Citrix IMA Test

This test reports various statistics relating to the Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA). Citrix IMA is an architectural model and a protocol for server to server communications.

This test reports the IMA-related communications from this DDC. One set of results is reported for each communication initiated by the DDC. 

Target of the test : A Citrix Delivery Controller v3/4

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every IMA communication initiated by the Citrix Delivery Controller v3/4 being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the host for which this test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port at which the DDC listens to.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Data received rate	Represents the rate at which data is received by this DDC from another server (i.e., a DDC/License server/datastore) in the farm.	KBytes/sec	Evaluate the IMA traffic periodically to explore alternative configurations (e.g., splitting a farm) to minimize network overheads. The IMA traffic between servers can be high if the indirect mode of data store access is used - in this case, only one server in the farm directly accesses the data store. All other servers rely on this server to access the data store
Data transmit rate	Represents the rate at which IMA data is sent by this DDC to server (i.e., a DDC/License server/datastore) in the farm.	KBytes/sec
Network connections	Number of active IMA network connections from this DDC to another server (i.e., a DDC/License server/datastore).	Number