Cisco Cisco HyperFlex HX220c M4 Node White Paper

 

 

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Remote PC access: This solution allows users to log in to their physical Windows PC from anywhere over a 

secure XenDesktop connection. 

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Server VDI: This solution is designed to provide hosted desktops in multitenant cloud environments. 

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Capabilities that allow users to continue to use their virtual desktops: These capabilities let users continue 

to work while not connected to your network. 

In the tests reported in this document, Citrix XenDesktop was deployed on the Cisco HyperFlex platform (Figure 2). 

Figure 2.    Logical Architecture of Citrix XenDesktop 

 

 

Citrix Provisioning Services 7.8 

Most enterprises struggle to keep up with the proliferation and management of computers in their environments. 

Each computer, whether it is a desktop PC, a server in a data center, or a kiosk-type device, must be managed as 

an individual entity. The benefits of distributed processing come at the cost of distributed management. It costs 

time and money to set up, update, support, and ultimately decommission each computer. The initial cost of the 

machine is often dwarfed by operating costs. 

Citrix PVS takes a very different approach from traditional imaging solutions by fundamentally changing the 

relationship between hardware and the software that runs on it. By streaming a single shared disk image (virtual 

disk [vDisk]) rather than copying images to individual machines, PVS enables organizations to reduce the number 

of disk images that they manage, even as the number of machines continues to grow, simultaneously providing the 

efficiency of centralized management and the benefits of distributed processing.