Introducing the BIG-IP and SAP configuration
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Introducing the BIG-IP and SAP configuration
Welcome to the BIG-IP LTM - SAP Deployment Guide. With assistance
from SAP customers, F5 Networks has created a solution that delivers
security, scalability, high availability, and intelligent performance for
mySAP® ERP deployments. By deploying F5 Networks BIG-IP® LTM
system with mySAP Portal for example, enterprises extend their control
over their network and application traffic. The BIG-IP product enables
organizations to increase SAP application reliability by providing high
availability through its advanced health checking capabilities. It also allows
organizations to quickly scale their SAP solutions using the BIG-IP LTM
products advanced load balancing algorithms to meet growing application
demands.
For more information on the BIG-IP system, see
http://www.f5.com/products/bigip/ .
For more information on SAP, see http://www.sap.com/index.epx.
Prerequisites and configuration notes
The following are prerequisites for this Deployment Guide:
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We recommend using the latest version of mySAP ERP. This
Deployment Guide was created using mySAP ERP.
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The BIG-IP system must be running version 9.0 or later, we strongly
recommend running version 9.2.3 or later. We assume that the BIG-IP
LTM device is already installed in the network.
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This document is written with the assumption that you are familiar with
both the BIG-IP LTM system and SAP. For more information on
configuring these products, consult the appropriate documentation.
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You should have available the IP addresses and ports used by each SAP
application component in your deployment, as these are used in the
BIG-IP LTM system configuration. Consult the SAP documentation
and your SAP administrator for this information.
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If you are using the BIG-IP LTM system to offload SSL traffic from the
SAP devices, you must already have obtained an SSL Certificate (but not
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