Connection to Citrix Hypervisor
Create and manage connectionsdescribes the wizards that create a connection. The following information covers details specific to Citrix Hypervisor virtualization environments.
Note:
Before creating a connection to Citrix Hypervisor, you need to first finish setting up your Citrix Hypervisor account as a resource location. SeeCitrix Hypervisor virtualization environments.
Create a connection to Citrix Hypervisor
When you create a connection to Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer), you must provide the credentials for a VM Power Admin or higher-level user.
Citrix recommends using HTTPS to secure communications with Citrix Hypervisor. To use HTTPS, you must replace the default TLS certificate installed on Citrix Hypervisor. For more information, seeInstall a TLS certificate on your server.
You can configure high availability if it is enabled on the Citrix Hypervisor server. Citrix recommends that you select all servers in the pool (fromEdit High Availability) to allow communication with the Citrix Hypervisor server if the pool master fails.
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If you are using HTTPS and want to configure high-availability servers, do not install a wildcard certificate for all servers in a pool. An individual certificate for each server is required.
You can select a GPU type and group, or pass through, if the Citrix Hypervisor supports vGPU. The display indicates if the selection has dedicated GPU resources.
When using local storage on one or more Citrix Hypervisor hosts for temporary data storage, make sure that each storage location in the pool has a unique name. (To change a name in XenCenter, right-click the storage and edit the name property.)
Use IntelliCache for Citrix Hypervisor connections
Using IntelliCache, hosted VDI deployments are more cost-effective because you can use a combination of shared storage and local storage. This enhances performance and reduces network traffic . The local storage caches the master image from the shared storage, which reduces the amount of reads on the shared storage. For shared desktops, writes to the differencing disks are written to local storage on the host and not to shared storage.
- Shared storage must be NFS when using IntelliCache.
- Citrix recommends that you use a high performance local storage device to ensure the fastest possible data transfer.
To use IntelliCache, you must enable it in both this product and Citrix Hypervisor.
- When installing Citrix Hypervisor, selectEnable thin provisioning (Optimized storage for Citrix Virtual Desktops). Citrix does not support mixed pools of servers that have IntelliCache enabled and servers that do not. For more information, see the Citrix Hypervisor documentation.
- In Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, IntelliCache is disabled by default. You can change the setting only when creating a Citrix Hypervisor connection; you cannot disable IntelliCache later. When you add a Citrix Hypervisor connection:
- SelectSharedas the storage type.
- Select theUse IntelliCachecheck box.
Where to go next
- If you’re in the initial deployment process, seeCreate machine catalogs.
- For Citrix Hypervisor specific information, seeCreate a Citrix Hypervisor catalog.