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uLoad balancing support. With load balancing, MetaFrame servers can be
logically pooled in a server farm. When a user launches a published
application that is configured for load balancing, the load balancing support
routes the application to the most lightly loaded server in the farm for
execution. You can create a farm of servers that run predefined applications.
The load determination criteria for any server in the farm can be fine-tuned
from any server in the farm. You can view and manage user sessions,
regardless of which server in the farm is hosting the session. Both MetaFrame
and WINFRAME servers can join the same server farm.
Each Citrix server that will support load balancing must have Citrix
Load Balancing Services installed.
uActivation code-based licensing. MetaFrame uses the Citrix serial
number/activation code licensing scheme. Every licensed Citrix product (Citrix
server software or server extension) has an associated serial number. When
you install the software, you enter the product’s serial number. You must then
register the license number with Citrix to get an activation code. Use the
Citrix Licensing utility to activate your software by entering the code..
See Chapter 3, “Citrix Licensing,” for information on how to activate your
MetaFrame server software. You must activate your MetaFrame software
after installing it.
uICA Client Creator. Use the ICA Client Creator to create diskettes containing
the following Citrix ICA Clients: DOS, Win16, Win32, and Web. See the
Citrix ICA Client Administrator’s Guides for those clients.
uWeb computing support. MetaFrame supports Web computing features that
let you publish applications on your corporate Intranet or the Internet. From a
single point, administrators and Webmasters can publish an application,
automatically generate ALE HTML code, and deploy the application for use
throughout the local or extended enterprise. Users simply point their browsers
to an Internet or Intranet page, where they can access Windows-based
applications regardless of their physical location.
The Citrix ICA Windows Web Clients can be used with any Windows Web
browser to support launched applications. When used with Microsoft Internet
Explorer or Netscape Navigator, applications can be embedded within Web
pages. Firewall support lets you interpose firewalls between your MetaFrame
server and the Internet for increased security. See the Citrix ICA Client
Administrator’s Guide for the Citrix ICA Web Clients for more information.
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