Xcalibur 1.2

1. Xcalibur 1.2

2. Table of Contents • Purpose • TC Management concepts • Xcalibur 1.2 new features • VDI Connection Broker • Xcalibur Global Session Desk • Summary

3. Purpose Understand and review Chip PC new features and development concepts as seen in Xcalibur Global 1.2

4. Topics • Thin Client management general overview • Introduction of Xcalibur Global 1.2 • Xcalibur VDI Broker • Xcalibur Session Desk • Additional features in Xcalibur 1.2 • Chip PC upcoming device images

5. Thin Clients Management • Concept 1: Thin Client management SW must include two equally important components in order to have efficient and flexible management: • Control \ Management – Settings a specific configuration and forcing it on a specific device or a group of devices. • Monitoring – Know the status of each device or group of devices in real time or in the past.

6. Thin Client Management 2 • Concept 2: Any good management SW should integrate \ communicate with other management solutions on the customer’s network. • It will be much easier for an administrator to manage their thin client devices if their management SW will be able to communicate with other resources.

7. Thin Client Management 3 • Concept 3: Help desk functionality is a key component in achieving a stable yet flexible TC solution. • Help desk employee has limited permissions in most organizations compared Administrators.

8. New Components in Xcalibur Global 1.2 • VDI Connection Brokering – Assign Virtual desktop to devices and users using Chip PC thin client devices. • Session Desk – Shadow RDP or ICA session from the Xcalibur console • SMS 2003 Connector – Export asset management information from Xcalibur Global to SMS 2003 to create unified asset management reports.

9. VDI Connection brokering challenges/objectives • Use Xcalibur Global as the single connection brokering solution regardless of Virtual solution • Allow for flexibility while creating a unified solution • Enable advanced monitoring of VM usage and assignment • Ensure seamless transition from current solution to the organization’s end users

10. VDI Connection Brokering features • Assign Virtual Machine to a TC device or a User • Assign Virtual machine based on the organization AD structure or VMware Virtual Server • Allow both automatic or manual assignments • Control the lease duration of the VM

11. Session Desk Challenges and Objectives • Allow Xcalibur Global users to shadow TS & Citrix sessions from within the Xcalibur console • The users may not have the necessary credentials for shadowing • Xcalibur monitoring options were limited to events happening on the device

12. Session Desk features • View all available servers from within the Xcalibur console • View list of sessions on a per server bases • View list of open session from a specific device • Search for a session • Perform management tasks on session • Allow for pass through with cache credentials