What is Cisco NetScaler?

What is Cisco NetScaler?

NetScaler Unified Gateway offers secure remote access of virtual desktops and a variety applications from a single point of entry and with single sign-on (SSO). The NetScaler Management and Analytics System is a platform designed for the organization and automation of policy management across devices and applications.

What is my NetScaler version?

To retrieve the model number and serial number of NetScaler appliance from the NetScaler GUI, navigate to System > Hardware Information. If none of the methods display the required results, the last option is to refer to the invoice sent with the appliance, or the sticker located behind the appliance.

Is NetScaler a load balancer?

Introduction to Citrix NetScaler Load Balancer In large, Unified Intelligence Center deployments, the Citrix NetScaler 1000v (Load Balancer) is used to load balance Unified Intelligence Center HTTP and HTTPS traffic.

What is NetScaler MPX?

Citrix NetScaler MPX appliance is a high performance, hardware-based solution that provides industry-leading web application delivery and load balancing, as well as enabling a full service delivery fabric that spans enterprise datacenters and cloud infrastructures to make applications and cloud services run five times …

How do I change my IP address in NetScaler?

  1. Open the /var/nstmp/. ns. conf. default file in a text editor, such as the vi editor, and replace the default IP address in the file.
  2. Save and close the file and restart the appliance. When the appliance restarts, the contents of this file are copied to the /nsconfig/ns. conf file.

What is Citrix LB?

Load balancing is defined as the methodical and efficient distribution of network or application traffic across multiple servers in a server farm. Each load balancer sits between client devices and backend servers, receiving and then distributing incoming requests to any available server capable of fulfilling them.

What does NetScaler mean?

Simple definition: NetScaler is a hardware device (or network appliance) manufactured by Citrix, which primary role is to provide Level 4 Load Balancing. It also supports Firewall, proxy and VPN functions

What does a Citrix NetScaler actually do?

NetScaler is integrated with OpenStack as part of Citrix Systems’ sponsorship of the Openstack Foundation. Citrix ADC is Citrix Systems’ core networking product. It is an application delivery controller (ADC), a tool that improves the delivery speed and quality of applications to an end user.

How to upgrade NetScaler instances?

On the SVM,select Configuration > NetScaler > Software Images and upload the NetScaler image.

  • Select Configuration > NetScaler > Instances.
  • Select the NetScaler instance and select Upgrade to upgrade using the file uploaded in the preceding step.
  • Click OK,to begin the upgrade process. This process takes a couple of minutes.
  • What is latency normal for a Citrix NetScaler?

    Often, users that are accessing Citrix delivered resources from certain regions of the world, especially in Asia, to Europe or North America will often experience ICA Latency of at least 180-220ms due to routing and network latency. In the screenshot below you can see how ICA Latency is sustained about 200ms for the entire session.