Specifications

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Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
5. Change mode from private mode to standard image mode.
6. Click the checkbox next to Enable Active Directory machine account password management.
Booting the VM_gold vm from vDisk and formatting the 4 GB change disk
1. In vCenter, right-click gold_image, and click Start VM.
2. Log into VM_gold as VDI\administrator
3. Open disk manager.
4. Initialize disk0, and click Format NTFS.
5. Shutdown the VM.
Enabling the 4GB local disk as cache
1. Open all programsCitrixProvisioning ServicesProvisioning Service Console.
2. Open Provisioning ServicesFarmsiteDevice collectionscollections, and right-click PVS_gold.
3. In the General tab, change the cache type to Cache on device hard drive, and click OK.
Deploying a XenDesktop pool with the XenDesktop Setup wizard
1. In vCenter right-click the VM gold_image and select templateclone to template.
2. Name the template gold_template.
3. Open the Provisioning services console FarmSitesSite, right-click, and select XenDesktop Setup Wizard.
4. At the welcome, screen click Next.
5. Type XD-DDC for the XenDesktop Controller, and click Next.
6. Click the host vDT-host, and click Set Template
7. Type the administrator Password and click Get Templates.
8. Click gold_template and click OK, and Click Next.
9. Select the Provisioning services collection as collection and XD_gold_vdisk as the assigned vDisk, and click Next.
10. Enter the following, and click Next:
 Number of virtual machines= 191
 vCPUs=1
 Memory=1538 MB
 Active Directory= Create New accounts
11. For Active directory location, click VDI.comLogin_VSIcomputers.
12. For Base name type XD-00#, and click Next.
13. Select Create a new catalog, and name it catalog, and click Next.
14. Click Finish.
15. When all 200 VMs are deployed, use storage vMotion to move VMs to the following configuration:
 LUN 4= XD-001  50
 LUN 5= XD-051  100
 LUN 6= XD-101  150
 LUN 7= XD-151  191
Creating the Desktop group and adding the XD-01 VM
1. Log into XD-DDC.
2. Open Citrix Desktop StudioAssignments, and click Create Desktop Group.
3. Select the catalog named catalog, add all machines, and click Next.
4. For users add the VDI\Login_VSI_TS group, and click Next.
5. Leave delegations as default, and click Next.
6. Name the group pool, and click Finish.
Configuring the power policy for the pool desktop group
1. Rick-click pool, and click Properties.