topic Setting up a Citrix XenDesktop 1912 environment on HPE Nimble Storage Array AF-214769. in Array Setup and Networking

Setting up a Citrix XenDesktop 1912 environment on HPE Nimble Storage Array AF-214769.

kevin hammill — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:11:48 GMT

In the possess of setting up a Citrix XenDesktop 1912 environment and the question came up concerning the User Porfile location. The Contrator mentioned using the Nimble as a File Server to store the user profiles on. Can someone explain what I need on the Nimble inorder to setup a file server.

Thanks

Kevin

Re: Setting up a Citrix XenDesktop 1912 environment on HPE Nimble Storage Array AF-214769.

Matthew Ingram — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:36:30 GMT

I beleive its an external server that runs Windows Storage Server.

Re: Setting up a Citrix XenDesktop 1912 environment on HPE Nimble Storage Array AF-214769.

Sheldon Smith — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:02:47 GMT

Correct. There is nothing on the Nimble itself. The Nimble is a block-storage device. Depending on the network cards, a Nimble system provides storage LUNs over iSCSI or fiber channel.

If the Citrix XenDesktop supports iSCSI and multipathing, the Nimble array can present storage as a LUN directly to it.
Otherwise some sort of server, for example a Windows Storage Server like Matthew wrote.