Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IP APM
- 12.1.6, 12.1.5, 12.1.4, 12.1.3, 12.1.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.0
Shaping Citrix Client MultiStream ICA Traffic
Overview: Shaping traffic for Citrix clients that support MultiStream ICA
Access Policy Manager® (APM®) can perform traffic shaping for Citrix clients that support MultiStream ICA. You can add the configuration required for traffic shaping to an existing integration of APM by adding a BWC Policy action to an existing access policy.
Consult Citrix documentation for the clients and client platforms that support MultiStream ICA.
About Citrix XenApp server requirements for shaping traffic with APM
To support traffic shaping for Citrix MultiStream ICA clients with Access Policy Manager® (APM®), you must meet specific configuration requirements on the Citrix XenApp server as described here.
- Citrix MultiStream ICA must be enabled.
- A Citrix Multi-Port Policy must be configured with four MultiStream ICA ports, one for each
priority (high, very high, medium, and low). This example uses ports
2598-2601.
- CGP default port: Default port; CGP default port priority: HighNote: CGP default port is usually 2598.
- CGP port1: 2799 CGP port1 priority: Very High
- CGP port2: 2800 CGP port2 priority: Medium
- CGP port3: 2801 CGP port3 priority: Low
- CGP default port: Default port; CGP default port priority: High
When a XenApp server is configured correctly, you can use a network monitoring utility, such as netstat, and see that an XTE.exe process is listening on the configured ports as shown in this example.
C:\> netstat –abno Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID … TCP 0.0.0.0:2598 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 6416 [XTE.exe] TCP 0.0.0.0:2799 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 6416 [XTE.exe] TCP 0.0.0.0:2800 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 6416 [XTE.exe] TCP 0.0.0.0:2801 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 6416 [XTE.exe]