Which component in the Avi architecture hosts Virtual IP addresses?

In the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) architecture, the Service Engines (SEs) are the data plane components. They are lightweight proxies that handle all traffic for the applications. The Virtual IP (VIP) address for a Virtual Service is owned and managed by the Service Engine(s) on which the service is placed. The SE receives client traffic destined for the VIP, processes it according to the configured policies, and forwards it to the appropriate backend server. The Avi Controller is the management plane and does not handle data plane traffic.

A. The Avi Controller is the control and management plane; it does not host VIPs or handle data traffic.

C. Avi Pulse is a cloud-based service for support and threat intelligence, not a data plane component.

D. Backend servers are the application endpoints; they have their own IP addresses but do not host the VIP.

1. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Documentation, "NSX Advanced Load Balancer Architecture". The "Service Engines" section states, "The SEs handle all data plane operations within Avi... by receiving traffic on the VIPs and load balancing it to the back-end servers."

2. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Documentation, "Virtual Services". This section explains that a virtual service is identified by its VIP address and that traffic to this VIP is processed by the Service Engines.