The IcaClientTest reports on the latencies seen by the users connecting to a Citrix Presentation server. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the IcaClientTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

• By default, the DISPLAYDOMAIN flag is set to False, indicating that only the names of the discovered users will be displayed in the eG monitor interface. If you want the user names to be pre-fixed by domain names in the format DOMAIN\USERNAME, then set the DISPLAYDOMAIN flag to True.

  Note:
  This parameter is applicable only to Citrix XenApp.

• By default, the REPORT BY DOMAIN NAME flag is set to Yes. This implies that by default, the detailed diagnosis of this test will display the domainname\username of each user who accessed an application on the server. This way, administrators will be able to quickly determine which user logged into the server from which domain. If you want the detailed diagnosis to display only the username of these users, set this flag to No.

  Note:
  This parameter is applicable only to Citrix XenDesktop Apps.

• The size of packets used for the test has to be specified in the PACKETSIZE text box.

• Number of packets exchanged between the Citrix server and the user terminal during the test has to be given in the PACKETCOUNT text box.

• The TIMEOUT text box defines the maximum time (in seconds) that the test waits for the response to a transmitted packet. A response  received after the TIMEOUT period is ignored by the test.

• The PACKETINTERVAL text box represents the interval (in milliseconds) between successive packet transmissions during the execution of this test. 

• By default, the REPORTUNAVAILABILITY flag is set to No. This implies that, by default, the test will not report the unavailability of network connection between a user terminal and the Citrix server. In other words, if the Packet loss measure of this test registers the value 100% for any user, then, by default, this test will not report any measure for that user; under such circumstances, the corresponding user name will not appear as a descriptor of this test. You can set this flag to Yes, if you want the test to report and alert you to the unavailability of the network connection between a user terminal and the Citrix server.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.