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Citrix CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Datasheet citrix.com CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Accelerates, controls and optimizes applications to all locations—datacenter, branch offices, public and private clouds and mobile users Citrix® CloudBridge™ and Branch Repeater™ provide a unified platform that accelerates applications across public and private networks to provide superior application performance and end user experience. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater offer a broad base of features including protocol acceleration support, market-leading VDI acceleration for Citrix® XenApp and XenDesktop, secure and optimized between clouds and sophisticated quality of service (QoS). CloudBridge and Branch Repeater combine these key technologies with extensive bandwidth and application usage reporting for cloud-enabled application optimization. Citrix technology optimizes the user experience while giving IT fine-grained control over public and private network resources. Available as a virtual or physical appliance, CloudBridge and Branch Repeater provide deployment choices that help improve the user experience, reduce IT capital and operating costs by enabling on-demand network resource provisioning. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater evolve network-centric WAN optimization controller (WOC) infrastructure into a service-centric solution. Features Key benefits • Accelerates ser vices— desktops, applications and multimedia—to branch office and mobile users • Improves the performance of any WAN that exhibits latency, congestion and packet loss • Significantly improves XenDesktop and Citrix ® XenApp ™ capacity and performance over WANs • 2000 appliance accelerates 5,000 simultaneous XenDesktop sessions • Simplifies IT with integrated appliance options to reduce server footprint • Enables IT agility with flexible deployment options offered by physical and vir tual appliances • Securely extends the enterprise data center network (L2 or L3) to the public clouds • Accelerates the cloud connection to maximize distributed application performance HDX ™ WAN optimization • Improves XenDesktop and XenApp response time and maximizes network bandwidth utilization by optimizing the flow of WAN traffic to mitigate the effects of distance and impaired networks • Reduces XenDesktop and XenApp bandwidth consumption by applying optimal compression techniques based on traffic characteristics, infrastructure capabilities and network conditions. • Orchestrates with XenDesktop and XenApp to provide intelligent acceleration of the Citrix delivery protocol by sensing and responding to network and traffic conditions • Allows users to define which types of XenDesktop and XenApp workflows receive the highest priority • Stores XenApp streamed applications locally in the branch for rapid delivery. • Synchronizes the application whenever there is an update or a patch available so that branch users always get the latest version
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Citrix CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Datasheet
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CloudBridge and Branch Repeater Accelerates, controls and optimizes applications to all locations—datacenter, branch offices, public and private clouds and mobile users
Citrix® CloudBridge™ and Branch Repeater™ provide a unified platform that accelerates applications across public and private networks to provide superior application performance and end user experience. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater offer a broad base of features including protocol acceleration support, market-leading VDI acceleration for Citrix® XenApp and XenDesktop, secure and optimized between clouds and sophisticated quality of service (QoS). CloudBridge and Branch Repeater combine these key technologies with extensive bandwidth and application usage reporting for cloud-enabled application optimization. Citrix technology optimizes the user experience while giving IT fine-grained control over public and private network resources.
Available as a virtual or physical appliance, CloudBridge and Branch Repeater provide deployment choices that help improve the user experience, reduce IT capital and operating costs by enabling on-demand network resource provisioning. CloudBridge and Branch Repeater evolve network-centric WAN optimization controller (WOC) infrastructure into a service-centric solution.
Features
Key benefits
• Accelerates services—desktops, applications and multimedia—to branch office and mobile users
• Improves the performance of any WAN that exhibits latency, congestion and packet loss
• Simplifies IT with integrated appliance options to reduce server footprint
• Enables IT agility with flexible deployment options offered by physical and virtual appliances
• Securely extends the enterprise data center network (L2 or L3) to the public clouds
• Accelerates the cloud connection to maximize distributed application performance
HDX™ WAN optimization • Improves XenDesktop and XenApp response time and maximizes network bandwidth utilization by optimizing the flow of
WAN traffic to mitigate the effects of distance and impaired networks • Reduces XenDesktop and XenApp bandwidth consumption by applying optimal compression techniques based on traffic
characteristics, infrastructure capabilities and network conditions. • Orchestrates with XenDesktop and XenApp to provide intelligent acceleration of the Citrix delivery protocol by sensing and
responding to network and traffic conditions • Allows users to define which types of XenDesktop and XenApp workflows receive the highest priority • Stores XenApp streamed applications locally in the branch for rapid delivery. • Synchronizes the application whenever there is an update or a patch available so that branch users always get the latest version
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QoS • Provides intelligent and adaptive mechanisms that not only optimize traffic, but also guarantee QoS and quality of experience
(QoE) by enabling network administrators to assess network usage, classify apps and services traffic, control bandwidth consumption using granular L2-L7 policies, monitor network congestion and delays affecting user experience and remediate those problems quickly to minimize support calls
• Identifies and prioritizes delivery of virtual desktops and virtual apps to a branch based on user group (e.g., the XenDesktop group), application (published or non-published), branch location and other parameters.
Protocol support • Manages TCPand SCPS flows • Accelerates any TCP-based application including file transfers, e-mail, SSL, business applications such as enterprise
resource planning and customer relationship management, computer-aided design solutions, data backup and replication • Identifies and accelerates the most widely deployed Microsoft applications that branch and mobile users access, including
file sharing (CIFS, SMBv2, signed SMB v1/v2), Exchange® (including encrypted MAPI and Exchange 2010) and SharePoint® (HTTP/HTTPS)
• Prioritizes mission-critical traffic by aligning bandwidth utilization with business needs to ensure no change in application performance occurs during periods of severe congestion
• Mitigates TCP performance penalties from network latency, congestion and packet loss while simultaneously reducing WAN bandwidth utilization and eliminating redundant traffic
Security and data protection • Accelerates encrypted XenDesktop and XenApp traffic (basic, advanced/RC5, SSL), including ICA, and secure web
applications while maintaining the highest levels of security • Encrypts disk compression history using AES-256 to help prevent theft of sensitive data and support compliance with
security mandates and regulations • Interoperates with Citrix NetScaler Gateway™ appliances and the secure access plug-in for Citrix Receiver™ to help
optimize all traffic within the secure VPN for remote and mobile users
Integrated Windows® services • Natively integrates branch acceleration and optimization with essential branch services (file, print, DHCP, DNS, WINS,
AD, DFS) powered by Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 • Allows IT to securely deploy an Active Directory® database at branch offices using a read-only domain controller • Acts as a streaming server for Microsoft® App-V and a secondary site for Microsoft® System Center Configuration
Manager, thus eliminating the need for dedicated servers • Includes a management pack for Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager 2007 and supports Windows
management instrumentation to leverage existing server management tools and expertise
Flexible and centralized management • Enables network administrators and operations teams to easily control the entire CloudBridge infrastructure from a
single, unified console • Offers simple configuration, replication and software upgrades across multiple appliances. • Provides multiple conduits for day-to-day operation including a web-based GUI and a scriptable command line interface • Generates real-time and historical reports to help gain a comprehensive understanding of system-wide performance
gains, as well as alarm and activity information through the built-in GUI, logs, syslog and SNMP traps • Centralized licensing enables network administrators to deploy, manage and consume licenses from a central Citrix license
server, simplifying branch deployments
Plug-and-play for any network • Automatically discovers remote peer appliances and includes application service profiles to help you instantly identify
and optimize common enterprise traffic • Preserves full TCP/IP headers, VLAN tags and QoS markings, requiring no changes to existing networking equipment,
security devices or traffic monitoring tools • Offers maximum flexibility with a choice of inline, web cache communication protocol or policy-based routing
deployment, along with the option to deploy appliance pairs spanning redundant WAN links for high-availability of
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networks
Platforms Versions Options CloudBridge 600 series Deployed in branch offices to accelerate and optimize WAN traffic and provide branch to cloud connectivity.
CloudBridge 600-001 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 1 Mbps and 10 HDX sessions
2-port Copper Bypass NIC
CloudBridge 600-002 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 2 Mbps and 20 HDX sessions CloudBridge 600-010 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 10 Mbps and 100 HDX sessions.
CloudBridge with Windows Server 700 series Deployed in branch offices to provide a complete branch-in-a-box by natively integrating branch acceleration, cloud connectivity and optimization with essential Windows services and management.
Includes a fully licensed and activated version of the Windows Server operating system.
CloudBridge with Windows Server 700-001 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 1 Mbps and 10 HDX sessions with Windows Server 2008 R2
2-port Copper Bypass NIC
CloudBridge with Windows Server 700-002 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 2 Mbps and 20 HDX sessions with Windows Server 2008 R2
Branch Repeater with Windows Server 700-010 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 10 Mbps and 100 HDX sessions with Windows Server 2008 R2
CloudBridge 2000 series Deployed in small and medium enterprises or large branches and regional datacenters.
CloudBridge 2000-010 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 10 Mbps and 50 HDX sessions. Supports up to 250 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
CloudBridge 2000-020 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 20 Mbps and 100 HDX sessions. Supports up to 750 CloudBridge Plug-ins. CloudBridge 2000-050 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 50 Mbps and 300 HDX sessions. Supports up to 1,000 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
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CloudBridge 3000 series Deployed in headquarters and regional datacenters.
CloudBridge 3000-050 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 50 Mbps and 300 HDX sessions. Supports up to 1,000 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
CloudBridge 3000-100 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 100 Mbps and 500 HDX sessions. Supports up to 1,000 CloudBridge Plug-ins. CloudBridge 3000-155 Compact 1U appliance for WAN links up to 155 Mbps and 500 HDX sessions. Supports up to 1,000 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
Citrix CloudBridge 4000 and 5000 series High-performance, datacenter-class device designed for large-scale VDI and acceleration implementations involving thousands of users.
CloudBridge 4000-0310, 4000-0500 and 4000-1000 2U appliance for WAN links between 310 Mbps and 1.0 Gbps, up to 2,500 HDX sessions and 3,000 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
CloudBridge 5000-1500 and 5000-2000 2U appliance for WAN links up to 2 Gbps, up to 5,000 HDX sessions and up to 4,800 CloudBridge Plug-ins.
Eight 10GbE SX bypass ports
Platforms Versions Options CloudBridge VPX™ This virtual appliance is deployed in branch offices and datacenters to accelerate and optimize application delivery to the branch. CloudBridge VPX supports both Citrix® XenServer®, Microsoft® Hyper-V and VMware® vSphere™ hypervisors
CloudBridge VPX Express
Minimum Requirements
XenServer 6.0 environment: 2 GB RAM 60 GB disk 2 virtual NICs 1 virtual CPU
CloudBridge Plug-in for Citrix Receiver The CloudBridge Plug-in is deployed on individual desktops and laptops to accelerate application delivery for remote and mobile users.
About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.
