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VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on vSAN Ready Nodes with 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors
Introduction Solution Architecture
Architecture overview
Solution architecture
Physical architecture overview
vSAN Ready Nodes PowerEdge R6615 PowerEdge R7625 VDI-optimized configurations NVIDIA GPUs Physical network components File workload Dell PowerStore T storage Dell PowerScale file storage Data center infrastructure Client components
Software
Overview VMware vSphere Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops clone technology vSAN software-defined storage NVIDIA vGPU
Validation Sizing the Solution Backup and Restore Summary References

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  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

    The architecture that this guide describes is based on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, which provides a complete end-to-end solution delivering Microsoft Windows virtual desktops to users on a wide variety of endpoint devices. Virtual desktops are dynamically assembled on demand, providing users with pristine, yet personalized, desktops each time they log in.

    Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops provide a complete virtual desktop delivery system by integrating several distributed components with advanced configuration tools that simplify the creation and real-time management of the VDI.

    The core Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops components include:

    • Studio—Studio is the management console that enables you to configure and manage your deployment, eliminating the need for separate management consoles for managing delivery of applications and desktops. Studio provides various wizards to guide you through the process of setting up your environment, creating your workloads to host applications and desktops, and assigning applications and desktops to users.
    • Delivery Controller (DC)—Installed on servers in the data center, the DC authenticates users, manages the assembly of users' virtual desktop environments, and brokers connections between users and their virtual desktops. DC also manages the state of desktops, starting and stopping them based on demand and administrative configuration.
    • Database—At least one Microsoft SQL Server database is required for every virtual application or desktop site to store configuration and session information. The DC must have a persistent connection to the database as it stores data that the Controller services collect and manage.
    • Director—Director is a web-based tool that enables IT support teams to monitor an environment, troubleshoot issues before they become system-critical, and perform support tasks for users. You can also view and interact with a user's sessions using Microsoft Remote Assistance. Starting in version 7.12, Director includes detailed descriptions for connection and computer failures, one-month historical data (Enterprise edition), custom reporting, and notifications using SNMP traps.
    • Citrix Workspace app—The Citrix Workspace app is installed on endpoint devices, and provides users with quick, secure, self- service access to documents, applications, and desktops from any of the user's devices including smartphones, tablets, and PCs. The app provides on-demand access to Windows, web, and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. For devices that cannot install the app software, the Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 provides connectivity through a HTML5-compatible web browser.
    • StoreFront—StoreFront authenticates users to sites hosting resources and manages stores of desktops and applications that users access. StoreFront version 3.8 (released with XenDesktop 7.12) and later versions includes the ability to create and use multiple IIS websites each having its own domain name.
    • License Server—The Citrix License Server is an essential component of any Citrix-based solution. Every Citrix product environment must have at least one shared or dedicated license server. License servers are computers that are either partly or completely dedicated to storing and managing licenses. Citrix products request licenses from a license server when users try to connect.
    • Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA)—A transparent plug-in that is installed on every virtual desktop or application host (RDSH). VDA enables the direct connection between the virtual desktop and users' endpoint devices. Windows and Linux VDAs are available.