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609: Implementing WAN Optimization and Cloud Connectivity with CloudBridge 7.3

Hands-on Lab Exercise Guide

Johnathan Campos

May 2015

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 1

Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 2

Scenario........................................................................................................................................... 6

Exercise 1: Verifying CloudBridge Connectivity ................................................................................ 7

Exercise 2: Configuring CloudBridge Active Directory Membership ................................................ 15

Exercise 3: ICA Optimization .......................................................................................................... 19

Exercise 4: CIFS Optimization ....................................................................................................... 26

Exercise 5: FTP Optimization ......................................................................................................... 32

Exercise 6: Configuring WAN Emulator to Increase Latency .......................................................... 38

Exercise 7: MAPI Optimization ....................................................................................................... 42

Exercise 8: Cloud Connectivity ....................................................................................................... 46

Exercise 9 – OPTIONAL: General CloudBridge Counters .............................................................. 55

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Overview Hands-On Training Module

Objective This learning lab will provide hands on experience implementing WAN Optimization with CloudBridge 7.3, and the functionality of the CloudBridge Connector feature on NetScaler 10.5. The objective is to give those who are unfamiliar with the Citrix CloudBridge product familiarity with the working environment and experience with the various types of WAN optimization available within CloudBridge.

Prerequisites A basic working knowledge of networking and Citrix products is expected. Generally, the lab is fairly high level, and intended to provide an overview of the CloudBridge product features.

Audience This guide is meant for a general audience of Citrix Partners, Customers, Sales Engineers and Consultants.

Lab Environment Details This lab contains an internal and remote site configuration (i.e. 2 sites in total). The main datacenter site contains services similar to those found in today’s typical datacenters, including Exchange, CIFS, XenDesktop, SharePoint and FTP servers. The remote datacenter site contains a Win7Client and suffers WAN connectivity issues. Each site is equipped with both a NetScaler and CloudBridge. The NetScaler is deployed in a two-armed mode in front of the CloudBridge appliance, which is deployed in inline mode.

The CloudBridge appliances are used to provide WAN optimization between the two sites, and demonstrate the benefits of optimizing various protocols. The NetScaler appliances will be utilized to create a site-to-site IPSec tunnel in order to demonstrate cloud connectivity between data centers.

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The system diagram of the lab is shown below:

The Student Desktop can be accessed remotely using Citrix Receiver* running on your laptop. All needed windows applications such as XenCenter (the XenServer GUI management tool) are accessed via the Student Desktop.

*Citrix Receiver is available here: http://www.citrix.com/go/receiver.html

Public Network

Router1Router2

MainSite Uplink

XenDesktop

AD

Public Bond

Exchange

@

SharePoint

Win7Client

NetScaler – 192.168.10.22 NetScaler2 – 192.168.20.22

External

Client

WAN emulator

RemoteSite Uplink

Lab Features:

• 5 Public IP address

• Pre-configured NAT rules for external access

• Common services fully configured

• WAN emulation for all links (Site-to-Site, Public)

SoftLayer DNS (Authoritative for: mycitrixtraining.net)

Example A record:

1-2-3-4.mycitrixtraining.net -> 1.2.3.4

PublicIP #0

PublicIP #1

PublicIP #2

PublicIP #3

PublicIP #4

Site-to-Site link

192.168.30.0/24

eth4

eth3eth2

eth0eth1

CloudBridge – 192.168.15.21 CloudBridge – 192.168.25.21

Storefront

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Lab Guide Conventions This symbol indicates particular attention must be paid to this step

Special note to offer advice or background information

reboot Text the student enters or an item they select is printed like this

VMDemo Filename mentioned in text or lines added to files during editing

Start Bold text indicates reference to a button or object

Focuses attention on a particular part of the screen (R:255 G:20 B:147)

Shows where to click or select an item on a screen shot (R: 255 G: 102 B: 0)

List of Virtual Machines Used Internal Site VM Name IP Address Description / OS

Site1 - NetScaler 192.168.10.22 NetScaler 10.5 Site1 - CloudBridge 192.168.15.21 CloudBridge 7.3

Remote Site VM Name IP Address Description / OS

Site2 - NetScaler 192.168.20.22 NetScaler 10.5 Site2 - CloudBridge 192.168.25.21 CloudBridge 7.3 Site2 - ClientServer 192.168.25.13 Windows 2008 R2 Site2 – Win7Client 192.168.25.50 Windows 7 Domain PC

Others VM Name IP Address Description / OS

WanEm 192.168.30.3 Tata Consultancy Wan Emulator

Required Lab Credentials The credentials required to connect to the environment, and complete the lab exercises.

VM Name User Password Description

*.training.lab Administrator Citrix123 Domain admin User1 Citrix123 Domain user User2 Citrix123 Domain user User3 Citrix123 Domain user NetScaler nsroot nsroot Any NetScaler appliance CloudBridge admin wanscaler Any CloudBridge appliance WanEm root Citrix123 WAN Emulator

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Important Lab Environment Note When connecting to the lab environment, you may be prompted to restart the Windows on the Student Desktop

If prompted, please select Restart Later . Selecting Restart Now will disconnect you from the Student Desktop.

Additionally, you may receive intermittent User Access Control prompts on the Student Desktop regarding jucheck.exe:

When prompted, please select No and continue with your lab.

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Scenario ANY Co Inc. has requested a sales engineer to demonstrate the benefits of the Citrix CloudBridge 7.3 WAN Optimization appliance in collaboration with the NetScaler 10.5 Cloud Connectivity feature. In order to improve user experience in branch offices and provide cloud scalability, your goal is to assist ANY Co Inc. with their challenges outlined below, and ensure that these solutions fit their business needs.

Challenges:

• Connectivity to the branch office is fairly congested resulting in bandwidth issues.

• Users in the branch office access a number of applications that require decent connectivity to the main datacenter, including Citrix XenApp, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange and FTP.

• Additionally, the customer would like the ability to securely connect the branch office (Site 2) to the main datacenter in the event that an outage of the leased private WAN connection occurs. The customer would also like to explore the idea of connecting to a cloud service provider such as AWS or SoftLayer in the near future.

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Exercise 1 Verifying CloudBridge Connectivity

Overview: The goal of this exercise is to verify that both CloudBridge appliances are running, and all features are enabled. The Line Tester tool will be used to verify connectivity between both virtual appliances; Site1-CB and Site2-CB.

Step by Step Guidance Estimated time to complete this lab: 10 minutes.

Step Action

1. From the student desktop (Landing Workstation) open a web browser and logon to the Site1-CloudBridge appliance by navigating to the following address.

http://192.168.15.21

Use the following credentials to logon to the Site1 CloudBridge:

Username: admin – Password: wanscaler

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Step Action

2. Partnership Verification – Site 1 CloudBridge:

Navigate to the Monitoring tab followed by Partners & Plug-ins > CloudBridge Partners. Confirm that 192.168.25.21 is listed as a partner appliance.

3. License & Feature Verification - Site 1 CloudBridge :

Navigate to the Configuration tab followed by the Appliance Settings node to verify that all Traffic Features are ENABLED as shown below.

Navigate to the Configuration tab followed by the Appliance Settings > Licensing node to verify the correct licensing is installed and active (V45, 45Mbps) .

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Step Action

4. Connectivity Verification – Diagnostic Tool (IPerf) SERVER:

Navigate to Configuration tab followed by System Maintenance > Diagnostics node. Then, select the Line Tester tab, and select Start Server to start the IPerf server listener on port 5001.

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Step Action


http://192.168.25.21



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Step Action

6. License & Feature Verification - Site 2 CloudBridge :

Navigate to the Configuration tab followed by the Appliance Settings node to verify that all Traffic Features are ENABLED as shown below.

Navigate to the Configuration tab followed by the Appliance Settings > Licensing node to verify the correct licensing is installed (V45, 45Mbps) .

7. Identifying Service Classes:

Navigate to Configuration followed by the Optimization Rules node > Service Classes . Here, service classes are defined and given priority. For this particular lab, settings will be left to default.

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Step Action

8. Connectivity Verification – Diagnostic Tool (IPerf) CLIENT:

Navigate to Configuration tab followed by the System Maintenance > Diagnostics. Then, select the Line Tester tab and enter the Server IP of 192.168.15.21 (IPPerf SERVER) under the Line Test: CLIENT. Selecting Start Test will start the IPerf test on port 5001 verifying connectivity.

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Step Action

9. Once the test starts, verify that the CLIENT (Site 2 CloudBridge) has connected to the SERVER (Site 1 CloudBridge) on port 5001.

A similar graph will appear as referenced below:

NOTE: Traffic shown is accelerated.

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Step Action

10. Final Step:

Stop the diagnostic test on both appliances by selecting Stop Test.

IPerf SERVER (Site 1 – CloudBridge)

IPerf CLIENT (Site 2 – CloudBridge)

Exercise Summary In this exercise, connectivity was verified between both CloudBridge appliances in our environment by utilizing the Line Tester tool. This tool is useful for verifying connectivity between both CloudBridge partners, and troubleshooting application network traffic. Partner connectivity was also verified by way of the Partner & Plug-ins menu. Service classes, licensing, and features were confirmed to ensure all required appliance settings and features.

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Exercise 2 Configuring CloudBridge Active Directory Membership

Overview In this exercise, Active Directory membership on both CloudBridge appliances is completed allowing the CloudBridge appliance the ability to access domain protected services such as CIFS and MAPI acceleration.


Step Action


http://192.168.15.21



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Step Action

2. Pre-checking Windows Domain Settings:

Navigate to Configuration tab followed by Appliance Settings > Windows Domain. Select the Check Domain Join button and type the following domain name:

training.lab

NOTE: The DNS server for the current Active Directory domain of the appliance was set during the installation process. The IP address of the DNS server can be changed if needed by navigating to the Configuration tab followed by Appliance Settings > Network Adapters.

Successful result is shown below.

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Step Action

3. Joining the Domain:

Navigate below to the Windows Domain section and select Join Domain .

Enter the following domain authentication information and select join:

Domain Name: training.lab

Domain User: Administrator

Domain Password: Citrix123

4. Verify the CloudBridge appliance has joined the domain by verifying the Domain Status:

This error has been corrected on an updated build of the CloudBridge appliance.

Please ignore as it will not affect joining the Windows Domain.

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Step Action

5. Repeat steps 1 – 4 on the partner CloudBridge appliance (192.168.25.21) to join the device to the domain.

Exercise Summary In this exercise, we configured both CloudBridge appliances within an Active Directory Domain. Joining the CloudBridge appliance to the domain, allows for CIFS and MAPI acceleration.

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Exercise 3 ICA Optimization

Overview In this exercise, we will demonstrate how ICA acceleration can improve the user experience and increase user capacity in branch offices. An automated PowerPoint presentation and graphic scripts will be used in order to create extra traffic in the environment.


Step Action

1. Begin by launching XenCenter found on the student desktop.

If prompted, login using the credentials provided from the virtual training center website used to execute the lab. Below is an example of the provided credentials.

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Step Action

2. Click on the Site2-Win7Client virtual machine, followed by Console tab.

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Step Action

3. Click switch user and Login to the Site2-Win7Client with the following username and password.

Username: [email protected] Password: Citrix123

4. Using a web browser on the Site2-Win7Client workstation navigate to the following URL:

http://storefront/citrix/storeweb

Use the following credentials to login:

Username: User1 Password: Citrix123

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Step Action

5. Adding Favorite Applications:

Upon logon, select Apps button on the bottom followed by the All Apps tab. Proceed by adding the Random Graphics and PPT Automation apps as a favorite app ; if not there already. Open these applications, and accept any warning messages that appear with the PPT Automation app.

Note: ICA Graphics is an automated app designed to present random graphics. This app will show very little compression in the CloudBridge, and is generally used to demonstrate traffic shaping abilities.

Note: PPT Automation is an automated app that continually scrolls through a PowerPoint presentation. The first time that this app runs, it should have fairly little compression. As the app continues to run, compression will improve due to compression on the CloudBridge appliance.

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Step Action

6. With the automated apps running, return to the Student Desktop, open a new web browser window, and navigate to the following website address:

http://192.168.15.21



Visualizing ICA Compression:

Once logged into the CloudBridge appliance, navigate to the dashboard and note the traffic flow.

7. Visualizing ICA Compression (Continued):

Navigate to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Citrix (ICA/CGP). Under ICA connections. Verify that the status is Accelerated .

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Step Action

8. Visualizing ICA Statistics and Acceleration:

Navigate through the ICA Statistics and Acceleration Graphs tabs. Take a moment to study the information presented regarding ICA connections in the environment.

9. From your current location, Navigate to Optimization > Connections node. Here you can visualize the disk compression ratio per connection.

10. Close all launched ICA applications, all Internet Explorer sessions, logoff the Site2-Win7Client, and the XenCenter application to complete this exercise.

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Exercise Summary In this exercise, confirmation of ICA acceleration through the CloudBridge appliance was verified. Validation was confirmed by visualizing the graphed representations of the current traffic flow.

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Exercise 4 CIFS Optimization

Overview In this exercise, CIFS optimization is demonstrated by transferring multiple files from a CIFS share at Site 1 to the Client Desktop at Site2.


Step Action

1. Double click on the Site2-Win7Client icon found on the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation), and logon with the following credentials to initiate a remote desktop connection to the Site2-Win7Client PC:


2. Open the CIFS shortcut found on the desktop (\\SharePoint\CIFS).

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Step Action

3. Generating CIFS Traffic:

Select all of the documents found in the CIFS (SharePoint) folder, and copy them to the target folder on the desktop.

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Step Action

4. From the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation) open a web browser and logon to the Site1-CloudBridge appliance by navigating to the following address.

http://192.168.15.21



5. Validating CIFS Connections:

Navigate to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Connections . Presented in this window are the active CIFS accelerated connections.

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Step Action

6. Visualizing CIFS Metrics:

Additional graphs are available under Optimization > Filesystem (CIFS/SMB) .

NOTE: Historical and present activity information is reflected in this window.

7. Delete Transferred files:

Delete the transferred files copied from the CIFS Share to the Site2-Win7Client desktop.

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Step Action

8. Re-Generating CIFS Traffic:

Select all of the documents found in the CIFS (SharePoint) folder, and copy them to the target folder on the desktop.

Note the transfer rate from the CIFS file share server to the

Site2-Win7Client Desktop is much faster due to caching

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Exercise Summary The CloudBridge appliance was used to optimize CIFS transfers between a client and server in two different sites. Protocol acceleration reduced the consumed bandwidth, and improved performance of the transfer. Subsequent transfers to the same branch site showed even less bandwidth traveling across the private WAN connection due to the CloudBridge compression functionality.

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Exercise 5 FTP Optimization

Overview In this exercise, we will demonstrate FTP optimizations within CloudBridge. A file transfer is set up utilizing the FTP protocol from the SharePoint server found in Site 1 to the Site2-Win7Client workstation found in Site 2. Completing this exercise will identify the advantages of the CloudBrigde appliance’s ability to apply compression to the FTP protocol.

Step by step guidance Estimated time to complete this lab: 10 minutes.

Step Action



2. Execute the FTP client application (FileZilla) from the client from the desktop.

3. Login to the FTP Server (SharePoint ) by using the following credentials and clicking on the Quickconnect button.

Username: User1

Password: Citrix123

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Step Action

4. Initiating FTP file transfer:

Drag and drop the following video file found on the FTP root folder from the remote FTP Server onto the Desktop of the Site2-Win7Client.

Video File: Robotica_1080.wmv

If prompted, enter the following password to begin the FTP transfer.

Password: Citrix123

Note the transfer rate from the FTP server to the

Site2-Win7Client Desktop.

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Step Action

5. Using a web browser, log into the Site1-CloudBridge appliance from the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation).

http://192.168.15.21

Use the following credentials to logon to the Site1-CloudBridge:


6. Validating FTP Connections:

Navigate to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Connections . Presented in this window, are the active FTP accelerated connections. Notice CloudBridge will only optimize the FTP Data sessions, not the (smaller) FTP Control sessions.

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Step Action

7. Validating Service Classes:

Transfer rate metrics of the current transfer are also available by navigating to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Service Classes and selecting the Service Class Graphs.

8. Appliance Performance:

Appliance Performance of the current transfer is also noticeable by navigating to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization and selecting Appliance Performance.

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Step Action

9. Delete Transferred files:

Delete the transferred FTP files (Robotica_1080 / Fighter Pilot) from the Site2-Win7Client desktop.

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Step Action

10. Re-Initiate FTP file transfer:

Re-Initiate the FTP file transfer and drag and drop the two video files found on the FTP root folder from the remote FTP Server onto the Desktop of the Site2-Win7Client.

Exercise Summary CloudBridge was used to optimize FTP transfers between a client and server in two different sites. Protocol acceleration reduced the consumed bandwidth of and improved performance of the transfer. Subsequent transfers to the same branch site saw even less bandwidth traveling across the WAN due to the CloudBridge compression functionality.

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Note the transfer rate from the FTP server to the Site2-

Win7Client Desktop is much faster due to caching.

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Exercise 6 Configuring WAN Emulator to Increase Latency

Overview In this exercise, we will configure the WAN Emulator built into the lab environment, and test the effects of a slow connection plagued with high latency. The WANem WAN Emulator, serves as an emulation tool simulating different WAN connections found in many sites. In the current lab environment, the WANem WAN emulator is connecting sites 1 and 2 together configured with a T1 (1.544 MBPS) connection with a latency delay of 40ms. Once completed, Exercise 4 and 5 should be repeated to note the affected results of the newly configured WAN connection.

Step by step guidance Estimated time to complete this lab: 10 minutes.

Step Action

1. Using a web browser, log into the WANem appliance from the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation).

http://192.168.30.3

Use the following credentials to logon to the WANem:

Username: root – Password: Citrix123

Credentials may not be needed when logging

onto the WANem appliance.

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Step Action

2. Configuring the latent bandwidth:

Select Basic Mode:

Proceed by selecting the Choose BW drop down menu of both Interface eth1 and Interface eth0 to the T1 (1.544MBPS) bandwidth option followed by entering a Delay of 20ms.

Finalize your selection by clicking Apply Settings .

The WANem WAN Appliance service should start automatically. If the service

does not start, select the Start WANem to start the service.

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Step Action

3. Validating Bandwidth Delay:

On the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation), select Start, and type CMD in the search toolbar to open the command line console.

Ping the remote Site2-Win7Client workstation by typing the following command to confirm the bandwidth and delay settings were successfully applied:

Ping 192.168.25.21

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Note the time delay shown to and from Site 1 and 2 at an

average of 45ms due to the WANem settings.

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Step Action

4. Repeat the following exercises to show how the CloudBridge appliance WAN optimizations affect the newly reflected bandwidth and latency change of the site 1 and 2 WAN connection.

Exercise 4: CIFS Optimization

Exercise 5: FTP Optimization

5. Stopping the WANem Service:

Stop the WANem service upon completion of Exercise 4 and 5.

Exercise Summary In this exercise, configuration of the WANem WAN Emulator was completed to test the CloudBridge appliances’ ability to work with high latency WAN connections, as well as low bandwidth WAN connections. Repeating exercises 4 and 5 will reveal a notable d ifference in the metrics using the newly enabled WAN connection.

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Exercise 7 MAPI Optimization

Overview In this exercise, we will validate the acceleration of the MAPI protocol on the CloudBridge appliance by generating an email with previously downloaded files using Microsoft Outlook.


Step Action

1. Double click on the Site2-Win7Client icon found on the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation), and logon with the following credentials to initiate a remote desktop connection the Site2-Win7Client PC:


2. Execute the E-mail client application (Microsoft Outlook 2010) from the client from the desktop.

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Step Action

3. Generating an e-mail with file attachments:

While logged into the E-mail client, select Home tab > New E-mail.

Direct the new email to [email protected].

Attach the FileAttachement.PDF file located in the File Attachment folder found on the Site2-Win7Client desktop, and click Send .

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Step Action

4. Using a web browser, log into the Site1-CloudBridge appliance from the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation).

http://192.168.15.21



5. Validating MAPI Connections:

Navigate to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Connections . Presented in this window, are the active MAPI accelerated connections.

6. Additional MAPI acceleration metrics can be reviewed by navigating to the Monitoring tab Optimization > Outlook (MAPI), and selecting the Accelerated MAPI Sessions tab.

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Exercise Summary In this exercise, we verified MAPI acceleration, and demonstrated the advantages of CloudBridge’s WAN Optimizations while sending large files.

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Exercise 8 Cloud Connectivity

Overview In this exercise, configuration of the CloudBridge Connector feature on NetScaler 10.5 is completed to securely connect the two existing datacenters. This feature will allow site users and administrators to access remote site resources privately and securely.

Creating the Site-to-Site tunnel will allow site administrators to load balance services in a multi-site configuration. As presented in this lab, Site1 is the main datacenter, containing a NetScaler appliance and a web application server. Site 2 is presented as the remote datacenter, and also contains a NetScaler appliance and a web application server. The goal of this exercise is to extend the datacenter into the cloud in order to provide redundancy for a mission critical web application. By adding the web application server contained in Site2 to the NetScaler load balancing virtual IP (VIP), it will allow users to seamlessly connect to both servers in a “round-robin” fashion. The configuration presented within this exercise allows for a level of redundancy for the users utilizing the web application, and assists administrators in expanding the private cloud.

NOTE: Due to limitations within the lab environment, the CloudBridge Connector tunnel is set up entirely within the internal networks. This exercise is easily transferable to public networks by use of public IP’s provided by the ISP in your environment.


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Step Action

1. Double click on the Site2-Win7Client icon found on the Student Desktop (Landing Workstation), and logon with the following credentials to initiate a remote desktop connection the Site2-Win7Client PC:


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Step Action

2. Inspecting the current route before the tunnel conf iguration:

On the Site2-Win7Client , select Start, and type CMD in the search toolbar to open the command line console.

Trace the route to the remote Site1-NS1 SNIP Address by typing the following command:

Tracert 192.168.10.20

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Note the route taken to the Site1-NS1 SNIP Address from the

Site2-Win7Client. All virtual WAN routers are used.

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Step Action

3. On the Site2-Win7Client , open Mozilla Firefox and logon to the Site1-Netscaler appliance by navigating to the following address.

http://192.168.10.22

Use the following credentials to logon to the Site1-NetScaler:

Username: nsroot – Password: nsroot

4. Creating the CloudBridge Connector:

Navigate to Configuration > System > CloudBridge Connector and select Create/Monitor CloudBridge Connector to begin the CloudBridge Connector Wizard.

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Step Action

5. Select Get Started .

6. Select NetScaler .

7. Enter the NSIP (Netscaler IP) of the remote NetScaler 192.168.20.22 along with the following credentials to initiate the connection.

Username: nsroot – Password: nsroot

A third party cloud service provider can be

selected if needed.

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8. Entering the general tunnel information:

Enter the below information and select Continue to complete the IPv4 GRE VPN Tunnel.

CloudBridge Connector Name: CB-Tunnel

Local Setting > Subnet IP: 192.168.10.20

Remote Setting > Subnet IP: 192.168.20.20

PBR Setting

Operation: =

Source IP Low: 192.168.10.0

Source IP High: 192.168.15.255

Operation (Destination Network): =

Destination IP Low: 192.168.20.0

Destination IP High: 192.168.25.255

Security Settings

Encryption Algorithm: AES

Hash Algorithm: HMAC_MD5

Key: Auto Generate Key

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Step Action

9. Select Done to complete the CloudBridge Connector IPv4 tunnel.

10. Traffic can now be visualized upon the completion of the CloudBridge Connector Wizard.

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Step Action

11. Inspecting the current route after the tunnel confi guration:

On the Site2-Win7Client , select Start, and type CMD in the search toolbar to open the command line console.

Trace the route to the remote Site1-NS1 SNIP Address by typing the following command:

Tracert 192.168.10.20

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Note the route taken to the Site1-NS1 SNIP Address from the Site2-Win7Client post the

tunnel configuration. The tunnel is utilized as opposed to the WAN Routers.

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Exercise Summary In this exercise, we set up an IPSec tunnel between the two datacenters using NetScaler’s CloudBridge Connector functionality and became familiar with options for connecting the main data center to a cloud service provider.

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Exercise 9 - OPTIONAL General CloudBridge Counters

Overview This optional exercise provides an overview of some additional analytical pages on the CloudBridge appliance. For best results, it is recommended to complete this exercise upon completion of exercises 1 – 8 in order to generate the appropriate amount of traffic needed to create the proper metrics in the reviewed counters.

Step by Step Guidance Estimated time to complete this lab: 20 minutes

Step Action



2. Execute the Script.bat file shortcut found on the Site2-Win7Client to start the CIFS generation tool.

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Step Action

3. Select the following menu option to map the CIFS shared folder located on the Site1-Sharepoint Server.

Menu Option: 1

4. Select the following menu option to generate continuous CIFS traffic copying multiple files from the Site1-Sharepoint server to the Site2-Win7Client.

Menu Option: 3

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NOTE: The continuous CIFS copy will continue to transfer the same files from the

Site1- Sharepoint Server to the Site2-Win7Client. Each CloudBridge appliance will begin to

cache the transferred files and speed up the transfer after the first initial transfer has been

completed.

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Step Action

5. Using your favorite web browser, navigate to the following website address:

http://192.168.15.21

Use the following credentials to logon to the Site1-CloudBridge:


6. Main Dashboard:

The dashboard is the first page presented when logged on to the CloudBridge appliance. It provides information on the total throughput handled by the device and its current performance levels.

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Step Action

7. Service Classes:

The Service Classes graph can be found by navigating to Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Service Classes > Service Class Grap hs assisting in visualizing the traffic accelerated by the appliance.

8. Traffic Shaping:

Navigating to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Traffic Shaping , the Traffic Shaping graph displays the prioritized traffic processed by the device. The appliance has the ability of traffic shaping all data sent through its connecting networks, providing a better experience for users faced with the challenges of a slow WAN connection.

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Step Action

9. Top Applications:

Navigating to the Monitoring tab followed by Optimization > Top Applications allows an administrator to visualize the top applications processed by the appliance. The metrics shown will specifically display the break down of the percentages of each protocol processed by the appliance; providing an administrator with a perspective of the traffic to and from remote networks.

Exercise Summary This exercise explored various metrics available within the CloudBridge appliance, allowing administrators to have a clear breakdown of all traffic flowing through the connected networks

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CIFS in the “Top Applications” section is shown in the above example, because

of the continuous CIFS transfer executed at the beginning of the exercise, clearly

indicates the CloudBridge appliance’s effort to compress data and applications

to and from each site.

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Revision: Change Description Updated By Date

1.0 Original Version Johnathan Campos May 2015

About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. designs, develops and markets technology solutions that enable information technology (IT) services. The Enterprise division and the Online Services division constitute its two segments. Its revenues are derived from sales of Enterprise division products, which include its Desktop Solutions, Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, Cloud-based Data Solutions and related technical services and from its Online Services division's Web collaboration, remote access and support services. It markets and licenses its products directly to enterprise customers, over the Web, and through systems integrators (Sis) in addition to indirectly through value-added resellers (VARs), value-added distributors (VADs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In July 2012, the Company acquired Bytemobile, provider of data and video optimization solutions for mobile network operators.

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