Cisco has released a paper titled: "FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and XenServer 6.2 SP1". The paper which is a Cisco Validated Design (CVD) contains 401 pages and provides a reference architecture for a 2000 set Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 on Cisco UCS B200-M3 server blades with NetApp FAS 3250 and the Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1 hypervisor platform.
The paper contains the following sections:
- Overview
- Summary of Main Findings
- Architecture
- Infrastructure Components
- Architecture and Design of XenDesktop 7.1 on Cisco Unified Computing System and NetApp FAS Storage
- Solution Validation
- Desktop Delivery Infrastructure
- Citrix Profile Management
- Test Setup and Configurations
- Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD) and Hosted Shared Desktop (HSD) Mixed Workload on Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blades, NetApp 3250 and Citrix XenServer 6.2 Test Results
- Scalability Considerations and Guidelines
- References