Title: Florida Department of Transportation Citrix Implementation
1Florida Department of Transportation Citrix
Implementation
2Topics
- Our Challenge
- Citrix Overview
- FDOT Citrix Installation
- Trnsport Implementation
- For More Information
3Our Challenge
49 Districts of Distributed Users
5FDOT Users
- 2,939 Distinct Userids with Access to Citrix
Applications - Many External Firms Users
- Many Different Desktop Configurations.
- Many Different Locations
6IT Challenge
- IT is under intense pressure to simplify the
management of enterprise resources and make them
more cost-effective to operate - IT organizations are coping with these technical,
economic and business challenges through
consolidation - We found Citrix to be an easy way to provide a
single point of access to theon-demand
enterprise from any location, for any number of
people, using many devices, over any connection.
7Benefits of the Citrix Deployment
- Benefits for IT
- Centrally consolidate applications, reducing
costs and complexity - Increased productivity
- Resilience to business/technical disruptions
- An observation dashboard where, how, when and
by whom systems are accessed - Software as a utility
- More Control
- Benefits for Users
- Just like the office no compromise in
experience, regardless of location - Always on, always there just connect compute,
over any network - Dynamically follows you any screen, any shape,
with many devices
8Citrix Overview
9Citrix Metaframe Access Suite Products
- Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server
Centrally manage enterprise applications and
access them from anywhere. - Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager Work
collaboratively on the same applications and
documents. - Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager Single sign-on
through Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite. - Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager Provide
secure, personalized access over the Web to
applications information.
10MetaFrame XP Presentation ServerProduct
Highlights
- Access any application on most devices
- Web enable existing applications
- Securely access applications over the Internet
- Simplify applications deployment
- Easily manage server farms from a single
interface - Leverage and extend existing investments in
hardware and software - 3 Editions Standard, Advanced, Enterprise
11FDOT Citrix Implementation Overview
12Applications Implemented on Citrix
- Trnsport BERC, Expedite, CES, PES, LAS,
Sitemanager - Pontis Bridge Management
- HiRiide Rail Road Crossing Management
- iLIMS Lab Information Management System
- IE for Secure Remote Intranet Access
13FDOT Citrix ImplementationEnvironments
- Unit Test
- IT Staff Testing
- No External Internet Access
- System Test
- User Testing
- External Internet Access
- User Training
- Production
14FDOT Citrix Implementation Hardware
- Network Load Balanced, Fail-over
- Servers Function
- Citrix Secure Gateway - CSG (2)
- NFUSE (2)
- Secure Ticket Authority (STA) (2)
- Metaframe (64)
- Oracle Databases (Citrix Data Store, RMS)
- Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA)
15SecureTicket Authority
NFUSE
File Share
DB
CSG
Metaframe
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17User Management
- Domain Groups
- Within Citrix Metaframe we publish to domain
groups (not individuals) Example
APP_CTX_Expedite - Managed by each district who each have
application security coordinators - Corresponding Lotus Notes E-mail Groups
- Challenge to keep up to date for external users
- Communication to users via Application
Coordinators - Problem Handling
- Users Call District Help Desk
- If District Cant Resolve Goes to Central Office
18System Usage
- Heaviest Usage Time1000 am 1200 am
- Heaviest Used ApplicationSitemanager
- Typically 120 Concurrent Users - Have Gone to 175
- RMS
19 of Distinct Users by Application Per Day -
August 2003
20Total of Distinct Users Per Day August 2003
21FDOT Citrix ImplementationThings We Learned
- Hardware
- Problem Handling
- Add Both Software Licenses Hardware for New
Applications Growth - Printers
- Patches
- Systest Usage
- Communication
- Central Information Website
22Florida DOT Trnsport Specifics
23Florida DOT Trnsport Specifics
- Six Metaframe Servers in Production Farm
- Single Location for Terminal Service Profile
Paths - Single Location for User Application Data
- Batch Files Used to Start Applications
24Trnsport General Issues
- DPS Status Monitor.
- Port Usable by Only One Person.
- SiteManager Local Database.
- Different Database for each
- User the same across all servers in the Farm.
- SitePad.
- Allow users to sync locally with SiteManager
running on Metaframe server.
25Settings to Be Cautious About
- Idle Time Outs
- Limiting Programs to Single Instances
26Helpful Changes to Trnsport Suite
- User Settings in KEY_CURRENT_USER Registry Hive
- INI Files Migrated to Windows Directory
- Dynamic Ports for DPS Status Monitor
27FDOT Citrix Metaframe/Trnsport
28For More Information
29Where to Get More Information
- FDOT Presentation, Scripts, Etc.Amy
Priceamy.price_at_dot.state.fl.us850-414-4489 - Citrixwww.citrix.comContact Bert
Wakeleybert.wakeley_at_citrix.com703-327-3636
30More Suggested Citrix Resources
- Introduction to the Citrix Secure Gateway
Documenthttp//support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServ
let/download/118-102-7720/CSG_GS.pdf - Best Practices for Securing a Citrix Secure
Gateway Deploymenthttp//support.citrix.com/kb/en
try!default.jspa?categoryID185entryID28fromSea
rchPagetrue - Citrix Supported Clients Download
http//www.citrix.com/site/SS/downloads/downloads
.asp?dID2755 -
- Tweak Citrix for Citrix Technologists
- http//www.tweakcitrix.com/
- Doug Browns Site
- http//www.dabcc.com/
31Demo Signing in Via Citrix