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Supervisor with "VDS + FLB"

This section describes the requirements for deploying the Supervisor utilizing a "VDS + FLB" architecture inside a vSphere environment.

VDS Architecture

Requirements

Supervisor with "VDS + FLB" has the following networking requirements:
Topology

Physical Fabric

2 or 3 Subnets/VLANs

  • Management:
    Can be an existing Management subnet/VLAN that already hosts other components (such as vCenter).
    Requires 7 consecutive IPs (5 for the Supervisor Cluster + 2 for the FLB VMs).
  • Dataplane:
    Can be an existing subnet/VLAN that already hosts other components (such as Physical Servers).
    A large pool of IPs is required (for future K8s Controller nodes, Worker nodes, and VIPs).
  • (Optional) VIPs:
    Can be an existing subnet/VLAN that already hosts other components.
    A large pool of IPs is required for future K8s VIPs.

Note: No requirement for dynamic routing (such as BGP).

vCenter

VDS Port Groups

  • Management:
    VDS Port Group VLAN for the Management traffic.

    Status Validation

    Navigate to vCenter > Networking > VDS-PortGroup > Edit Settings > VLAN.
    Ensure the VLAN Type is "VLAN" with the right "VLAN ID": VDS Port Group Settings

  • Dataplane:
    VDS Port Group VLAN for the K8s Dataplane traffic.

    Status Validation

    Navigate to vCenter > Networking > VDS-PortGroup > Edit Settings > VLAN.
    Ensure the VLAN Type is "VLAN" with the right "VLAN ID": VDS Port Group Settings

  • (Optional) VIPs:
    VDS Port Group VLAN for the K8s VIPs traffic.

    Status Validation

    Navigate to vCenter > Networking > VDS-PortGroup > Edit Settings > VLAN.
    Ensure the VLAN Type is "VLAN" with the right "VLAN ID": VDS Port Group Settings