How to Deploy Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx Images

Barracuda Networks offers the following types of images for the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx deployment. Follow the instructions for your hypervisor to deploy the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx appliance.

For VMware ESX and ESXi, follow the steps below to:

• Deploy an Image in VMware ESX and ESXi

• Add Additional Network Interfaces for VMware ESX and ESXi

Use the appropriate OVF file for this environment.

1. Download and expand the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx ZIP folder.

2. Launch vSphere Client and select the appropriate host and resource pool.

3. From the File menu in the vSphere Client, select Deploy OVF Template.

4. Click Browse. Navigate to the extracted folder, and select the appropriate OVF file for your hypervisor version:

5. Click Next. Verify you selected the correct Barracuda virtual appliance. Click Next again.

6. Enter a name for the virtual appliance. Click Next.

7. Select the destination storage for the virtual machine. Click Next.

8. Select the Thick Provision Eager Zeroed disk format to ensure maximum stability when deploying your Barracuda Vx appliance. Click Next.
   

9. Map the network to the target network for this virtual appliance. Click Next.

10. Review the deployment options. Click Finish to deploy the virtual appliance.

11. Follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx.

12. Locate the appliance within the appropriate virtual machine and resource pool. Select it and power it on by clicking the green arrow.

13. Click the Console tab to monitor the appliance as it is prepared for use.

14. Follow the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.

1. Shutdown the Barracuda virtual appliance using the Console.

2. Navigate to the Resource Allocation tab. Under either CPU or Memory, click Edit .

3. On the Hardware tab, click Add.

4. Select Ethernet Adapter under device types. Click Next.

5. On the Network Type window, set the Adapter Type to VMXNET 3. Set the Network label to the setting appropriate for your network. Click Next.

6. Click Finish.Click OK.

7. Power On the Barracuda virtual appliance by clicking the green arrow.

Use the OVF file ending in -4x.ovf for this hypervisor.

1. Download and expand the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx ZIP folder.

2. From the File menu in the VirtualBox client, select Import Appliance.

3. Navigate to the extracted folder and locate the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC OVF file.

4. Select the file and click Next.

5. On the Import Settings screen, follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx. Click Finish.

6. Start the appliance.

7. Follow the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.

Use the .vmx and .vmdk files for this hypervisor.

1. Download and expand the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx ZIP folder.

2. Navigate to the extracted folder and move the files ending in .vmx and .vmdk into a folder in your datastore (which you can locate from the Datastores list on your server's summary page).

3. From the VMware Infrastructure Web Access client's Virtual Machine menu, select Add Virtual Machine to Inventory.

4. Navigate to the folder in your datastore used in step 2 and select the file ending in .vmx. Click OK.

5. Follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx.

6. Start the appliance.

7. Follow the Barracuda Load Balancer ADC Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.

Use the .vmx file for these hypervisors.