A Kemp 360 Central instance is required to license LoadMaster Metered or Pooled ADCs and to provide monitoring and management and can be deployed on any supported platform.

To permanently license Kemp 360 Central for Metered or Pooled Licensing, you need a Progress ID and an Order or Contract ID. If you do not have an Order or Contract ID, you will get a trial license.

LoadMaster instances may be deployed on any platform that can communicate with the Kemp 360 Central instance.

Operational Requirements

  • To license Kemp 360 Central for Metered or Pooled Licensing, you need a Progress ID and an Order or Contract ID.

Technical Requirements

  • A supported hypervisor or cloud platform
  • Bi-directional communication between Kemp 360 Central and managed LoadMaster instances over TCP/443 (TCP/8443 for Azure/AWS)
  • Syslog traffic from LoadMaster to Kemp 360 Central over UDP/514 (optional)
  • Kemp 360 Central to have Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) communication to a local SMTP server over TCP/25. This is optional if no notifications are required and Metered Licensing reporting is through HTTPs to ALSI (Kemp licensing and reporting services)
  • Kemp 360 Central to have access to a DNS resolver over TCP/UDP/53
  • Kemp 360 Central to have access to ALSI through TCP/443
  • LoadMaster instances can be accessed through a routable network or through a network address translation (NAT) device

Note: For the best UI performance, we recommend using the Chrome browser. If you experience any UI rendering issues with Kemp 360 Central and you are using a browser add-on, check the documentation for the add-on you have installed to see if they are recommended for use with frames. If not, disable the add-on when using the Kemp 360 Central UI.