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5.7.1 Cisco UCS Configuration for Citrix XenServer Installation ....................................................... 97
5.7.2 VLAN Configuration for XenServer Host Management Interfaces ............................................ 98
5.8 OS Installation .................................................................................................................................. 98
5.8.1 XenServer Networking ............................................................................................................ 100
5.9 XenServer Resource Pools ............................................................................................................ 101
6.0 Test Setup and Configurations ........................................................................................................ 104
6.1 Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Single-Server Scalability Test Setup ........................................ 104
6.2 Cisco UCS Configuration for Two-Chassis Test............................................................................. 105
6.3 Cisco UCS Configuration for Four-Chassis Test ............................................................................ 106
6.4 Testing Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 107
6.4.1 Load Generation ...................................................................................................................... 107
6.4.2 User Workload Simulation – Login VSI from Login Consultants ............................................. 107
6.4.3 Success Criteria ...................................................................................................................... 108
6.4.3.1 Login VSI Corrected Optimal Performance Index (COPI) ............................................... 108
6.4.3.2 Login VSI Max .................................................................................................................. 108
7.0 Test Results ....................................................................................................................................... 110
7.1 Citrix XenDesktop Hosted VDI Test Results .................................................................................. 110
7.1.1 Single Cisco UCS Blade Server Validation ............................................................................. 110
7.1.2 Two Cisco UCS Blade Chassis Validation .............................................................................. 111
7.1.3 Four Cisco UCS Blade Chassis Validation ............................................................................. 112
7.1.3.1 Storage Data for Four-Chassis Validation ............................................................................ 122
7.2 Citrix XenDesktop with XenApp Hosted Shared Test Results ....................................................... 125
8.0 Scalability Considerations and Guidelines .................................................................................... 130
8.1 Cisco UCS System Configuration ................................................................................................... 130
9.0 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ 131
10.0 References ....................................................................................................................................... 132
APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................................................ 133