Load Balancing

Use the Servers tab to configure Load Balancing. Load Balancing distributes requests across any number of FedEx Servers through a Load Balancing Server Pool. This ensures that the workload is shared between servers to avoid one server being overloaded with requests.

Note

Load Balancing is a licensed option, if you want to connect multiple servers. You can add one server by default.

Requirements

One of the following carriers onboarded and enabled:
Product ID and Version of the installed FedEx Ship Management Server (FSMS server)

Configuration Steps

The account information provided at the time of onboarding creates a Load Balance Server Pool Entry and a Load Balance Server Pool Account Mapping. Load Balance Server Pool Account Mappings can also be created manually in the Servers tab. To view this, navigate to the Servers tab under Data in the Administration App.

Once a row has been successfully added, a connection is established between FSMS server and Transtream

Note

If you add the same server pool multiple times, the App will add these as separate entries.

Load Balance Server Pool

A Load Balance Server Pool displays the accounts mapped to a specific server, and is located under Data in the Servers tab. If a carrier has been onboarded manually, then you need to populate each field. If onboarded through the Setup My Carriers, the Load Balance Server Pool entry gets the following default values:

Field Name	Default Value
Port Number	2000
Receive Timeout	60000
Socket Retry Attempts	1
Label Server Timeout	30000
Use SSL	False
Delete Image Files	True
Default Image Directory	* \\<HostName>"\FedEx\FedEx_Temp;\\"<HostName>"\FedEx\FedEx_Reports ETD Image Directory = \\"<HostName>"\FedEx\FedEx_ETDReports
End Of Day Retry Attempts	5
FSMS Product ID	PBTS
FSMS Product Version	4645
Server Active	True
Record Status	Active

* <> indicates the value entered in the field during onboarding.

Servers Tab

The table below appears in the Servers tab and details all the Load Balance Server Pool entries in the system. Hovering over a column header will activate a tooltip showing the full name of the field.

Related Accounts

The top table shows the Load Balance Server Pools, the table underneath displays the accounts mapped to the highlighted Load Balance Server Pool. Selecting a record in the top table will populate the lower table with any accounts currently mapped to the server selected.

To manually add a Load Balance Server Pool Account Mapping click Add Mapping and enter the required detail in the Add Mapping popup.

Rows can be added, edited and deleted. Click Delete to remove the selected mapping. Click edit and the Edit Mapping popup will appear where you can edit the key detail.

Article last edited 12 August 2019