Unified Load Balancer Configuration and Administration Guide, Release 2026.02

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Prerequisites for ULB deployment

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Overview

Explains the prerequisites for ULB deployment and summarizes key parameters, requirements, and reference information before deploying ULB on the SMI layer.

Before deploying ULB on the SMI layer:

  • Ensure that all the virtual network functions (VNFs) are deployed.

  • Run the SMI synchronization operation for the ULB Ops Center and Cloud Native Common Execution Environment (CN-CEE).

  • Ensure that the node labels are configured as per the recommended pod deployment layout.

  • Configure the external VIPs as per the ULB deployment requirement.

  • Enable Istio for pod-to-pod traffic load balancing.