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Title: Florida Department of Transportation Citrix Implementation


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Florida Department of Transportation Citrix
Implementation
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Topics
  • Our Challenge
  • Citrix Overview
  • FDOT Citrix Installation
  • Trnsport Implementation
  • For More Information

3
Our Challenge
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9 Districts of Distributed Users
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FDOT Users
  • 2,939 Distinct Userids with Access to Citrix
    Applications
  • Many External Firms Users
  • Many Different Desktop Configurations.
  • Many Different Locations

6
IT 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.

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Benefits 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

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Citrix Overview
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Citrix 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.

10
MetaFrame 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

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FDOT Citrix Implementation Overview
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Applications 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

13
FDOT Citrix ImplementationEnvironments
  • Unit Test
  • IT Staff Testing
  • No External Internet Access
  • System Test
  • User Testing
  • External Internet Access
  • User Training
  • Production

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FDOT 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)

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SecureTicket Authority
NFUSE
File Share
DB
CSG
Metaframe
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User 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

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System Usage
  • Heaviest Usage Time1000 am 1200 am
  • Heaviest Used ApplicationSitemanager
  • Typically 120 Concurrent Users - Have Gone to 175
  • RMS

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of Distinct Users by Application Per Day -
August 2003
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Total of Distinct Users Per Day August 2003
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FDOT Citrix ImplementationThings We Learned
  • Hardware
  • Problem Handling
  • Add Both Software Licenses Hardware for New
    Applications Growth
  • Printers
  • Patches
  • Systest Usage
  • Communication
  • Central Information Website

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Florida DOT Trnsport Specifics
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Florida 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

24
Trnsport 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.

25
Settings to Be Cautious About
  • Idle Time Outs
  • Limiting Programs to Single Instances

26
Helpful Changes to Trnsport Suite
  • User Settings in KEY_CURRENT_USER Registry Hive
  • INI Files Migrated to Windows Directory
  • Dynamic Ports for DPS Status Monitor

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FDOT Citrix Metaframe/Trnsport
  • Successfully Implemented

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For More Information
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Where 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

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More 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/

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Demo Signing in Via Citrix
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