depending on which documentation you read a Virtual Service is described in slightly different ways, the Avi networks documentation […]
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AVI/ALB Lab: IPAM Configuration
Intro Welcome to Part 10 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we configured the Management and VIP networks within Avi. In this post we’ll cover the creation of the Avi IPAM Profile. What is IPAM? IP Address Management (IPAM) is a method used to plan, track and manage information associated with a network’s Internet Protocol address […]
AVI/ALB Lab: Management and VIP Network Allocation
Intro Welcome to Part 9 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we configured our SE Group settings.In this post we’ll cover the configuration of the Management and VIP networks within Avi. Why we need to do this Since I am not using DHCP to assign IP addresses to the SE management Interfaces or to the VIP’s […]
AVI/ALB Lab: SE Group Configuration
Intro Welcome to Part 8 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we configured our NSX-T cloud.In this post we’ll cover setting up the SE group settings. What is an SE group? A Service Engine (SE) group contains the definitions on how SE’s that are part of the group will be sized, placed and configured for HA. […]
AVI/ALB Lab: NSX-T Cloud Configuration
Intro Welcome to Part 7 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we covered the initial configuration of the Avi Controller.In this post we’ll cover the creation of the NSX-T cloud. What is a Cloud in AVI? Clouds are containers for the environment that Avi Vantage is installed or operating within. During initial setup of Avi, a […]
AVI/ALB Lab: Controller Setup NSX-T Cloud
Intro Welcome to Part 6 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we covered the deployment of the Avi Controller VM.In this post we’ll cover the initial configuration of the Controller. What is a Cloud? Clouds are containers for the environment that Avi Vantage is installed or operating within. During initial setup of Avi Vantage, a default […]
AVI/ALB Lab: AVI Controller Deployment
Intro Welcome to Part 5 of the NSX-T AVI/ALB Lab and Part 3 of the vCenter AVI/ALB Lab In the NSX-T previous post, we covered the creation of the Overlay Segments for the Avi SE Management and VIPs.In the vCenter previous post, we covered the configuration of permissions in vCenter.In this post we’ll cover the deployment of […]
AVI/ALB Lab: NSX-T Segments
Intro Welcome to Part 4 of the AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we covered the creation of the Content library.In this post we’ll cover the creation of the NSX-T Overlay segments. Requirements The next thing we need to setup before we can configure the Avi controller is the NSX-T segments for Management and the VIPs. […]
AVI/ALB Lab: vCenter Content Library
Intro Welcome to Part 3 of the NSX-T AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we covered configuring the permissions and users needed.In this post we’ll cover the creation of the vCenter content library. What is a content library? Content libraries are container objects for VM and vApp templates and other types of files, such as ISO […]
AVI/ALB Lab: vCenter and NSX-T Permissions
Intro Welcome to Part 2 of the NSX-T AVI/ALB Lab In the previous post, we covered the architecture of AviIn this post we’ll cover the required vCenter and NSX-T Permissions and users. Overview Rather than using the generic vSphere or NSX-T admin accounts for permissions for Avi which would work, it’s best practise to configure service […]