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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:FDDI - The Next Generation
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2259
Total number of notes:8590

2029.0. "FDDI NICs in Citrix Servers?" by SNOFS1::KHOOJEANNIE (Poles are the best post-impressionists) Thu May 02 1996 04:47

    A customer here wants to use an FDDI NIC in his Citrix Server.  Are we
    certified for Citrix, or are there any plans?
                      
    Thanks
    Jeannie
    
    
    
    (From what I have found out, Citrix is Novell's preferred dial-up
    remote access solution, runs on OS/2 and Win NT on Intel Pentium, with
    about 50-60MB RAM for 10 users.  Users dial-up to the Citrix Server
    over modem and have a virtual block of the Citrix processor which they
    can use, and only keystrokes and screen updates are sent over the link.)
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2029.1NETCAD::STEFANIThu May 02 1996 12:4314
    >>A customer here wants to use an FDDI NIC in his Citrix Server.  Are we
    >>certified for Citrix, or are there any plans?
    
    I'm not familiar with any "Citrix Certification Program for FDDI NICs"
    so it's a safe bet that we're not certified.
    
    However...we do support both OS/2 and Windows NT, so there's likely no
    reason for us NOT to work on these boxes.  You may want to suggest to
    your customer that they contact Citrix and ask them whether they've
    done any testing with Digital's EISA or PCI FDDI NICs.  Our FDDI PCI
    NIC (DEFPA) is the industry leader in that space so if they've done any
    FDDI NIC testing/integration work, it's likely been with our NICs.
    
    - Larry
2029.2Will follow up with CitrixSNOFS1::KHOOJEANNIEPoles are the best post-impressionistsFri May 03 1996 04:0711
    Larry, thanks for your quick reply.
    
    Apparently Citrix had previously advised the customer that they had
    certified the Madge, Syskon and 3Com FDDI NICs.
                                                            
    I have advised the customer to contact Citrix directly to find out
    whether Citrix has done any testing with the Digital cards.
    
    Regards
    Jeannie
2029.3NETCAD::STEFANIFri May 03 1996 12:2511
    >>certified the Madge, Syskon and 3Com FDDI NICs.
    
    I bet you anything that the above "certified" cards are EISA-based. 
    Definitely suggest to the customer that they follow up with CITRIX on
    our industry leading and award winning (best 100Mbps or better NIC at
    Interop 95!) FDDI PCI adapter.  Our FDDI EISA adapter family is also
    better than the three companies listed since we support SAS and DAS
    adapters on both copper (UTP) and fiber.
    
    Regards,
       Larry