Unified Load Balancer Configuration and Administration Guide, Release 2026.02

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Overview

This topic explains the Unified Load Balancer (ULB), including its overview, key features, capabilities, benefits, and limitations.

Introduction to Unified Load Balancer

This topic explains the Unified Load Balancer (ULB), including its overview, key features, capabilities, benefits, and limitations.

ULB deployment architecture

This topic explains the ULB deployment architecture, including key components, workflows, requirements, and expected outcomes for technical implementation and operations.

Getting started

Explains how to get started with technical implementation and operations, including requirements and initial configurations for on-premise deployment.

Deploy and configure ULB through Ops center

Learn how to deploy and configure ULB through Ops Center. This procedure covers prerequisites, deployment steps, and configuration of ULB in an on-premise environment.

Unified Load Balancer traffic distribution

Provides an overview of how the Unified Load Balancer (ULB) manages traffic distribution across worker nodes and backend pods to ensure network reliability.

ULB features and configuration

Explains ULB features and configuration for technical implementation and operations. It covers resilience and traffic convergence via BGP and BFD, neighbor discovery, core dump generation, and service outbound route (SOR).

Performance metrics and KPIs

Explains performance metrics and KPIs for technical implementation and operations. It covers ULB operator metrics and ULB agent metrics, highlighting key workflows, requirements, and expected outcomes.

Sample custom resource definitions for load balancer and egress management policy

Explains sample custom resource definitions for load balancer and egress management policy, including Load balancer CR (IPv4), Load balancer CR (IPv6), Egress management policy CR for stateful pods (IPv4), and Egress management policy CR for stateful pods (IPv6).