1Y0-400 Citrix Exam Resource Guide Part 2

1Y0-400 Designing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions Resource Guide Part 2

Section 3: Analyzing the current environment

 

3.01

 

Task Description: Analyze the data captured and identify infrastructure barriers to success in the current environment (e.g. hardware limitations, storage limitations, bandwidth constraints).

 

Testing Aspect: What

 

Monitor deployments on the Dashboard
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-deployment-wrapper.html

Image
https://citrixxperience.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/unavailable-capacity-count.jpg

 

Diagnose user logon issues
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-help-logon-user.html

 

3.02

 

Task Description: Analyze the user experience in the current environment, including the policies and profiles in effect

 

Testing Aspect: What (are settings … what do the strategies need to be)

 

Determine which policies apply to a connection

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-policies-rsop-rho.html

 

How automatic configuration works

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-upm-auto-config.html

 

3.03

 

Task Description: Analyze the current authentication process for local and remote users

 

Testing Aspect: What is in place? Is it appropriate for the current and future needs of the business?

 

Receiver - Client Feature Matrix

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX104182

 

Plan pass-through authentication with smart cards

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-smart-cards-passthrough.html

 

3.04

 

Task Description: Analyze the desktop, application, and remote access needs of users in the environment

 

Testing Aspect: What

 

Remote PC Access

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-remotepc-plan.html

 

Choose an application and desktop delivery method

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html

 

 

Section 4: Designing an Integrated Virtualization Solution

 

4.01

 

Task Description: Understand user experience virtualization (remote session infrastructure); including recommending/creating location of home folder and profile servers and folder redirection

 

Testing Aspect: How (to set up user experience virtualization in infrastructure)

 

Profile Management - General

http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/339432-citrix-upm-folder-redirection/

 

Mobile? Static?

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/user-profile-manager-5-x/upm-plan-decide-5.html

 

Persistent? Provisioned? Dedicated? Shared?

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/user-profile-manager-5-x/upm-plan-decide-4a.html

 

4.02

 

Task Description: Recommend licensing

 

Testing Aspect: What (type of licenses and what is the difference between universal and other licensing)

 

XenDesktop 7 Features and Entitlements

http://www.citrix.com/go/products/xendesktop/feature-matrix

 

4.03

 

Task Description: Recommend the configuration and sizing of the new environment, including resource pool configuration and sizing, number of servers and number of storage LUNs to use, amount of bandwidth, number of networks and NIC bonds, etc.

 

Testing Aspect: What (about sizing)

 

How to Configure dom0 Memory in XenServer

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134951

 

HA Requirements

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xencenter-62/xs-xc-pools-ha-requirements.html

 

Configure HA

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xencenter-62/xs-xc-pools-ha-enable.html

 

4.04

 

Task Description: Design virtual desktop solution (Determine number and type of desktops)

 

Testing Aspect: What

 

Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331

 

4.05

 

Task Description: Design the virtual application solution (Determine vm hosted vs server hosted, and determine the number of servers/desktops to meet the workload)

 

Testing Aspect: How 

 

Choose an application and desktop delivery method

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html

 

4.06

 

Task Description: Determine the FlexCast models

Testing Aspect: What (to configure/implement)

 

Personal vDisks

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html

 

Enhance the user experience for mobile devices

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-deliver-enhanced-mobile.html

 

4.07

 

Task Description: Design the provisioning infrastructure, including storage and network requirements

 

Testing Aspect: What (products/features to use/configure)

 

Desktop and application delivery

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-delivery-group-overview.html

 

Choose an application and desktop delivery method

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html

 

Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331

 

4.08

 

Task Description: Design the image management process for Server OS-hosted desktops and apps (XA) and Desktop OS-hosted desktops and apps (XD)

 

Testing Aspect: How

 

Personal vDisks

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html

 

4.09

 

Task Description: Design the monitoring solution (identify the tools to use, and the components to monitor)

 

Testing Aspect: How (to configure)

 

Monitor deployments on the Dashboard

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-deployment-wrapper.html

 

Monitor Personal vDisks

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-personal-vdisks.html

 

4.10

 

Task Description: Design Citrix policies around methods of access, user connectivity, user performance

 

Testing Aspect: How

 

Configure Flash Redirection

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/hd-flash-wrapper-ad.html

 

Configure Flash Redirection on the server

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/hd-flash-configure-server-ad.html

 

Desktop UI policy settings

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/ps-console-policies-rules-effects-v2.html

 

4.11

 

Task Description: Design a storefront with high availability and multiple store types or controller types

 

Testing Aspect: How (to do it with AG)

 

Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331

 

4.12

 

Task Description: Determine the database requirements

 

Testing Aspect: What

 

Supported Databases for Citrix Products

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX114501

 

4.13

 

Task Description: Determine the storage and IOPS requirements

 

Testing Aspect: What

 

Choose an application and desktop delivery method

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html

 

Personal vDisks

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html

 

Security planning

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-security-planning.html

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