Web Interface Installation Requirements

Web Interface Installation Requirements

Some general installation requirements exist for the Web Interface itself. They are broken down into the three categories discussed earlier: the MetaFrame Server, web server, and Presentation Server client device.

MetaFrame Server Requirements

Table 14.2 lists the MetaFrame versions supported by the Web Interface. As noted already, not all Web Interface features are available with all versions of Presentation Server.

Table 14.2. MetaFrame Versions Supported by the Web Interface

Citrix Platform	Windows 2000 Server	Windows Server 2003	Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition	UNIX
MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0	X	X
MetaFrame XP for Windows with SP2			X
MetaFrame XP for Windows with SP3	X	X
MetaFrame 1.8 for Windows with FR1 and SP3	X		X
MetaFrame Presentation Server for UNIX				X
MetaFrame for UNIX version 1.1 with FR1				X

Web Server Requirements

The Web Interface can run on either the Windows or UNIX platform. On the Windows platform, the Web Interface runs on either of the following:

• Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 on Windows Server 2003

• IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 Server with SP4

Prior to installing the Web Interface, you must also install the following software components :

• .NET Framework 1.1 (Windows 2000 Server only) Install IIS on the server prior to installing the .NET Framework. This ensures that ASP.NET is also installed.

• ASP.NET ASP.NET is installed with the .NET Framework on Windows 2000 Servers as noted in the preceding point. On a Windows Server 2003 server, ASP.NET is installed if you enable IIS as part of the Windows installation, or you must explicitly select it if IIS is installed after Windows has been installed.

• Visual J# .NET 1.1 This and the .NET Framework 1.1 are both included in the Support folder on the MPS CD-ROM.

Presentation Server Client Device Requirements

To access and log on to the Web Interface, you need a web browser. Although many different web browsers can be used to perform this function, Citrix officially supports only specific operating system/web browser combinations. The latest available list can be found on the Citrix website. If a browser does not appear in the list, it does not mean that a particular web browser cannot function with the Web Interface. It means only that the browser has not been tested and approved by Citrix.

All ICA client versions that ship on the Components CD-ROM and run on an operating system that supports a compatible web browser are compliant with the Web Interface.

Citrix recommends that you run the latest available client version to ensure that the latest features and capabilities are available to users.