Sun Microsystems and Citrix, Smart Cards manual Sun Ray Requirements, Smart Card Requirements

Sun Ray Requirements

Configuring your Sun Ray Server to allow smart card support for Citrix sessions requires the following steps:

1.Ensure that you are running a current version of Solaris that supports Sun Ray Server Software 2.0.

2.Apply the latest Solaris Cluster Patch.

3.Apply the latest Sun Ray Server Patch 114880.

The current version as of this document is 114880-04

4.Ensure that smart card middleware is installed on the Citrix Server

5.Install the Sun Ray PC/SC Bypass package.

Patch 114880-04 or later must be installed prior to installation

6.Configure/test Citrix ICA Client for Solaris/SPARC.

The first four steps are either general Solaris administration tasks or are beyond the scope of this document, such as installing third-party middleware on the Citrix Server. The steps that deal with installing Sun Ray PC/SC Bypass and configuring and testing the ICA client are covered in detail below.

Smart Card Requirements

Microsoft Windows natively supports a limited number of smart cards. It is important to have the correct drivers for the smart cards to be used in this environment. Support for various smart cards varies by smart card client software (often referred to as middleware) installed on the Citrix Server. For example, the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card is not natively supported by Windows and requires that middleware be installed on the Citrix Server (i.e. ActivCard for CAC, Netsign CAC, Schlumberger CACtus, etc.).

■Cards supported with Windows 2003 Server can be viewed here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url= /technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/entserver/sag_SC_us e_sctypes.asp

■Cards supported with Windows 2000 Server can be viewed here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url =/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_SC_use_sctypes.htm

4 Sun Ray, Smart Cards, and Citrix • May 2004