| Management Console for MetaFrame XP and IMA allow management of MetaFrame XP servers and server farms from any location. Authorized administrators can run the console on any connected Windows NT, Windows 2000 and or Windows XP workstation, in addition to MetaFrame XP server consoles. With the release of Feature Release 3 the Management Console for MetaFrame XP has be enhanced with the following features: Improved navigation. In lists of users and groups, you can navigate to items by typing the first few letters of the user or group name. The total count of items in a list is displayed in the consoles task bar. If you change the view in the console to Details, this view remains until you close the console or change to another view. Summary of server farm information. Aggregate information about a server farm is displayed on a farm summary page. In the Management Console for MetaFrame XP, right-click the server farm and select Properties. Click Information in the left pane. ICA Keep-Alive settings. You can now set intervals for ICA Keep-Alives for your entire MetaFrame XP server farm or for select servers. Right-click your farm or a server in the farm and select Properties. Click ICA Keep-Alive in the left pane. Support for Sun Java Runtime Environment Version 1.4.1. The Management Console for MetaFrame XP requires Version 1.4.1 of the JRE. If Version 1.4.1 of the JRE is not detected when installing the console, it is installed. Remote server access and management. You can connect to MetaFrame XP servers or launch ICA sessions from within the Management Console for MetaFrame XP. Right-click the server to which you want to connect and select one of the available options. You can connect directly to the servers desktop or to the servers published desktop or you can connect to the servers console if youre running Windows Server 2003. 
Important! If you will be administering the farm via the Internet, I highly recommend either using a VPN or better yet, to publish the Management Console for MetaFrame XP (C:\Program Files\Citrix\Administration\CTXLOAD.EXE) and administer the farm through a MetaFrame session.
The management interface for MetaFrame XP servers and server farms is the Management Console for MetaFrame XP, an extensible Java-based tool that operates in the framework of IMA. The console communicates with MetaFrame XP servers and other IMA-based Citrix servers using the IMA protocol over TCP port 2512. This is a configurable port via the IMAPORT command as documented in the Feature Release 3 Administrators Guide. The following system requirements apply toward the Management Console for MetaFrame XP: Operating system - You can install the Management Console on any workstation running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. You can install the console on your MetaFrame XP servers, but the console does not require that MetaFrame XP be installed on the same computer. Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) -The Management Console is a Java application and requires the Sun JRE Version 1.4.1. If your system does not have the JRE, Setup installs Version 1.4.1, the version required to run the console. The console does not run on JRE Version 1.3.1. If you have this version of the JRE installed on the target system, Setup still installs Version 1.4.1 and Version 1.3.1 remains installed. Microsoft Windows Installer Service 2.0. Disk space - A minimum of 50MB of disk space is required for installation of the Management Console and the Java Run-Time Environment. Memory - A minimum of 64MB of RAM is needed for running the Management Console (in addition to RAM required for the operating system and other applications). Processor - A Pentium-class or better processor is recommended. The following defines how to installing the Management Console for MetaFrame XP on a stand-alone workstation. 1. Insert the MetaFrame XP for Windows with Feature Release 3 CDROM and click the Other tools and components icon. 
2. Click the Administative tools icon. 
3. Click the Management Console for MetaFrame XP icon 
4. The Welcome to the Management Console for MetaFrame XP Feature Release 3 Installation Wizzard appears. Click Next to begin 
5. Click the I accept the license agreement radio button and click Next. 
6. Accept the default location and click Next. 
7. Click Next to install the Citrix Management Console. 
8. The Management Console for MetaFrame XP is a Java applet and requires the Java Runtime Enviroment to be installed on the workstation. During installation of the Management Console for MetaFrame XP setup checks to see if JRE is installed if not then setup will prompt you to install it. Click OK to install if prompted.
9. Click Finish to because you have sucessfully installed the Management Console for MetaFrame XP. 
You have now successfully installed the Management Console for MetaFrame XP of a workstation and are ready to administrate away.
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