The HP and Citrix Client Virtualization Solution is a seamless end-to-end client virtualization infrastructure solution that allows administrators to provide one of the best managed desktop and application environments, resulting in an excellent user experience. When combined with other HP products as part of an integrated HP solution, customers have the ability to provide one of the best virtual desktop environments in the industry to meet their organizations' needs.

The new HP Client Virtualization Solution with Citrix XenDesktop offering is rich in features and significantly improves the end user experience with Citrix HDX™ technologies. With HDX technology, users get an experience that rivals a local PC, even when using multimedia, real-time collaboration and USB peripherals. The solution delivers a high definition user experience over any connection - from local corporate network to high latency wide area networks for remote desktop access.

With the unique Citrix FlexCast™ delivery technology, IT can deliver every type of virtual desktop, hosted or local, physical or virtual - each specifically tailored to meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of each individual user. HP and Citrix desktop virtualization delivers the ideal desktop for every user, and because XenDesktop now includes the full on-demand application delivery capabilities of XenApp, customers can deliver everything from a single application to a complete and personalized Windows desktop experience to any user, anywhere.

HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop is built on an open architecture to offer customers the choice and flexibility of virtualization platform and endpoint devices, and an architecture that can seamlessly integrate into a customer's existing infrastructure.

XenDesktop 4 delivers the best desktop for every user, the best way to manage applications and the best user experience.

• Introducing XenDesktop VDI edition: offered in addition to the Enterprise and Platinum edition, the new XenDesktop VDI edition is a high-performance Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution for delivering virtual desktops with HDX technology. XenDesktop VDI edition will be available in 20 and 100 user and device license SKUs
  
• New SKUs for 100 and 1000 User or Device Licenses for Enterprise and Platinum Editions
  
• Citrix FlexCast™ delivery technology supports every major desktop virtualization delivery model including: , Hosted Shared Desktops, Hosted VM-based VDI Desktops (VDI), Hosted Blade PC Desktops, Local Streamed Desktops, and Virtual Apps to Installed Desktops in a single, integrated solution - a breakthrough that enables improved ROI, simplified management and extends the benefits of virtualization to every employee in the enterprise
  
• Enhanced HDX™ User Experience. New HDX improvements in XenDesktop 4 include enhancements for multimedia content, real-time collaboration and USB peripherals to assist in real-time collaboration among disperse design teams. HDX encompasses components on the server side, the network and the client device.
  NOTE: HDX-3D is not offered or supported by HP at this time.

• HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop comes as an end-to-end solution leveraging XenServer virtualization software, reliable ProLiant and BladeSystem server platforms, HP thin clients portfolio and best in class manageability software for physical and virtual infrastructure
  
• HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop has an open architecture that seamlessly integrates with Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere 4.0 being used for backend server virtualization
  
• Citrix XenDesktop opens the door to customer choice - allowing the infrastructure to host centralized desktops based on multiple hypervisor platforms or Blade PCs and Blade Workstations
• HP serves as the single point of contact for XenDesktop with the integrated HP XenServer offerings and provides 1 year 9x5 support services and upgrades with every purchase. Options are available to upgrade to 24x7 and multi-year support at time of support renewal.
• HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop is available in 3 editions - VDI, Enterprise and Platinum
  

  	VDI	Enterprise	Platinum Edition
  Citrix XenServer	Included	Included	Included
  Citrix Essentials for XenServer, Enterprise Edition		Included	Included
  Provisioning Server for Data Center	Included		Included
  Virtual Desktop Delivery Controller	Included	Included	Included
  Virtual Desktop Provisioning	Included	Included	Included
  VM Resource Pooling and XenMotion		Included	Included
  XenApp		Included [XenApp Enterprise]	Included [XenApp Platinum]
  Access Gateway Client License (Requires purchase of additional hardware)	Included	Included	Included
  Profile Management	Included	Included	Included
  Password Manager			Included
  EdgeSight			Included
  Workflow Studio orchestration	Included	Included	Included

  
  
• HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop contains licenses for client-side components of Citrix Branch Repeater™ software (Platinum edition) and Citrix Access Gateway™:
  
  • Citrix Access Gateway™ is a secure application access solution that provides administrators granular application-level control while empowering users with access from anywhere. It gives IT administrators a single point of control to manage access and actions based on both the user and the endpoint device, providing better risk, security and compliance management. The solution comprises of Data Center hardware and client-side software. The HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop includes a license for this client-side software. The Data Center side physical hardware can be purchased through HP SLMS or any other Citrix reseller. The client-side software is available and bundled along with the physical access gateway hardware.
    
• Workflow Studio Orchestration is a free add-on available with all the editions
  • Available as an add on, Workflow Studio provides an easy-to-use, graphical interface for workflow composition that virtually eliminates scripting. Workflow Studio acts as the glue across the IT infrastructure allowing administrators to easily tie technology components together via workflows.

• Customers can purchase the end-to-end solution from HP in conjunction with the server and storage management software for physical and virtual infrastructure
• HP serves as the single point of support for the entire Client Virtualization solution
  
• The HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop 4 is available in 2 Editions - Enterprise and Platinum and provides the flexibility to upgrade from one option to another by simply purchasing an upgrade license
  
• HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop supports XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESX or vSphere and simplifies management of networked storage using StorageLink™ technology which is integrated with HP products
  
• Support the flexibility to work from anywhere at any time using any device. Leveraging Citrix Receiver, a lightweight universal client, users can access their desktop and corporate applications from any device, enables complete workplace flexibility, business continuity and user mobility

• XenDesktop comes with management software that makes your Client Virtualization solution robust, flexible and scalable. The Virtual Desktop Provisioning, Resource Pooling and XenMotion, XenApp and Desktop Delivery Controller allow easy management and monitoring
  
• HP Insight Control Management Suite: HP's Insight Control suite is the industry leading management software that helps to deploy, control and manage both physical and virtual infrastructure. It provides an essential set of infrastructure management functionality that includes a complete set of lifecycle management tools including: RDP for rapid software image deployment. HP ICE does not come bundled along with HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop, but can be procured independently.

• Complement your server management software with HPs best in class client management solutions
  • Use HP Device Manager, which is included in the price of all HP thin clients, to manage, report on and automate the usage and deployment of all HP thin clients.
  • Use HP Client Automation to manage HP thin clients, PCs, mobile devices and virtual machines.
  • Or select HPs supported 3rd party solutions
    • Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution to manage thin clients and PCs
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Management to manage Windows based clients

• HDX technology provides network and performance optimizations to deliver the best user experience over any network, including low bandwidth and high latency WAN connections.
  
• Users get an experience that rivals a local PC, even when using multimedia, real-time collaboration and USB peripherals.
  
• New webcam and VoIP support, improved audio and branch office WAN optimization ensure that users can get a high-definition user experience regardless of their location.
  NOTE: HDX 3D is not offered neither supported by HP at this time. All the other HDX features
  

• Deliver every type of virtual desktop, hosted or local, physical or virtual - each specifically tailored to meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of each individual user.

• Deliver every type of virtual desktop, hosted or local, physical or virtual - each specifically tailored to meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of each individual user.

• Server support. HP supports a broad range of servers for integrated Citrix XenServer products, allowing customers to continue to use existing server standards in a virtualized environment.
• For information on HP servers that support HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop, see: http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/index.html

• Information on the Citrix and HP partnership: http://www.hp.com/solutions/citrix
• Information on HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced: http://www.hp.com/go/iLO

• HP integrated Citrix XenServer software is supported and certified on a broad range of HP ProLiant Servers including BL, DL, and ML server series products
• The Open architecture XenDesktop allows it to be supported with range of hypervisors available in the industry, including XenServer, VMware vSphere 4.0 and Microsoft Hyper-V. However, currently HP support is only available on the Citrix XenDesktop with Citrix XenServer.
• A broad range of HP thin clients is available for end point access devices
• The solution supports an exhaustive set of OS for Virtual desktops and end point devices

Centrally stored and encrypted passwords make password management simple and secure and eliminate the need for employees to track multiple passwords.

XenDesktop incorporates Citrix EdgeSight to allow detailed monitoring of the virtual desktop hosting infrastructure, delivering real-time and historical virtual machine information on CPU, memory, bandwidth and disk access. EdgeSight performance monitoring can be used not only to analyze and troubleshoot issues, but also to warn IT Administrators in advance when issues may arise.

Citrix Access Gateway™ is a secure application access solution that provides administrators granular application-level control while empowering users with access from anywhere. It gives IT administrators a single point of control to manage access and actions based on both the user and the endpoint device, providing better risk, security and compliance management. The solution comprises of Data Center hardware and client-side software. The HP Client Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop includes a license for the client-side software. This physical hardware and the client-side software can be purchased through HP SLMS or any other Citrix reseller.

Workflow Studio provides an easy-to-use, graphical interface for workflow composition that virtually eliminates scripting. Workflow Studio acts as the glue across the IT infrastructure allowing administrators to easily tie technology components together via workflows.

The OS support provided for virtual machine desktop includes:

• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Vista

The OS support for XenCenter server includes:

• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows Vista

The user access devices can support OS:

• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Linux

Thin Client Support:

• t5745
  
• t5740
  
• t5540
  
• t5630W
  
• t5325 (Thin Pro)
  
• t5145 ThinConnect
  
• t5545Thin Pro
  
• gt7725 Thin Pro GT
  
• gt7720 WES
  
• Mobile Thin Client:
  
• HP 4410t
  
• HP 2533t
  

Blade PC Support:

• HP BladeSystem bc2200 Blade PC
  
• HP BladeSystem bc2800 Blade PC

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