• XP and 1.8 servers are members of server farm with identical names (including alphabetic case).
• XP servers are set to operate in mixed mode.

In mixed mode ,Citrix Server Administration can monitor and manage the users ,sessions and processes on the 1.8 servers in the farm.
If CSA is used to adminster servers XP ,the addictional function cannot be viewed or managed in the utility.
Terminal Services Manager is installed as option of w2k server.
The CSA has three tabs at the bottom of the left pane : Servers ,Published Applications and Video Servers.

Servers Tab
Displays the names of the domains ,servers and sessions in the network.
Published Applications Tab
Lists the names of the published applications and server farm.
Video Servers Tab
Lists the names of the servers in the network capable of running video.

SHADOW TASKBAR

Enables shadowing of one or more ICA sessions at a time ,can organize the shadowed sessions in a taskbar for easy access.
To begin using the shadow taskbar users with shadow permissions must first enter their passwords.
The shadow indicator dialog ,which can be used to reject a request to shadow ,is not displayed on the ICA client if shadowing notification was disabled in either the XP setup or the Advanced properties of the ICA connection.
Provides the following capabilities :

• By default only admin and system groups have permission to shadow.
• Audio cannot be transmitted across a shadowed ICA session.
• Multiple administrator can shadowed simultaneosly.
• Shadowing can be used across XP servers ,and between XP and metaframe 1.8 servers.
• Shadowing is limited to the server farm in which the admin is currently logged on.
• The shdower's session must be capable of supporting the video resolution of the user session being shadowed otherwise the shadowing failed.
• An administrator can use CTRL+* keys to stop the shadowing of an ICA session.
• Shadowing can be configured in the Citrix Connection Configuration utility.
• If shadowing policies were selected during XP setup on the server ,ICA sessions might not be able to be shadowed from the server or the shadowing abilities might be restricted.
  Shadowing policies set during XP setup cannot be changed and are set per server not per server farm.

Each ICA session shadowed using the shadow taskbar uses a connection license.
Shadowing can also be performed to CMC.
Shadowing done through the CMC uses a single connection license ,however the CMC uses memory in the system on wich it runs.
Shadow icon in the CSAdmin. can be used to shadow one user while Shadow Taskbar and CMC can be used to shadow one or more users.

CITRIX CONNECTION CONFIGURATION

Allows administrators to :

• enable ,disable ,create ,view and chage ICA connections for the TCP/IP ,IPX ,SPX ,NetBIOS and dial-in asyc. network transports.
• configure settings and modem pparameters for ICA connections.

If a transport protocol is installed after XP setup ,administrator can use Connection Configuration utility to create ICA connections for the transports.

Security Permissions

Allows an administrator to configure an ICA connection so that only users and groups with permission to use the ICA connection can do so.
To change ICA connection's security click the Security/Permissions menu items.
By default ,administrators ,System and uusers accounts have access to an ICA connection.
The following type access are available:

• Full Control : allow users or groups complete access to ICA connection including:
  • querying info about a session;
  • sending messages;
  • connecting to a disconnected session;
  • modifying ICA connection parameters;
  • resetting a session;
  • deleting the ICA connection;
  • shadowing a session;
  • disconnecting a session and logging on or off a session.
• User Access : allow users or groups to log on to a session using the ICA connection and can :
  • query info about a session;
  • send messages;
  • connect to a disconnected session;
• Guest Access : allow uesers or groups to log on to a session using the ICA connection.
  NO other permissions are granted to users and groups that have been designated ad having Guest Access.

Only administrator can change the security permissions and can use Advanced button in the permissions window to change the security permissions for Full Control ,User Access and Guest Access.

Client Settings

Allow an administrator to control the mapping of client devices when an ICA client logs on to the ICA connection.

Administrator can use the client mappings settings int the Client Settings dialog to control whether ICA clients can perform mapping functions over an ICA connection during logon.
Different client mapping settings can be set for each ICA connection listed in Citrix Connection Configuration ;by default all client mapping settings are enabled on all ICA connections.
Show the image above to know the available settings.

Advanced Connection Settings

Allow an administrator to configure specific settings for the selected ICA connection.
The following advanced connection settings are available :

• Disabled : disables the ICA connection so tha tuserss cannot log on to XP server;
• Enabled : enables th IC Aconnection so tha tusers can log on to XP server;
• Connection : specifies maximum amount of time ,in minutes ,that an ICA session can use the ICA connection ,if the time is reached ,the session is disconnected or terminated ,depends on the choice on the 'On a broken or timed out session' field.
• Disconnection : specifies maximum amount of time ,in minutes , that disconnected ICA sessions will remain running on the XP server.
  when the limit is reached the session is disconnected.
• Idle : specifies maximum amount of time ,in minutes ,that is permitted to elapse without activity on the ICA connection.
  When the limit is reached the ICA session is disconnected or terminated depends on the choice on the 'On a broken or timed out session' field.
• Security : specifies the level of encryption be used on an ICA connection.
• Use Default NT Authentication : specifies that all logon authentications for the ICA connection be made through the Win NT authentication dynamic link library (DLL) called Masgina.dll.
• On a broken or timed out connection : specifies whether an ICA connection should be disconnected or reset when a timeout is reached.
• Reconnect disconnect : specifies whether the disconnected ICA session can be reconnected to from any client device orr only from original client device.
• Shadowing : specifies that ICA sessions that use the ICA connection can be shadowed.
• Autologon : specifies info that can be used to log on a user to an ICA session automatically using ICA connection.
  Should be used only with asynchronous ICA connection.
• Initial Program : specifies tha tonly one program will run whenever a user uses the ICA connection.
  A published application cannot be used as initial program.
• User profiles overrides : specifies that any wallpaper settIngs in users' profiles should be overidden by the settings on the ICa connection.

ICA Settings

Allow an administrator to control the quality of sound and amount of bandwith consumed by sound on an ICA connection.
The following settings are available :

• High : up to 1.3 Mbps;
• Medium : maximum of 64 Kbps;
• Low : maximum of 16 Kbps;

The sample button can be used to hear the differences between the quality settings.

SPEEDSCREEN LATENCY REDUCTION MANAGER

Delays between entry and echo of mouse movements and keyboard input are one of the primary frustrations that users experience on high latency network connections.
The Speedscreen Latency Reduction (SLR) saves the configuration setting sto the drive\%systemroot%\system32\ss3config file on the XP server.
Other servers can deploy the config. settings by copying the entire directory and its contents to each server in the server farm.
SLR enhances the user experience for ICA clients on slow networks where the round trip time on the connection is between 150ms and 500ms.

• Local Text Echo : on slow networks ,ICA clients typically experince a delay between when characters aret typed on their keyboards and those characters are displayed in their ICA session.
  ICA client intercepts the keystrokes being typed at the client device and echoes the keystrokes on the ICA client's screen. At the same time ,the same keystrokes are sent to a XP server over ICA session.
  When the server gets the keystrokes .it displays the keystrokes in the appropriate fonr in the applicaiton running on the ICA session and then refreshes the info on the ICA client's screen.
• Mouse Click Feedback : uses the ICA software to change the shape of the mouse pointer immediately when a mouse button has been clicked.
  The mouse pointer changes back to its original shape as soon as the server response arrives.
  The feature does not accelerate the requested action ;it only changes the mouse pointer to indicate an action is pending.
  By default ,mouse click feedback is enabled and local text echo is set to auto for all applications.

Configuring Latency Reduction on a Server

An administrator can configure a server to use the same SLR settings for all applications running in that server.
Use SLR ,right click a server in the SLR Manager and then click Server Properties.
If an administrator customizes the Local Text Echo settings for an application ,it will override the Local Text Echo setting on the server.

Configuring SLR for an Application

An administrator can configure an application to use SLR.
To configure an application to use SLR ,click New in the SLR Manager.

Customizing SLR Settings for an Application

An administrator can customize the SLR setting for an application in the SLR Manager.
To change the settings ,right click the name of the application whise settings are to be changed and then click Application Properties.

Configuring SLR from an ICA client

ICA clients can configure application sets and published applications to use SLR.
To enable or disable SLR ,click the application set or published application in the PN ,then click the Properties icon.

By default ,published applications and application sets have SLR set to Auto and Mouse Click Feedback to Enabled.

ICA ADMINISTRATOR TOOLBAR

Can organize the most frequently used XP utilities ,and provide quick and easy access to them without cluttering the desktop.
By default the ICA administrator Toolbar is attached to the right edge of the desktop.
The following menù items are available :

• autohide : hides the ICA Admin. Toolbar from view.
• always on top : keeps the toolbar on top of all other applications.
• customize : allows an administrator to change the appearance of the ICA Admin.Toolbar.