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VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise

VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise

Brand: VMware | Category: Software

SKU: VMWA-AVILBENTC | Part #: AVI-LB-ENT-C | MPN: AVI-LB-ENT-C

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About the VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise

VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise (AVI-LB-ENT-C) is a software-defined, full-featured application delivery controller built on a distributed, cloud-native architecture. Unlike traditional hardware-based load balancers, Avi decouples the data plane from the control plane, deploying Service Engines as software instances across bare-metal, virtual machine, or container environments. The platform provides elastic L4 through L7 load balancing, SSL/TLS offload, Web Application Firewall (WAF), application analytics, and automated autoscaling—all managed through a centralized Avi Controller cluster that offers a unified REST API, GUI, and CLI.

The Enterprise tier unlocks the full breadth of Avi capabilities, including advanced WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set support, bot management, DNS-based load balancing (GSLB) for multi-site active-active and active-standby topologies, container ingress services for Kubernetes and OpenShift environments, and deep per-transaction application performance analytics. Avi integrates natively with VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, and major public clouds including AWS, Azure, and GCP, making it suitable for hybrid and multi-cloud application delivery strategies. The platform supports automation-first operations through Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes Operator integrations.

VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise is purpose-built for organizations requiring consistent, policy-driven application delivery across heterogeneous infrastructure. Target workloads include mission-critical web applications, microservices running in containerized environments, enterprise SaaS platforms, and large-scale multi-tenant environments. As a core component of VMware Cloud Foundation, Avi provides the networking and security services layer for application delivery, enabling infrastructure teams to replace legacy appliance-based ADCs with a fully automated, programmable, and operationally scalable solution.

Ideal for

  • Centralized L4–L7 load balancing for enterprise web applications and APIs across vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation environments, replacing legacy hardware ADC appliances with software-defined Service Engines
  • Kubernetes and Tanzu ingress controller providing automated virtual service provisioning, SSL termination, and traffic management for containerized microservices workloads
  • Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) for active-active and active-standby multi-datacenter or multi-cloud application topologies with DNS-based traffic steering and health monitoring
  • Web Application Firewall enforcement with OWASP CRS-based rule sets protecting externally exposed enterprise applications and REST APIs from injection, XSS, and other OWASP Top 10 threats
  • SSL/TLS offload and certificate lifecycle management at scale for large application portfolios, reducing compute burden on application servers and centralizing PKI operations
  • Real-time application performance monitoring and per-transaction analytics enabling operations teams to detect latency anomalies, error spikes, and security events across all load-balanced services from a single control plane

Technical specifications

ManufacturerVMware
Manufacturer Part NumberAVI-LB-ENT-C
Product NameVMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise
Deployment ModelSoftware-defined; subscription-based perpetual-use license
ArchitectureDistributed: centralized Avi Controller cluster (3-node HA) with independently scalable Service Engine data plane instances
Load Balancing LayersL4 (TCP/UDP) and L7 (HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, WebSocket)
Supported Infrastructure PlatformsVMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, bare-metal Linux, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OpenShift
Container IngressKubernetes Ingress Controller and AKO (Avi Kubernetes Operator) for automated virtual service lifecycle management
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)DNS-based multi-site active-active and active-standby topology support with health monitoring and geo-routing
Web Application FirewallIntegrated WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS), positive and negative security models, bot management, and custom rule authoring
SSL/TLS OffloadSupported; TLS 1.0 through TLS 1.3, with centralized certificate management and HSM integration support
AnalyticsPer-transaction application performance metrics, logs, and security events via built-in analytics engine; integration with external SIEM and monitoring platforms via syslog and REST API
AutoscalingAutomated Service Engine scale-out and scale-in based on real-time traffic demand and configured performance thresholds
High AvailabilityActive/active and active/standby Service Engine HA modes; 3-node Avi Controller cluster for control plane redundancy
API and AutomationFull REST API; Ansible, Terraform provider, Kubernetes Operator (AKO), and Python SDK support
Protocols SupportedHTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSocket, DNS, TCP, UDP
NSX IntegrationNative integration with VMware NSX for micro-segmentation policy coordination and service insertion
Licensing ModelSubscription; consumed per Service Engine vCPU core (Enterprise tier)
Management InterfaceWeb GUI, REST API, CLI (shell)
Form FactorSoftware only; no dedicated hardware required

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Technical Specifications

BrandVMware
CategorySoftware
SKUVMWA-AVILBENTC
Part NumberAVI-LB-ENT-C
ConditionNew
Manufacturer Part NumberAVI-LB-ENT-C
Product NameVMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise
Deployment ModelSoftware-defined; subscription-based perpetual-use license
ArchitectureDistributed: centralized Avi Controller cluster (3-node HA) with independently scalable Service Engine data plane instances
Load Balancing LayersL4 (TCP/UDP) and L7 (HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, WebSocket)
Supported Infrastructure PlatformsVMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, bare-metal Linux, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OpenShift
Container IngressKubernetes Ingress Controller and AKO (Avi Kubernetes Operator) for automated virtual service lifecycle management
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)DNS-based multi-site active-active and active-standby topology support with health monitoring and geo-routing
Web Application FirewallIntegrated WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS), positive and negative security models, bot management, and custom rule authoring
SSL/TLS OffloadSupported; TLS 1.0 through TLS 1.3, with centralized certificate management and HSM integration support
AnalyticsPer-transaction application performance metrics, logs, and security events via built-in analytics engine; integration with external SIEM and monitoring platforms via syslog and REST API
AutoscalingAutomated Service Engine scale-out and scale-in based on real-time traffic demand and configured performance thresholds
High AvailabilityActive/active and active/standby Service Engine HA modes; 3-node Avi Controller cluster for control plane redundancy
API and AutomationFull REST API; Ansible, Terraform provider, Kubernetes Operator (AKO), and Python SDK support
Protocols SupportedHTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSocket, DNS, TCP, UDP
NSX IntegrationNative integration with VMware NSX for micro-segmentation policy coordination and service insertion
Licensing ModelSubscription; consumed per Service Engine vCPU core (Enterprise tier)
Management InterfaceWeb GUI, REST API, CLI (shell)
Form FactorSoftware only; no dedicated hardware required

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Key specifications for the VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise: new condition; manufacturer VMware; manufacturer part number AVI-LB-ENT-C; product name VMware Avi Load Balancer Enterprise; deployment model Software-defined; subscription-based perpetual-use license; architecture Distributed: centralized Avi Controller cluster (3-node HA) with independently scalable Service Engine data plane instances; load balancing layers L4 (TCP/UDP) and L7 (HTTP, HTTPS, gRPC, WebSocket). Manufacturer part number AVI-LB-ENT-C. For the full datasheet with electrical, environmental, and compliance details, contact our pre-sales engineering team.