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5.0 Solution Validation
This section details the configuration and tuning that was done to various components for a complete solution
validation.
5.1 Configuration Topology for Scalability of Citrix XenDesktops on Cisco
Unified System and NetApp Storage
Figure 31 shows the configuration architecture.
Figure 32. Architecture Block diagram
Figure 32 above captures the architecture diagram for purpose of this study. The architecture is distinctly divided
into four layers:
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Cisco UCS Compute platform
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The virtual desktop infrastructure that runs on a virtual infrastructure (Hypervisor).
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Network Access layer and LAN
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Storage Access (SAN) and Storage array