1 Introduction

ERP 10 has been built from the ground up to comprehensively respond to the resource planning needs of enterprises and provide the support organizations require to thrive in today's competitive global business landscape. Guided by the needs of today's organizations, Epicor ERP 10 streamlines the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) across multiple devices while providing greater deployment choices, reduced complexity, and remarkable ease-of-use.

Such a powerful tool requires reliable and powerful support. The Kemp LoadMaster delivers an exceptional, cost-effective and easy to use solution which, by employing Adaptive Load Balancing, balances requests across Epicor ERP 10.

When deployed as a pair, two LoadMasters give the security of High Availability (HA). HA allows two physical or virtual machines to become one logical device. Only one of these units is ever handling traffic at any particular moment. One unit is active and the other is a hot standby (passive). This provides redundancy and resiliency, meaning if one LoadMaster goes down for any reason, the hot standby can become active, therefore avoiding any downtime. For more information on HA please refer to the: High Availability (HA), Feature Description.

1.1 Document Purpose

This document provides guidance on deploying Epicor ERP 10 with a Kemp LoadMaster. The Kemp Support Team is available to provide solutions for scenarios not explicitly defined.

The Kemp support site can be found at: https://support.kemptechnologies.com.

1.2 Intended Audience

This document is for anyone deploying Epicor ERP 10 with a Kemp LoadMaster.

 

2 Template

Kemp has developed a template containing our recommended settings for this workload. You can install this template to help create Virtual Services (VSs) because it automatically populates the settings. You can use the template to easily create the required VSs with the recommended settings. For some workloads, additional manual steps may be required such as assigning a certificate or applying port following. These steps are covered in the document, if needed.

You can remove templates after use and this will not affect deployed services. If needed, you can make changes to any of the VS settings after using the template.

Download released templates from the following page: LoadMaster Templates.

For more information and steps on how to import and use templates, refer to the Virtual Services and Templates, Feature Description on the Kemp Documentation page.

3 Enable Subnet Originating Requests Globally

It is best practice to enable the Subnet Originating Requests option globally.

In a one-armed setup (where the Virtual Service and Real Servers are on the same network/subnet) Subnet Originating Requests is usually not needed. However, enabling Subnet Originating Requests should not affect the routing in a one-armed setup.

In a two-armed setup where the Virtual Service is on network/subnet A, for example, and the Real Servers are on network B, Subnet Originating Requests should be enabled on LoadMasters with firmware version 7.1-16 and above.

When Subnet Originating Requests is enabled, the Real Server sees traffic originating from 10.20.20.21 (LoadMaster eth1 address) and responds correctly in most scenarios.

With Subnet Originating Requests disabled, the Real Server sees traffic originating from 10.0.0.15 (LoadMaster Virtual Service address on eth0) and responds to eth0 which could cause asymmetric routing.

When Subnet Originating Requests is enabled globally, it is automatically enabled on all Virtual Services. If the Subnet Originating Requests option is disabled globally, you can choose whether to enable Subnet Originating Requests on a per-Virtual Service basis.

To enable Subnet Originating Requests globally, follow the steps below:

1. In the main menu of the LoadMaster User Interface (UI), go to System Configuration > Miscellaneous Options > Network Options.

2. Select the Subnet Originating Requests check box.

4 Configure Epicor ERP 10 Virtual Services

4.1 Epicor ERP 10 HTTP

The following are the steps involved and the values required to configure Epicor ERP 10 HTTP Virtual Service:

1. In the main menu of the LoadMaster Web User Interface (WUI), go to Virtual Services > Add New.

2. Enter a valid IP address in the Virtual Address text box.

3. Enter 808 in the Port text box.

4. Enter a recognizable Service Name, for example Epicor ERP 10.

5. Ensure tcp is selected as the Protocol.

6. Click Add this Virtual Service.

7. Configure the settings as recommended in the following table:

Section	Option	Value
Standard Options	Force L4	Disabled
	Transparency	Disabled
	Server Initiating Protocols	Normal Protocols
	Persistence Options	Source IP Address
	Timeout	2 Hours
	Scheduling Method	least connection
Real Servers	Real Server Check Method	TCP Connection Only
	Checked Port	808

8. Add the Real Servers:

a) Click the Add New button.

b) Enter the IP address of the ERP 10 server.

c) Enter 808 as the Port.

The Forwarding method and Weight values are set by default. An administrator can change these.

d) Click Add this Real Server. Click OK to the pop-up message.

e) Repeat the steps above to add more Real Servers as needed, based on the environment.

References

Unless otherwise specified, the following documents can be found at: http://kemptechnologies.com/documentation.

Virtual Services and Templates, Feature Description.

High Availability (HA), Feature Description

Last Updated Date

This document was last updated on 26 May 2022.