Intro to MetaFrame XP What is MetaFrame XP? How is MetaFrame XP Packaged?

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Citrix MetaFrame XP

A Technical Features Overview

Welcome to Big Tour 2001

Technical Session #1

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Agenda

Intro to MetaFrame XP

 What is MetaFrame XP?

 How is MetaFrame XP Packaged?

MetaFrame XP Features (technically speaking)

 What’s New in MetaFrame XP?

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MetaFrame XP

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What is MetaFrame XP?

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The next generation of Citrix’s MetaFrame application

serving software.

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The product of a ground up reassessment by our engineers

coupled with your input on what enterprise class

server-based computing should be.

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Built to eliminate current and future obstacles to speed,

performance and control while maintaining backward

compatibility for ease of migration.

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Everything you have seen in MetaFrame 1.8/FR1 and MORE.

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How is it Packaged?

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Base MetaFrame XP Functionality

MetaFrame XPs

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Load Management

MetaFrame XPa

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Load Management

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System Monitoring & Analysis

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Application Packaging & Delivery

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Network Management

MetaFrame XPe

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Deploy as many servers as you need…

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MetaFrame XP

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MetaFrame XP Management

Centralized Administration

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Independent Management Architecture

 _{IMA-compliant servers and management products share a common}

and extensible management infrastructure

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Single Point of Command and Control

 _{All administration, configuration, monitoring and control of the Citrix}

Server Farm is managed centrally through the Citrix Management Console (CMC)

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Central Data Store

 _{Configuration information for the Server Farm is stored centrally in}

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Data Center 1

Subnet 10.1.X.X

Data Center 2

_{Subnet 10.2.X.X}

Data Center 3

Subnet 10.3.X.X

Only 1 ICA License Is utilized

MetaFrame XP Management

License Management Enhancements

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Centralized License Management

 Licenses are installed into a Central Data Store and managed

centrally from the Citrix Management Console. Administrators can easily manage all of the licenses for the Citrix Server Farm from a single point.

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License Pooling Across Subnets

 _{ICA Connection licenses for client connections can be pooled across}

the entire server farm regardless of whether the server farm crosses network subnets

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Single point of License Installation and Activation

 License installation and activation can be done centrally via the

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CMC

ADS

Enumerate User

and Group Accounts from Active Directory Publish Application

for ADS Users from the CMC

MetaFrame XP Management

Active Directory Integration

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User Principal Names

 _{Allows Users to logon to the MetaFrame XP server farm using their}

user principal name logon. I.e. [email protected]

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Account Authority Access

 _{Utilizes Native Active Directory Interfaces to access the Active}

Directory. MetaFrame XP integrates and fully supports Application Publishing in a native Active Directory environment.

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Application Publishing to NFuse and Program Neighborhood

 _{Allows users to utilize their Active Directory accounts to access}

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Printer Management Enhancements

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Printer Driver Replication

 _{Gives administrators the power and control to manage and distribute}

printer drivers to all of the MetaFrame servers in the server farm, providing a consistent printing environment for all users

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Printer Driver Mapping

 _{Printer drivers on different platforms often have differing names}

which can interfere with client printer creation. Printer driver mapping enables administrators to control differing printer drivers

Install New Printer Driver on 1 Server

Use CMC to Manage and Distribute New Printer Driver to entire

Server Farm

CMC

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Terminal Printer Auto-Creation

 _{Ability for the administrator to setup auto-creation of printers for ICA}

DOS and WinCE Terminal Devices

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Network Printer Auto-Creation

 _{Ability for the administrator to setup auto-creation of network printers}

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Printer Management Enhancements (Cont’d)

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Client Printer Creation Logging

 _{Logs all information related to client printer creation in the system}

event log. Gives administrators the power and information to proactively detect and resolve client printer issues

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Printer Compatibility

 Allows the administrator to specify client printers that can be used in

the MetaFrame environment or specify printers that can never be used Restricted XYZ Printer ABC Printer ABC Printer ICA Client ICA Connection

Printer is on the restricted list Printer Creation

is Disabled

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Printer Bandwidth Control

 _{Allows the administrator to control and specify the amount of}

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Load Management

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Load Management

(MetaFrame XPa and XPe)

Load Management Features

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Configurable Application Load Balancing

 _{Create Load Balancing Evaluators that can be assigned to both}

Servers and Applications.

 _{7 New Criteria}_{that can be used to adjust Load Balancing}

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Load Management Replaces MetaFrame 1.8 Load Balancing

 _{The code for Load Management is built into MetaFrame XPa and}

XPe. Load Management in MetaFrame XP utilizes the Independent Management Architecture for Communication.

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Monitoring of Application and Server Load

 _{Assign Load Balancing Evaluators to Servers and Applications and}

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Load Management

(MetaFrame XPa and XPe)

Load Management Components

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Load Management Criteria

 _{CPU Utilization, Memory Usage, Page Swap, Page Fault, Server User Load}

 _{New Criteria in MetaFrame XP}_{- IP Range, Scheduling, Context Switches,}

Disk Data I/O, License Threshold, Application User Load, Disk Operations

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Load Management Rules

 _{Are measured statistics for high or low loads on servers. Lower a}

rule for lower power systems and highly detailed load management. Elevate a rule to make more use of high power systems.

 Rules Consist of Criteria w/ Set Thresholds

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Load Evaluators

 _{Used to configure server load measurements. Default is the Citrix}

provided load evaluator. Administrators can also create their own. Load Evaluators can vary by server and/or application.

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System Monitoring

and Analysis

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(MetaFrame XPe)

System Monitoring and Analysis Components

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Local Database

 _{A database created on every MetaFrame XPe server for storing}

the real-time information

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Farm Metric Server

 _{Farm metric server: Interprets farm-wide data and deals with alerts}

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Metric

 _{A track-able item that Resource Manager measures for servers or}

applications (e.g., memory available bytes)

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Resource Managed Application

 _{An application which may or may not have been published by}

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(MetaFrame XPe)

System Monitoring & Analysis Features

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Intuitive Administrative Interface

 _{Click on an application in the CMC to bring up a menu of functions,}

including snooze, sleep, real-time graph, properties and alarm options. Add and remove alarms with a few clicks of the mouse.

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System Scalability

 _{System Monitoring and Analysis is designed to scale with your}

MetaFrame XPe environment.

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Simplified Setup

 _{No database setup required—works out of the box with MSDE.}

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Resource Manager

 _{Complete re-write of Resource Management Services. It integrates}

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(MetaFrame XPe)

System Monitoring & Analysis Features (cont’d)

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Summary Data

 As part of CMC, Summary Reports and Data can also be managed

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Watcher Window

 _{Monitors parameters through a small watcher window in the corner}

of the screen. If an alert is raised, simply double click on the alert icon to access all relevant information using the CMC interface

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Server Reboot Scheduling

 _{All managed servers can be scheduled to reboot at specific times.}

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Server and Application Groups

 _{Create server or application groups consisting of specific users by}

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(MetaFrame XPe)

System Monitoring & Analysis Features

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Real-Time Monitoring and Alerts

 _{Receive real-time notification of problems such as memory}

shortage, hard disk space or CPU utilization. Receive notification via the CMC, SMS message to mobile phones, SNMP or e-mail.

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Application and Server Farm Monitoring

 _{Configure options for servers—either individually or farm-wide—to}

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Application Packaging

and Delivery

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(MetaFrame XPe)

Application Packaging and Delivery Features

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Installation Manager

 _{Complete re-write of Installation Management Services. It is 100%}

integrated with the Citrix Management console.

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Improved User Interface

 _{Provides a greater degree of control over the installation package,}

plus more feedback about the status of the application being delivered

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Server Groups

 _{Create custom server groups such as operating system, geographic}

location, department or other user-defined criteria

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MSI Support

 _{Deploy any application that provides a Microsoft Installer Package}

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(MetaFrame XPe)

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Service Pack Packaging

 _{Facilitates maintenance of application serving environments by}

enabling the packaging, delivery and installation of service packs and patches.

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File Packaging

 _{Packages individual files or groups of files for distribution}

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Application Packaging

 _{Automatically replicate recorded installation scripts on multiple}

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(MetaFrame XPe)

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Scheduling

 _{Set up installations to occur automatically during off-peak hours or}

on weekends

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Delivery Verification

 Status of application delivery to target servers can be easily verified

through Installation Manager

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Auto Server Reboot Support

 Support applications that require server rebooting upon completion

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(MetaFrame XPe)

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Project Details

 _{View all project settings, including file details, registry changes, and}

target directories within the project.

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RollBack

 Quickly and easily “wipe the slate clean” on the packaging server

following package creation to prepare for new installations

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Inventory

 _{Allows administrators to easily inventory all applications delivered to}

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Network Management

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Network Management

(MetaFrame XPe)

Network Management Features

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Standard SNMP Support

 Citrix now supports the most widely used network management protocol,

SNMP.

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Monitor and Control MetaFrame Servers

 _{Conveniently monitor and control common MetaFrame session and}

user status information across multiple farms from a single console

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Integration with Enterprise SNMP Management Tools

 _{Console Plug-ins are available for Tivoli Netview(v 5.1.2 and above)}

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Client Enhancements

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ICA Client Enhancements

Shadowing Enhancements

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Shadow Indicator

 _{Notifies users that shadowing is in progress and provides a cancel}

button to end the shadow. Configurable per server within Citrix Connection Configuration.

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Shadowing Installation Option

 Ability to select whether shadowing is available

 _{Lock down shadowing configuration during installation to prevent}

changes

 _{Allows administrators flexibility with privacy and security issues}

involving shadowing

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Shadow Activity Logging

 _{Logs all session and user information during a shadow and creates}

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MetaFrame XP Server Salt Lake City

Published Applications Run in context of

User’s Local Time Zone

Time Zone Time Zone GMT -7 GMT -7 Time Zone GMT -5 ICA Client Florida Time Zone GMT ICA Client London

ICA Client Enhancements

Client Enhancements

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Published Application Parameter Support

 Enables the MetaFrame server to accept published application

parameters provided by a client, and the client to pass published application parameters to the server.

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ICA Client Object Interface

 _{Framework that exposes the functionality of the Citrix ICA Win32}

Client to other objects or applications. Allows any application that supports embedding of objects, to interface with and pass

instructions to the ICA Client.

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Per Session Time Zone Support

 _{Ability to run applications on the MetaFrame server in the context of}

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ICA Client Object Interface

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Supports leading web browsers

 Internet Explorer 4.0 and greater

 Netscape 4 and greater

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Supports ActiveX “containers”

 _{MS Office, MS Visual Studio tools, Borland Delphi, etc.}

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Provides a programmable interface for integration of ICA

Clients into

 Portals

 Dashboards

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NFuse Ready

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NFuse is now integrated with Citrix MetaFrame XP and

Windows ICA Clients

 Ability NFuse install option if IIS detected

 Sets up default web and startup page

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Agenda

That’s it for this session… The next session covers the

following:

New Terms and Architectural Concepts

Communications Events

Migration Strategies

Time permitting:

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