Only the bal user or users with ‘All Permissions’ set can use this functionality. Users with different permissions can view the screen but all buttons and input fields are grayed out.

Enable Hover Help

Enables blue hover notes shown when the pointer is held over a field.

Enable Auto-Save

Auto-save is enabled by default. When auto-save is enabled, changes you make in the LoadMaster UI are applied instantly. For example, if you select an option in a drop-down list, the change is applied instantly.

If auto-save is disabled, several default UI behaviors are modified. For example, as in snapshot below the unsaved changes for Persistance Options are indicated by a background color change.

You must confirm drop-down selections by clicking the associated button (when auto-save is enabled, there is no button for some fields - the change is automatically applied once selected).

You are warned if you attempt to navigate away from a page with unsaved changes.

CAUTION: Disabling auto-save is currently a beta feature.
Note: If auto-save is disabled and you downgrade the LoadMaster firmware to a version older than 7.2.49, you cannot enable the auto-save feature because the check box will be unavailable.

The Progress Kemp documentation is written with auto-save enabled.

Message of the Day (MOTD)

Type in text into the field and click the Set MotD button. This message will be displayed within the LoadMaster Home screen.

If WUI Session Management is enabled, the MOTD is displayed on the login screen rather than the Home screen.

Note: The maximum allowed message length is 5,000 characters. HTML is supported, but not required. Single quotes (‘) and double quotes (“) are not allowed, though you can use the equivalent HTML character codes. For example, entering &#34it&#39s allowed&#34 would result in a MOTD of “it’s allowed”.
Note: To add line breaks to the message, use HTML code (such as <br/> or <p> tags).

Set Statistics Display Size

This sets the maximum number of rows that can be displayed in the Statistics page. The allowable range is between 10 and 100 rows being displayed on the page.

End User License

Click the Show EULA button to display the LoadMaster End User License Agreement.

Third-Party Acknowledgements

Click Open NOTICE.txt to view the third-party acknowledgments applicable to the LoadMaster release you are running. The text file opens in a new tab or window.

Enable Historical Graphs

Enable the gathering of historical statistics for the Virtual Services and Real Servers.

Collect All Statistics

By default, this option is disabled. This means that only the statistics for the Virtual Services and Real Servers that are configured to be displayed on the home page are collected. Enabling this option will force the LoadMaster to collect statistics for all Virtual Services and Real Servers.

Note: If there are a large number of Virtual Services and Real Servers this option can cause CPU utilization to become very high.

Update Verification Options

This field is set to Required by default. The other options are Optional and No verification file - deprecated. The different options are described below:

  • Required: A Verification File option is displayed in the Update Software screen for updating the LoadMaster software and installing add-on packages. In this case, the verification file is mandatory and you cannot update the LoadMaster software or install an add-on without providing the verification file.

  • Optional: A Verification File option is displayed in the Update Software screen for updating the LoadMaster software and installing add-on packages. In this case, the verification file is optional and you can update the LoadMaster software or install an add-on without providing the verification file.

  • No verification file - deprecated: The Verification File option is not displayed in the Update Software screen. In this case, you can update the LoadMaster software or install an add-on without providing the verification file. This option is provided for compatibility with legacy releases only and is deprecated.

The Verification File option provides an extra level of verification above the integrity checks that are always performed on update and add-on images, by allowing a secondary XML verification file to be uploaded at the same time that you are uploading a patch or add-on. This XML file is used to verify the digital signatures associated with the update or add-on which will not be installed if the patch cannot be verified against the uploaded XML file.

For FIPS machines - the Update Verification Options field is not shown because the uploading of a secondary XML verification file is mandatory when uploading a patch or add-on.