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  • 1.  ARIA LCM deployment

    Posted Sep 06, 2025 04:13 PM

    Hi,

    I have deployed VCF 5.2  (With Holodeck 9 Router) but got stuck on the ARIA LCM deployment.

    Is there a instruction how to deploy this, manually.

    I have an consolidated environment with NSX and a operational BGP connection.

    I have tried with AVN on 10.3.9.0 and 10.3.10.0 subnets for the region and x-region (created without issues)
    That is what I assumed if I look at the overlay networks in Holodeck.
    What network change must be made?
    Where can I change or add the DNS for the ALCM server? tried manually within holodeckdns.
    NTP?

    Everything is auto-selected (DNS/NTP for 10.3.1.1) with the ALCM deployment.
    1th time: I got stuck on the NTP server that could not be found.
    2th time: I got stuck on retrieve the certificate 
    Deploy of the server is ok , but also the vcenter is not reachable.

    With Regards, Henk.



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  • 2.  RE: ARIA LCM deployment

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Sep 09, 2025 01:23 AM
    Edited by Nikhil M Kulkarni Sep 09, 2025 01:24 AM

    Hi Hendrik,

    The overlay subnets used for region and x-region are 10.3.9.128/25 and 10.3.10.0/25. There is a known bug that is causing overlay networks not being able to consume services on VLAN subnets. To work around that issue, you can try editing the /etc/sysctl.d/kubernetes.conf file in Holorouter and add these lines - 

    net.ipv4.tcp_l3mdev_accept=1
    net.ipv4.udp_l3mdev_accept=1
    net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0
    net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=0

    Then run sysctl --system

    Thanks,
    Nikhil

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  • 3.  RE: ARIA LCM deployment

    Posted Sep 28, 2025 11:24 AM

    Hello Nikhil,

    It took a while to start my lab again due to other engagements. 
    But today I had some time and added the lines in the config file.
    This solution worked for me and was able to deploy the LCM without any issue.

    Thnx.

    With Regards,
    Hendrik.