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1. 0 x oo Jo J Control Panel Network and Internet Network Connections Search Network Connections iS 2 Fie Edit View Tools Advanced Help Organize Disable this network device Diagnose this connection Rename this connection View status of this connection Change settings of this connection A Fil Name Status Device Name Connectivity Y HP Lab Enabled Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE NDIS VBD Client 56 E Local Area Connection Unidentified network HP Lab Virtual Network No network access yw Local Area Connection 3 Network cable unplugged Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE NDIS VBD Client 55 Y Local Area Connection 4 Network cable unplugged Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE NDIS VBD Client 457 E Shared Storage Unidentified network Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE NDIS VBD Client 11 No Internet access Network BASP Virtual Adapter Internet access 6 In the list titled This connection uses the following items deselect the checkbox next to LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver Figure 10 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 21 Installations HP thin client installation Figure 10 Setting adapter properties xi Networking Sharing Connect using Ca BASP Virtual Adapter This connection uses the following items o amp Client for Microsoft Networks MA LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver 2005 Packet Scheduler 2 File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks wi Broadcom Advanced Server
2. LiveQ Latency Threshold 20 LiveTCP LiveQ Congestion Control Aggressive z LiveTCP Network Simulator General an LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Filters RDP 3389 Enabled RGS 42966 Enabled ICA 2598 1494 Enabled y ok Cancel HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 69 Using the Management Application Configuration NOTE LiveTCP policy filters are also configurable by selecting Live TCP under Policy Filters Table 23 LiveTCP Latency Mitigation parameters Configuration option Description Latency Threshold Set the latency threshold in milliseconds Latency mitigation is activated once this threshold is exceeded The default setting is 20 ms Congestion Control Apply the degree of congestion control required e Aggressive Handles the effects of a high latency network Aggressive is the default setting e TCP Friendly Uses the standard TCP like congestion control algorithm Configuring the network simulator The network simulator provides the ability to simulate network loss and test how HP Velocity protected flows respond to varying rates of loss in the network Table 24 describes the configurable network simulator parameters for packet loss Figure 32 Network simulator configuration dialog P HP Velocity Management x Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration El HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings
3. Policy Filters LiveQ Packet Loss LiveTCP LiveQ LiveTCP W Network Simulator General Transmit Loss Rate 0 00 Receive Loss Rate 9 00 ok Camel HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 70 Using the Management Application Configuration Table 24 Network simulator parameters Configuration option Description Transmit Loss Rate Set the specified percentage of loss for the data flows being transmitted over the network Receive Loss Rate Set the specified percentage of loss for the data flows being received from the network conditions The network simulator is intended for debugging and IMPORTANT Always set the Loss Rate to 0 under normal operating demonstration purposes only General settings Use the General dialog Figure 33 to reset HP Velocity to the default configuration or to export the current configuration settings to a text file When group policies are in effect the system configuration reset is temporary it will be overridden at the next system reboot For more information on the configuration file see HP Velocity configuration report on page 72 Figure 33 General settings dialog Pa HP Velocity Management sl Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings Policy Filters LiveQ General LiveTCP LiveQ LiveTCP Network Simulator General Reset Co
4. OK Table 19 Boot Settings parameters Configuration option Description Protected Flows The maximum number of simultaneous protected flows HP Velocity supports 16 to 1024 protected flows Local System Information Indicates that the local endpoint is configured to send its system Collection information and per flow statistics to the remote endpoint Remote System Information Indicates that the local endpoint will process and display remote endpoint Collection system information and per flow statistics received HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 59 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuring policy filters Policy filters can be used to specify the IP addresses and ports of flows to be protected by HP Velocity and the level of protection applied to the filtered flows For more information see Table 5 on page 32 The following formats must be used when configuring the policy filters Other formats will generate an error message e P Address Use a space separated list of CIDR format IP addresses and subnet mask pairs For example 192 168 1 0 24 145 76 53 3 32 e Port Use a space separated list of ports For example 80 1750 1751 Figure 27 Policy Filters configuration dialog 7 Ap HP Velocity Management E HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings LiveQ LiveTCP LiveQ LiveTCP Network Simulator General Network Statistics Network Mo
5. Direct Virtualization architectures that allow an HP thin client to connect directly to a virtual desktop must have the HP Velocity server installed on the virtual desktop In this deployment a connection broker does not act as a proxy In Figure 3 thin clients A and B are directly connected to their respective virtual desktops A and B as indicated by the color of the dotted lines Figure 3 Example of a direct deployment Protected flow between thin client and virtual desktop Client Side Server Side Client Original HP HP Virtual cation LIZ 0 Velocity Applicati appication Tp packets Vane pt O Srey f osteaton desktop Thin Client A Urintanaged network Client Side Firewalls y Routers e T sen ic es application p packets Client Server B Thin Client B HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 12 Deployment configurations Deployments Proxied Virtualization architectures that require an HP thin client to access their virtual desktop via a proxy service provided by a connection broker such as VMware View Manager must have an HP Velocity server installed on the connection broker In Figure 4 thin clients A and B are connected to their virtual desktops via the connection broker An HP Velocity server is installed on the connection broker This results in flows that are protected by HP Velocity between the thin clients and the connection broker Figure 4 Example of a prox
6. HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide Copyright 2013 LiveQoS Incorporated All Rights Reserved Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Fourth Edition May 2013 First Edition June 2012 Document Part Number 689167 004 Contents COMES a e SA ne a oe ame da aa eee eed 3 About this document 6 PUIDOSC A PA Shee eee ae aes NSO eee ewe eee es 6 lintended auidienCe 24 goa curd a nla aces Nel ati aid earn at he ee eee ie 6 Document StvVles and Conventions sia 6 HP Velocity functional overview 8 Operational MOGeS civaneee teased cade SU Bee ae ee eh ae Cole ot eas ale se 8 Establishing a CONNECUION 2 2 bi ated emda deed cee awd adn eka 9 Deployment configurations 11 DeDIOVINENISs ys cia E AR A 11 DEC aaa
7. LiveQ Packet Loss Protection HP Velocity protects application flows from packet loss by automatically adapting the amount of added redundancy Table 8 LiveQ Packet Loss Protection settings Setting Default Options Global Target Loss Rate 0 04 Specify the loss rate that HP Velocity will attempt to achieve for all active HP Velocity protected flows Options are e 0 04 e 0 1 e 0 2 e 0 4 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 35 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Setting Default Options Congestion Avoidance Enabled Enable or disable congestion avoidance HP Velocity Congestion Avoidance automatically adjusts HP Velocity protection to accommodate detected bandwidth constraints When Congestion Avoidance is active and bandwidth constraints are detected the bandwidth and default TLR settings described in this table are overridden to ensure the best network performance possible Bandwidth Control Dynamic Set the protection mode that HP Velocity is able to use when encoding HP Velocity protected flows e Dynamic Use this mode in environments where bandwidth is not constrained It maximizes performance while minimizing the required bandwidth Low Use this mode in extremely bandwidth constrained environments to cap the estimated HP Velocity protection overhead at or below 27 Medium Use this mode in moderately bandwidth
8. Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcpGlbLatency Latency threshold configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcpGIbAlg Congestion control configuration HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 43 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration Logging keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultStatisticsLogging Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultFlowLogging Sets network statistics logging time interval Sets flow logging time interval Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultFlowRecords Enables or disables flow records HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 44 Using the Management Application The HP Velocity Management Application is a Windows application that provides a toolset for monitoring and troubleshooting HP Velocity protected flows For more information see HP Velocity management on page 23 The following sections describe how to use the Management Application user interface e Network Statistics e Network Monitor e Flow Information e Configuration Network Statistics The Network Statistics tab provides cumulative statistics for HP Velocity protected flows Network statistics provide a real time view of the network s performance From this tab basic and advanced statistics can be exported to CSV format for analysis This section covers the follo
9. Target Loss Rate Filter settings Setting Default Options Target Loss Rate Filters TLR Filters Separate IP and port filters are provided for each supported target loss rate 0 4 Target Loss Rate IP Filters 0 4 Target Loss Rate TCP Filters 0 4 Target Loss Rate UDP Filters 0 2 Target Loss Rate IP Filters 0 2 Target Loss Rate TCP Filters 0 2 Target Loss Rate UDP Filters 0 1 Target Loss Rate IP Filters 0 1 Target Loss Rate TCP Filters 0 1 Target Loss Rate UDP Filters 0 04 Target Loss Rate IP Filters 0 04 Target Loss Rate TCP Filters 0 04 Target Loss Rate UDP Filters HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 34 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters LiveTCP Latency Mitigation policy filters can be enabled or disabled for RDP RGS and ICA protocols Table 7 LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filter settings Setting Default Options RDP Port 3389 Specify the port number used for RDP RDP Policy Enabled Enable or disable LiveT CP latency mitigation for the RDP protocol RGS Port 42966 Specify the port number used for RGS RGS Policy Enabled Enable or disable Live T CP latency mitigation for the RGS protocol ICA Port 1494 and 2598 Specify the port number used for ICA ICA Policy Enabled Enable or disable Live TCP latency mitigation for the ICA protocol
10. Local Loss o co ro co Local Rx Throughput Kbps 0 6 6 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 54 Using the Management Application Flow Information Figure 23 Remote Rx throughput for an endpoint Loss Without Velocity Loss With Velocity Throughput Local 1 00 0 00 12 12 Kbps 1 48 0 009 Latency 52 0 msec F PlotLatency E Throughput El With Velocity E Without Velocity 2 Remote Loss 123 4 56 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Loss Without Velocity Loss With Velocity Throughput 0 00 12 12 Kbps 51 0 msec Plot Latency E Latency El With Velocity E Without Velocity 1 4 AR Remote Loss 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 41 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 49 20 Remote Rx Throughput Mbps Latency msec HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 55 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuration HP Velocity is installed with a default configuration suitable for most deployments The Configuration tab enables administrators to view and temporarily modify the current HP Velocity configuration After a system reboot all modified settings revert to values configured in either the HP Velocity Group Policy if applied or the system default values For more information see HP Velocity group policy on page 26 The following sections describe the available HP Veloci
11. Monitored The number of unique data flows detected by HP Velocity Accelerated Packet Flows Unfulfilled Accelerated Packet Flows Monitored Packets Encoded Throughput The number of data flow requests that cannot be fulfilled due to resource limitations The number of unique data flows protected by HP Velocity The bytes of IP packet data in Kbps for intervals or KB MB for cumulative totals received from each application encoded into HP Velocity segments or monitored by HP Velocity Packets Decoded Throughput The bytes of IP packet data in Kbps for intervals or KB MB for cumulative totals received from the network that were successfully reconstructed or monitored by HP Velocity Non accelerated Throughput Tx The bytes of all transmitted unprotected IP packet data in Kbps for intervals or KB MB for cumulative totals HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 48 Using the Management Application Network Statistics Statistic name Non accelerated Throughput Rx Description The bytes of all received non protected IP packet data in Kbps for intervals or KB MB for cumulative totals Working with network statistics HP Velocity provides controls on the Network Statistics tab Table 13 for working with the data avallable Table 13 Network statistics operations Operation Description Logging Interval Save Log History Sets the frequency at which s
12. Program Driver Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol wi Intemet Protocol Version 6 TCP IPw6 Install Uninstall Properties Description LiveQo5 NDIS 6 Filter Driver 7 Click OK HP thin client installation HP Velocity is preinstalled on select HP thin client images as of March 2012 HP Velocity updates may be available as an add on For more information visit http www hp com support HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 22 HP Velocity management This section covers the following information e HP Velocity Management Application modes e Identifying the HP Velocity operational mode on Windows e Setting the HP Velocity operational mode HP Velocity Management Application modes HP Velocity supports two Management Application display modes on Windows Basic and Advanced e Basic mode is launched by clicking the HP Velocity Management Application icon in the taskbar By default the Basic mode is enabled for HP thin clients e Advanced mode provides a toolset for monitoring and troubleshooting HP Velocity protected flows and is launched by right clicking the HP Velocity Management Application icon in the taskbar Figure 11 and selecting Management By default the Advanced mode is enabled for server side installations For information see Using the Management Application on page 45 Identifying the HP Velocity operational mode on Windows The HP Velocity Management Appl
13. already installed message appear Why does the Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to your system message appear Why does a message about a driver that has not passed Windows Logo Compatibility testing appear Why are there multiple protected streams for one PColP or RGS connection Is traffic between two HP Velocity servers only monitored A procedure in this document doesn t work This troubleshooting section does not have the solution to my problem Why does the Another version of this product is already installed message appear A previous version of HP Velocity is installed It must be uninstalled before the new installation can proceed Recent HP Remote Graphics Software RGS versions also include HP Velocity If RGS is installed uninstall RGS before installing HP Velocity install HP Velocity and then reinstall RGS Why does the Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to your system message appear During installation this message might appear on Windows 7 and Windows Vista systems If this message appears select the option to allow the changes to take place This is expected and is required for HP Velocity installation Why does a message about a driver that has not passed Windows Logo Compatibility testing appear During installation this message might appear on Windows XP systems If this message
14. appears allow the installation to proceed This is expected and is required for HP Velocity installation HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 73 Troubleshooting Why are there multiple protected streams for one PColP or RGS Why are there multiple protected streams for one PColP or RGS connection A single RDP connection will only have one accelerated stream generated However for PColP or RGS there will be multiple protected streams that come and go between client and server This is an expected behavior Is traffic between two HP Velocity servers only monitored HP Velocity enabled servers are designed to connect with HP thin clients to form data flows Server to server connections will only monitor data flows not actively protect them NOTE In the case of server to server connections HP Velocity will display the green icon but will only be monitoring the data flows A procedure in this document doesn t work Before performing any installation be sure to read the release notes and documentation for the version of HP Velocity being installed Release notes contain last minute changes or work arounds that might not be part of the standard documentation Carefully follow any instructions included to prepare for the procedure as well as all steps in the procedure This troubleshooting section does not have the solution to my problem If a problem cannot be solved after reading the documentation including release not
15. are only monitored not protected Only HK flows between a server enabled with HP Velocity and an HP thin client are protected AP NOTE LiveTCP will provide latency mitigation for up to 32 simultaneous X protected flows About HP Velocity beacons HP Velocity advertises its presence in a non intrusive way by modifying IP and TCP headers in compliance with International Engineering Task Force IETF standards If either IP or TCP Option beacons are enabled HP Velocity will add up to 4 bytes of data to the IP or TCP headers This is in compliance with RFC 791 and RFC 793 Some applications might not be compliant with RFC 791 or RFC 793 and as a result might not be able to process IP or TCP Option beacons If this occurs disabling IP and or TCP Option beacons should resolve the issue For more information on configuring beacons see the HP Velocity User Guide NOTE HP Velocity beacons are IP Option 0x880477FB UDP Flows TCP Option 0x010000000000000000 TCP Flows HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 16 Installations This section outlines the requirements for installing the HP Velocity server and covers the following information e System requirements e Server side installation e Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V e Installing HP Velocity on servers with Broadcom teaming interfaces System requirements Before installing the HP Velocity server ensure that the following resources are available The
16. constrained environments to cap the estimated HP Velocity protection overhead at or below 40 High Use this mode to maximize performance in environments where bandwidth is not constrained and the network loss is known to be high This mode differs from the Dynamic mode in that it uses aggressive encoding as soon as it detects HP Velocity at the far end without first measuring the loss in the network Burst Loss Protection Auto Set Burst Loss Protection BLP to protect against correlated loss in the network Options are Off Disables BLP for correlated loss e Active Enables BLP for correlated loss e Auto Allows the HP Velocity Device Driver to determine if BLP is needed and automatically turn on processing if required BLP Buffer ms 20 ms Set the amount of packet buffering in milliseconds that HP Velocity can use when protecting against correlated loss Values range from 10 ms to 100 ms in increments of 10 ms HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 36 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template LiveTCP Latency Mitigation HP Velocity LiveTCP Latency Mitigation optimizes TCP throughput and provides latency mitigation for RDP RGS and ICA protocols Table 9 LiveTCP Latency Mitigation settings Setting Default Options Latency Threshold 20 ms Set the latency threshold in milliseconds Latency mitigation is activated once this threshold is ex
17. first It allows administrators to specify a list of destination IP addresses where the data flows will not be protected by HP Velocity If the destination IP address of a data flow matches an IP address specified in the blacklist that data flow will be passed on transparently Administrators can use the IP blacklist in conjunction with the IP whitelist For example use the blacklist to exclude a specific IP address in a whitelisted IP filter subnet from being protected by HP Velocity HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 61 Using the Management Application Configuration Whitelist IP filter The whitelist IP filter is evaluated after the blacklist IP filter It applies only to IP addresses that are not matched in the blacklist IP filter The whitelist IP filter allows administrators to specify a list of destination IP addresses where the data flows will be protected by HP Velocity The whitelist filter is exclusive If a whitelist filter is specified only the data flows meeting the following criteria will be protected by HP Velocity e The destination IP address for the data flow is not specified in the blacklist IP filter e The destination IP address for the data flow is specified in the whitelist IP filter All other data flows not meeting these criteria will be passed through transparently Administrators can further filter the whitelist using the blacklist IP filter and or the whitelist port filter as follows e Use a w
18. policy filter configuration dialog Ap HP Velocity Management us HP Velocity System LiveQ LiveTCP General Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration Settings Boot Settings Policy Filters LiveQ LiveTCP Network Simulator LiveQ Target Loss Rate Filters IP 0 04 z TCP Ports UDP Ports Table 20 LiveQ policy filter parameters Configuration option Description Target Loss Rate The loss rate that the HP Velocity will attempt to achieve for all active HP Velocity protected flows TLR options are e 0 04 e 0 1 e 0 2 0 4 IP Address The list of IP addresses where the data flows will be protected by HP Velocity When entering an IP address use a space separated list of CIDR format IP addresses and subnet mask pairs For example 192 168 1 0 24 145 76 53 3 32 TCP Ports The list of TCP Port addresses where the data flows will be protected by HP Velocity When entering port numbers use a space separated list of ports For example 80 1750 175 UDP Ports The list of UDP Port addresses where data flows will be protected by HP Velocity When entering port numbers use a space separated list of ports For example 80 1750 175 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 65 Using the Management Application Configuration LiveTCP policy filters HP Velocity Live CP Latency Mitigation optimize
19. the graph Current The received throughput for the most recent interval Flow Information HP Velocity facilitates end to end monitoring of network flows and the systems associated by collecting and reporting an extensive set of statistics displayed on the Flow Information tab Figure 19 e System Information Operating system network adapter CPU and memory usage e Endpoint network statistics Loss rates corrected loss rates throughputs and latency e Per flow network statistics Loss rates corrected loss rates throughputs and latency Figure 19 Flow Information tab r Q HP Velocity Management gt Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration System Information Local CPU Usage 14 Local Memory Usage 64 Remote Protected Endpoints es Remote Host Product CPU Usage Memory Usage Link 10 0 50 61 hp t5740e 19 45 Wired 1 0 Gbps Protected Flows Remote IP Remote Port Local IP Local Port Protocol LiveTCP LiveQ TLR Encoding 10 0 50 61 54165 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Inspecting Protecting 0 04 141 10 0 50 61 54166 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Protecting Protecting 0 04 2 1 10 0 50 61 54169 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Protecting Protecting 0 04 2 1 10 0 50 61 54167 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Inspecting Protecting 0 04 1 0 10 0 50 61 54168 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Protecting Protecting 0 04 2 1 10 0 50 61 54170 10 0 51 3 42966 RGS TCP Inspecting Protecting 0 04 1 0
20. 2 00 ees 29 Management Application Mode tia di A oka Rees 30 DV SICM SENG Serena ah ade takes a eect eater gkae wh oA Reon ct ato Bete ark whee wre a ane 30 BOOE SCWINGS ahead Aa a edie lee crs aa wee ie ead cane ae aS a ahaa ee tee 32 Policy Filters POM amp IP eps a Aa AA aoe ard were eee aOR dee ave eee Rene aed da aye 32 LiveQ Target Loss Rate Filters s aia tai ll ca a ds alate id Ma ea ee al 34 Live TCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters 2 2 ccc eee ees 35 Live Packet boss Protection ts sac enia a bet eines bee siete eee 35 LIVE TCR Larency Mitigation aa ahs Seeded ace aie arn aie a a ad 37 LOGON Gro sia hie inst ae ee ae a ras 38 Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration 1 2 00 es 39 Using the Management Application 45 NetWork Statis CSa tania lerdal ADA ARA AE AR ADA 45 SUGUSUCS MEW e ol e Ue ld o a O 46 Advanced Statistes VIEW a srta e da ata a es 47 Working with network StaUSlICS sora rr a 49 PRS EW OI Montoro a O A ado 50 FOW IOMA a a Oe en 51 Local and remote system nformati sitai Gerir a AR AA le a 53 CONTIGUOS ti de Bb ad me Bd wlan Oe DR RE a eh A bv aed alte amp A Suc oe 56 Configuring global system settings cece eee eee ees 57 Displaying system boot settings vato a a eee tee area a Vee eae ear 59 Connguring PONOY TGS corra A bem ewe he dee 60 LIVE POllEY Mts iii A a eevee 64 LiVETCP DOlCy filters e cercana bate alate Beh a a elle Se it 66 Configuring Live
21. Configuration Network Loss E Throughput E With Velocity E Without Velocity UN Z 8 SIRO ZAS 1418 16517 181920 Table 14 Network monitoring graphs Peak 50 00 o Without O Velocity L67 Ww pail o With a 00 Velocity _ 1 5 Qu o m M pail o Network Throughput Peak 499 94 Kbps Loss 200 Current 44 55 Kbps T o Rx Throughput Kbps D un a p 5 wn o o 0 Graph name Color Description Throughput Blue line The received throughput over the most recent interval The right axis indicates the throughput in Kbps or Mbps With Velocity Green bars The corrected packet loss seen by applications for which HP Velocity is protecting flows The left axis indicates the loss as a percentage Without Velocity Red bars The packet loss in the network The left axis indicates the loss as a percentage HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 50 Using the Management Application Flow Information Additional statistics Table 15 are displayed to the left of each graph Table 15 Additional network loss and network throughput data Value Description Network Loss Peak The highest packet loss for the duration of the graph Without Velocity The packet loss over the most recent interval With Velocity The corrected loss over the most recent interval Network Throughput Peak The highest received throughput for the duration of
22. HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 32 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Setting Default Options Special TCP Ports 954 1720 5060 1723 Special UDP Ports 554 5060 Special Port Filter for TCP and UDP The special port filter allows administrators to enable or disable support for specific protocols By default the special port filter is pre configured to include ports that provide special protocol support such as RTSP 554 H 323 1720 PPTP 1723 and SIP 5060 To disable support for a specific protocol remove the corresponding port from the filter For example to disable support for RTSP remove port 554 from the special TCP and UDP port filters Whitelist TCP Ports Whitelist UDP Ports Whitelist filter for TCP and UDP If a whitelist port filter is specified only the traffic meeting the following criteria is protected by HP Velocity e The destination IP address for the traffic is not specified in the blacklist IP filter e The destination IP address for the traffic is specified in the whitelist IP filter e The destination port for the traffic is specified in the whitelist port filter All traffic not meeting these criteria will be passed through transparently IP Address Blacklist Filter 259 255 255 255 32 Blacklist IP filter The first IP filter to be evaluated is the blacklist filter which allows ad
23. HP Velocity functional overview Operational modes HP Velocity protects and optimizes data flows between HP thin clients and HP Velocity enabled virtual desktops or terminal services servers lt provides three operational modes Protect Monitor and Off Protect mode Protect mode is the default and recommended operational mode In this mode HP Velocity provides session establishment HP Velocity protected flow statistics packet loss protection WiFi optimization and latency mitigation Monitor mode In Monitor mode HP Velocity monitors for packet loss and continuously profiles the end to end network conditions over established flows This mode disables all HP Velocity network optimizers and is useful for acquiring baseline network characteristics Off mode In Off mode HP Velocity passes all network flows transparently and does not perform any monitoring or optimization HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 8 HP Velocity functional overview Establishing a connection Establishing a connection An HP Velocity protected connection is established over four steps Figure 1 e Initialization e Beaconing e Handshaking e Protected state Figure 1 Establishing a connection HP Velocity enabled server virtual desktop or terminal services server HP Velocity enabled thin client Network OO o E Initialize t l Original application payload l l l Beacon dded to flow Beacon l Beacon ad
24. Logging Interval Disabled Save Log Snapshot Flow Records Save Flow Record HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 51 Using the Management Application Flow Information NOTE For Linux thin clients flow information can be viewed from the virtual desktop or terminal services server they are connected to Remote system statistics Table 16 are displayed in the Protected Endpoints pane Table 16 Remote system statistics Statistic name Description Remote Host The IP address of the remote host Product The product name as defined in the System BIOS CPU Usage The percentage of CPU in use Memory Usage The percentage of memory in use Link The type of network link in use Statistics for individual protected data flows between two endpoints Table 17 are displayed in the Protected Flows pane Table 17 Protected data flow statistics Statistic name Description Remote IP The remote IP address for the protected flow Remote Port The remote TCP or UDP port number for the protected flow If the port number is a well known protocol the protocol name also appears Local IP The local IP address for the protected flow Local Port The local TCP or UDP port number for the protected flow If the port number is a well known protocol the protocol name also appears Protocol The protocol such as TCP or UDP used by the protected flow L
25. als or MB KB for cumulative totals sent by HP Velocity to each remote HP Velocity enabled endpoint Encoded Data Received The bytes of segment data in Kbps for intervals or MB KB for cumulative totals received by HP Velocity from each remote HP Velocity enabled endpoint Total Active Flows Number of currently active unique data flows detected by HP Velocity as an endpoint Protected Flows Number of currently active unique protected data flows detected by HP Velocity as an endpoint System Uptime The amount of time since the last power cycle or reboot of the operating system Units are HH MM SS HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 46 Using the Management Application Network Statistics Statistic name Collection Time Description The amount of time that the Management Application has been collecting statistics Units are HH MM SS NOTE Collection time is reset when the statistics are cleared Advanced Statistics view The Statistics view displays a subset of the total statistic counters available Select the Advanced Statistics check box Figure 17 to view more detailed information Table 12 To return to the Statistics view deselect Advanced Statistics Figure 17 Advanced Statistics view Table 12 Advanced statistics 7 HP Velocity Management Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration System uptime 69 57 51 St
26. atistic Total Active Flows Protected Flows Packets Encoded Segments Sent Segments Received Segments Lost Packets Decoded Packets Lost Full Packets Lost Highdoss Events Non accelerated Packets Sent Non accelerated Packets Received Packet Flows Monitored Accelerated Packet Flows Monitored Accelerated Requests Unfulfilled Packets Encoded Throughput Packets Decoded Throughput Non accelerated Throughput Tx Non accelerated Throughput Rx Logging Interval Disabled y Save Log Histor Collection time 69 09 47 5 Seconds 1 Minute 616 7867 2777 35058 1083 13470 5 91 439 5583 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 928 88 2022 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 06 Mbps 994 00 Kbps 63 00 Kbps 74 00 Kbps 4 00 Kbps 15 00 Kbps 28 00 Kbps 111 00 Kbps Save Log Snapshot 5 Minutes 24101 115437 24790 120 12510 2848 8134 25 0 0 776 00 Kbps 18 00 Kbps 8 00 Kbps 87 00 Kbps v Advanced Statistics A m vr Clear Statistics NOTE When Clear Statistics is clicked the Throughput line displayed on the network graph drops momentarily Statistic name Description Total Active Flows The number of currently active unique data flows detected by HP Velocity as an endpoint Protected Flows The number of currently active unique protected data flows detected by HP Velocity as an endpoint HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 47 Using the Manag
27. c Administrative Templates ADM liz LiveQ Packet Loss Protection Enabled C HP Velocity Enable or disable the presence of the Live TCP Latency Mitigation Enabled E All Settings Advanced HP Velocity Management Logging Enabled Extended A Standard The following sections provide information on how to configure the policies in the HP Velocity Administrative Template e Management Application Mode e System Settings e Boot Settings e Policy Filters Port amp IP e LiveQ Target Loss Rate Filters e LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters e LiveQ Packet Loss Protection HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 29 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template e LiveTCP Latency Mitigation e Logging Management Application Mode NOTE For more information about HP Velocity settings see Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration on page 39 The Advanced Management Application provides a toolset for monitoring and debugging network flows using HP Velocity as well as the ability to temporarily override configuration settings Table 2 Management Application Mode Setting Default Options Advanced Management Thin Client Disabled Enable or disable the presence of the Application Mode Server Side Enabled HP VelocityAdvanced Management Application System Settings HP Velocity global system settings include th
28. cece ina cee cams E NR SR O at dada 12 A O AR 13 Direct and Prox cid aa daa a ad 14 Terminal SChVICC Sis 2 acm wwii ards hale ata a r Meare en en yen eee a ee eee as 15 Deployment consideras aiii A Dt id a da 16 Maximum number of protected floWS 0 00 ce ee 16 ADOULTIE Velocity DEACONS aii eck Gouna meek aaa aa a 16 Installations 17 System MEQUINCINGINS ts sek elias A A OS SRA career ee a Sed 17 Server side INStallationiwey tat tee peta tees eae th Bae oa a te lds dah cdi 18 Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V 0 ccc eee eee ees 20 Installing HP Velocity on servers with Broadcom teaming interfaces 0 0c e eee eee 21 HP Mhin client installation lt 0 cra bi ao id eee dee ee ae it eee aa Ss 22 HP Velocity management 23 HP Velocity Management Application modeS 0 00 eee ees 23 Identifying the HP Velocity operational mode on WindOWS 0 0c e ees 23 Setting the HP Velocity operational mode 0 ees 24 Displaying the protected or monitored flow Count 1 0c es 25 HP Velocity group policy 26 FIP Velocity FONICO ENGIN ies ata aa aa ad dl ada lada 26 MicroSoft GroupsPONCY cuac a a ele eee da A 26 Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy 1 2 00 e eee es 27 Adding the HP Velocity Administrative Template to a GPO 2 eee es 27 Updating the HP Velocity configuration using the Group Policy Editor 28 About the HP Velocity Administrative Template
29. ceeded Congestion Control Aggressive Set the degree of congestion control required Aggressive Handles the effects of a high latency network TCP Friendly Uses the standard TCP like congestion control algorithm HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 37 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Logging HP Velocity logs provide detailed endpoint statistics on a per flow and per flow record basis HP Velocity maintains the statistics history for up to seven days Logs are stored in the temporary folder for the current user For example C Users lt username gt AppData Local Temp The log filename format is HPVelocity logtype yymmdd log Table 10 Logging settings Setting Default Options Statistics Logging Disabled Set the endpoint network statistics logging time interval Statistics include network loss rates corrected loss rates throughputs and latency Options are e Disabled e Every 5 Seconds e Every Minute e Every 5 Minutes Flow Logging Disabled Set the flow logging time interval Per flow statistics include network loss rates corrected loss rates throughputs and latency Options are e Disabled e Every 5 Seconds e Every Minute e Every 5 Minutes Flow Records Disabled Enable or disable flow records collection Captured when a flow is terminated the flow record documents the details of the flow including system information flow
30. configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion T CPOptionMarking TCP Option beaconing configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion MTU Network Maximum Transmission Unit MTU configuration Boot Settings keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion NumProtectedSessions Protected flows Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LocalMetrics Local system information collection Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion RemoteMetrics Remote system information collection HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 40 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration Policy Filters Port and IP keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion IPBlacklistFilters Blacklist IP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion IPWhitelistFilters Whitelist IP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion T CP TransparentFilters Transparent TCP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UDP TransparentFilters Transparent UDP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion T CPSpecialFilters Special TCP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UDPSpecialFilters Special UDP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion T CPWhiteFilters Whitelist TCP port filter configuration Softwar
31. d endpoint discovered during beaconing Once the handshake is completed both HP Velocity enabled endpoints enter the protected state Protected state In the protected state HP Velocity enabled endpoints exchange information about current and trending network conditions This information is then used to intelligently activate and adjust various optimizers HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 10 Deployment configurations HP Velocity server side deployments vary based on the virtualization architecture in use This chapter covers the following information e Deployments e Deployment considerations Deployments HP Velocity is preinstalled on HP thin clients Use the following table to determine where to install HP Velocity on the server side Virtualization architecture HP thin clients are directly connected to virtual Direct on page 12 desktops or applications HP thin clients use a connection broker as a proxy to Proxied on page 13 access virtual desktops or applications The virtualization environment supports both direct Direct and proxied on page 14 and proxied connections to virtual desktops and applications HP thin clients connect to a terminal services server Terminal services on page 15 AA NOTE HP Velocity server side components are currently supported on Windows XK operating systems HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 11 Deployment configurations Deployments
32. different requirements for server operating system OS and virtual desktop OS installations Requirement Server OS Virtual desktop OS CPU Any Any Memory 30 MB 3 MB Disk space 10 MB 10 MB OS Windows Server 2008 Windows 8 Windows Server 2003 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP SP3 and above OS variants 32 bit and 64 bit Clients HP thin clients 142 NOTE Memory requirements are proportional to the number of simultaneous protected flows supported by HP Velocity HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 17 Installations Server side installation Server side installation HP Velocity installs as a network driver on the following platforms e Virtual desktops e Host OS of Microsoft Terminal Services e Microsoft Hyper V server NOTE During installation HP Velocity will reset the system s network SS interfaces briefly interrupting network connections If HP Velocity is installed over a remote connection network connectivity might be disrupted To install HP Velocity server 1 Locate the correct HP Velocity server installation package for the server side operating system see the following table Read the release notes and documentation for the version of HP Velocity being installed Supported operating systems Server Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 e Virtual desktop Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP 32 Bit Installer HPVelocity SERVER 32 REL R msi 64 Bit Installe
33. duration and network statistics HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 38 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration The following sections list the registry keys grouped by category used by HP Velocity Management Application key System Settings keys Boot Settings keys Policy Filters Port and IP keys LiveQ Target Loss Rate TLR Policy Filters keys LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters keys LiveQ Packet Loss Protection keys LiveTCP Latency Mitigation keys Logging keys HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 39 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration Management Application key Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion AdvancedMgmtAppMode System Settings keys Advanced Management Application mode Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Protection Protection configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LiveQMode Loss protection configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TCPMode Latency mitigation mode Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion T CPOptimizer TCP Optimizer configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion WifiOptimizer WiFi Optimizer configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion IPOptionMarking IP Option beaconing
34. e Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UDPWhiteFilters Whitelist UDP port filter configuration HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 41 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration LiveQ Target Loss Rate TLR Policy Filters keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultT_LRIPFilters Default level TLR IP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultT LRT CPFilters Default level TLR filters TCP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion DefaultT LRUDPFEilters Default level TLR filters UDP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion HighTLRIPFilters High level TLR IP filter configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion High TLRTCPFilters High level TLR filters TCP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion High TLRUDP Filters High level TLR filters UDP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LowTLRIPFilters Low level TLR IP filters configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LowTLRIPFilters Low level TLR filters TCP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LowTLRUDPilters Low level TLR filters UDP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UltraLowTLRIPFilters Ultra low level TLR IP filters configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UltraLowlTLRTCPFEilters Ultra low level TLR filters TCP confi
35. e operational mode enabled or disabled optimizers packet loss protection latency mitigation and beaconing settings and network maximum transmission unit MTU Table 3 System settings Setting Default Options Operational Mode Protect Protect HP Velocity provides session establishment session statistics packet loss protection WiFi optimization and latency mitigation Monitor HP Velocity continuously profiles the end to end network conditions over established flows but the HP Velocity network optimizers are disabled Off HP Velocity passes all network flows transparently and does not perform any monitoring or optimization HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 30 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Setting Default Options LiveQ Packet Loss Protection Enabled Enable or disable LiveQ Packet Loss Protection Protects application flows from packet loss by automatically adapting the amount of added redundancy LiveTCP Latency Mitigation Enabled Enable or disable Live CP Latency Mitigation Provides latency mitigation for RDP RGS and ICA protocols Live TCP Flow Control Optimizer Disabled Enable or disable LiveTCP Flow Control Optimizer Improves the throughput of applications like multimedia streaming and remote desktop access by modifying TCP flow control mechanisms to perform better
36. eed The Installation Complete screen appears when the installation is finished 10 Click Close 4 NOTE If you are installing on Microsoft Hyper V see Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V on page 20 see Installing HP Velocity on servers with Broadcom teaming interfaces NOTE If you are installing on servers with Broadcom teaming interfaces on page 21 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 19 Installations Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V Installing HP Velocity on Microsoft Hyper V might require the following additional steps If HP Velocity is installed directly on Microsoft Hyper V and there is a Local Area Connection Virtual Network entry Figure 7 ensure that the LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver is disabled for the physical network adapter Figure 8 Figure 7 Microsoft Hyper V network connections i Network Connections l 10 x 18 eo Network and Internet Network Connections ra Search Network Connections Organize y Disable this network device Diagnose this connection Rename this connection gt gt Fil Name Status Device Name Y Local Area Connection Realtek RTL8168D 8111D Family PCI E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6 20 Local Area Connection 3 Network 6 Local Area Connection Virtual Network U Local Area Connection 4 Network 3 Realtek RTL8168D 8111D Family PCI E Gigabit Ethernet NIC NDIS 6 20 2 ail
37. ement Procedures for launching the basic and advanced user modes e HP Velocity group policy Procedures for creating a custom HP Velocity configuration e Using the Management Application Procedures for using the Management Application e Troubleshooting Basic troubleshooting information Intended audience This document is intended for network and IT administrators who will be deploying installing configuring and managing HP Velocity Document styles and conventions In this document the following styles are used Style Description Start gt Edit gt Cut Any elements on screen such as menus or buttons use this format Select directory A screen or dialog box name uses this format screen myfile txt Filenames and directory names use this format Sample Product Links to locations inside and outside this document use this format Example book Links to external published documents books and articles use this format HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 6 About this document Document styles and conventions In this document the following conventions are used Convention Description lt sample name gt Replace the whole text including angle brackets with the expected value For example replace lt exec_filename gt with example exe when entering this command optionl When entering the command choose one of the options presented option 2 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 7
38. ement Application Network Statistics Statistic name Packets Encoded Description The number of IP packets that were encoded by HP Velocity into segments Segments Sent The number of encoded segments sent by HP Velocity to each remote HP Velocity enabled endpoint Segments Received The number of encoded segments received by HP Velocity from each remote HP Velocity enabled endpoint Segments Lost The number of HP Velocity encoded segments that were not received by HP Velocity due to packet loss in the network Packets Decoded The number of IP packets that HP Velocity successfully reconstructed from the received encoded segments Packets Lost The number of IP packets that HP Velocity was unable to reconstruct from the received encoded segments due to excessive loss in the network Full Packets Lost High Loss Events The number of IP packets that HP Velocity was unable to reconstruct because it did not receive any encoded segments for the encoded packet NOTE Together with the Packets Lost counter this counter is an indicator of burst loss The number of times that HP Velocity detected difficulty communicating with the remote HP Velocity enabled endpoints due to extremely high packet loss in the network Non accelerated Packets Sent The number of unprotected IP packets sent Non accelerated Packets Received The number of unprotected IP packets received Packet Flows
39. es for the installed version of HP Velocity visit the HP support website or contact HP customer support HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 74
40. escribes the configurable packet loss protection parameters Figure 30 LiveQ Packet Loss Protection configuration dialog Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration E HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings LiveQ Packet Loss Protection Policy Filters Global Target Loss Rate LiveQ LiveTCP LiveQ LiveTCP Network Simulator Bandwidth Control General Congestion Avoidance Burst Loss Protection BLP Buffer LiveQ Target Loss Rate Filter IP 0 04 Y TCP Ports UDP Ports NOTE LiveQ policy filters are also configurable by selecting LiveQ under Policy Filters HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 67 Using the Management Application Configuration Table 22 LiveQ configurable parameters Configuration option Description Global Target Loss Rate Specify the loss rate that HP Velocity will attempt to achieve for all active HP Velocity protected flows Available values are 0 04 0 1 0 2 and 0 4 The default is 0 04 NOTE Aggressive target loss rates might not be achievable in very high loss networks or bandwidth restricted environments Congestion Avoidance Congestion Avoidance analyzes network links It detects links with bandwidth constraints and automatically adjusts HP Velocity protection to accommodate the bandwidth constraint When Congestion Avoidance is active and bandwidth c
41. field White TCP Ports or White UDP Ports only data flows meeting the following criteria are protected by HP Velocity Transmitting packets e The destination IP address for the data flow is not specified in the blacklist IP filter e There are no addresses in the whitelist IP filter or the destination IP address for the data flow is specified in the whitelist IP filter e There are no ports in the whitelist port filter or the destination or source port for the data flow is specified in the whitelist port filter e The destination and source ports for the data flow are not specified in the transparent port filter Receiving packets e The source IP address for the data flow is not specified in the blacklist IP filter e There are no addresses in the whitelist IP filter or the source IP address for the data flow is specified in the whitelist IP filter e There are no ports in the whitelist port filter or the destination or source port for the data flow is specified in the whitelist port filter e The destination and source port for the data flow is not specified in the transparent port filter e The source IP address is in the force IP filter All data flows not meeting these criteria will be passed through HP Velocity transparently Transparent port filter The transparent port filter allows administrators to specify a list of TCP UDP ports whose data flows will not be protected by HP Velocity Special port filter T
42. guration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion UltraLowT LRUDP Filters Ultra low level TLR filters UDP configuration HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 42 HP Velocity group policy Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcoRdpPort RDP port Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcoRdpEnabled RDP enabled by default Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcpoRgsPort RGS port Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcpRgsEnabled RGS enabled by default Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcplcaPort ICA port Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Live TcplcaEnabled ICA enabled by default LiveQ Packet Loss Protection keys Registry key Parameter Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion GlobalTargetLossRate TLR configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion LinkProfiler Congestion Avoidance configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion BandwidthControl Bandwidth control configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion Logging Logging configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion BurstLossProtection BLP configuration Software Policies IPQ CurrentVersion MaxBLPBuffer Max BLP Buffer configuration LiveTCP Latency Mitigation keys Registry key Parameter
43. he special port filter allows administrators to enable or disable support for specific protocols The special port filter is preconfigured to include ports that provide special protocol support such as RTSP 554 H 323 1720 PPTP 1723 and SIP 5060 To disable support for a specific protocol remove the corresponding port from the filter For example to disable support for RTSP remove port 554 from the special TCP and UDP port filters HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 63 Using the Management Application Configuration lt 1 NOTE If a port that HP Velocity is not aware of is added to the special port filter it will be ignored gt IMPORTANT Removing a port from the special port filter might cause applications to fail LiveQ policy filters LiveQ policy filters allow administrators to specify the IP addresses and ports that are associated with a particular target loss rate Table 20 Separate filters are provided for each supported target loss rate To configure LiveQ policy filter settings select LiveQ under Policy Filters Figure 28 select Apply to save the values specified for the current set of IP NOTE Before setting the TLR for another set of IP addresses and ports addresses and ports NOTE LiveQ policy filters are also configurable from the LiveQ link in the navigation tree HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 64 Using the Management Application Configuration Figure 28 LiveQ
44. hitelist to specify a subnet of IP addresses that will be protected by HP Velocity and use a blacklist to specify the destination IP addresses within the whitelisted subnet whose data flows will not be HP Velocity protected For more information see Blacklist IP filter on page 61 e Use the whitelist port filter also to specify a list of destination ports where the data flows will be protected by HP Velocity For example to protect a data flow destined for port 1750 add port 1750 to the whitelist port filter HP Velocity will then protect only the data flows that meet the following criteria e The destination IP address for the data flow is not specified in the blacklist IP filter e The destination IP address for the data flow is specified in the whitelist IP filter e The destination port for the data flow is specified in the whitelist port filter Port filters Port filters allow administrators to filter data flows that pass through the blacklist and whitelist IP filters by destination port These filters specify whether or not the data flows should be protected or require special handling by HP Velocity Separate filters are provided for TCP and UDP ports The port filters are e Whitelist port filter e Transparent port filter e Special port filter HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 62 Using the Management Application Configuration Whitelist port filter If a port number is specified in a whitelist port filter
45. ication automatically launches on system startup and runs in the background The HP Velocity Management Application icon appears in the Windows taskbar Figure 11 Figure 11 HP Velocity taskbar icon on Windows The HP Velocity Management Application icon appears in one of four colors that correspond to the HP Velocity operational modes Table 1 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 23 HP Velocity management Setting the HP Velocity operational mode Table 1 HP Velocity icon color codes Icon Color Mode Description Green Protect HP Velocity is protecting one or more flows Blue Protect HP Velocity is protecting but flows have not been established HP Velocity is profiling present and trending network Orange Monitor conditions In this mode HP Velocity does not protect flows Gray Off HP Velocity is disabled NOTE In the case of server to server connections HP Velocity only supports monitoring of flows E Setting the HP Velocity operational mode Once the HP Velocity Management Application is running set the HP Velocity operational mode For more information see Operational modes on page 8 An administrator should only change the HP Velocity operational mode e During troubleshooting to disable HP Velocity e After troubleshooting to re enable HP Velocity e Asdirected by HP support HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 24 HP Velocity management Setting the HP Velocity ope
46. ied deployment Protected flows between thin client and connection broker Client Side Server Side application IP packets client aa Thin Client A p e desktop Unmanaged Connection A Broker E network HP Client Side Firewalls m ia n Routers Client Original dd none S es Application application IP packets Client Y e op Application Thin Client B NOTE Additional configuration is not required after the HP Velocity server is installed on the connection broker HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 13 Deployment configurations Deployments Direct and proxied Some virtualization architectures allow both direct and proxied access to virtual desktops In this deployment the HP Velocity server must be installed on e Virtual desktops that are accessed directly e Connection brokers that provide a proxy service to access the virtual desktop In Figure 5 thin client A connects to virtual desktop A through the connection broker and thin client B connects to virtual desktop B directly Figure 5 Example of a direct and proxied deployment Protected flow between thin client and connection broker Client Side Server Side Original ne A Connection me Virtual application IP packets Client auaf an 3 Broker desktop Thin Client A Da ae Unmanaged ae network Client Side Firewalls _ Original _ _ he A y application IP packets Client HP Virtual Veloc
47. in WiFi environments LiveWiFi Optimizer Enabled Enable or disable LiveWiFi Optimizer Ensures that HP Velocity protected flows experience lower latency lower jitter and higher throughput IP Option Beacon Enabled Enable or disable the use of IP Option beacon 0x880477FB for UDP flows TCP Option Beacon Enabled Enable or disable the use of TCP Option beacon 0x01000000 amp 0x00000000 for TCP flows Network MTU 1492 Specify the MTU that can be processed within the network Range is 750 to 1500 bytes NOTE If the IP Option Beacon or TCP Option Beacon setting is enabled HP Velocity will add up to 4 bytes of data to IP or TCP headers This is in compliance with RFC 791 and RFC 793 Some applications might not be compliant with RFC 791 or RFC 793 and as a result might not be able to process IP or TCP Option beacons If this occurs disabling the IP Option Beacon or TCP Option Beacon setting should resolve the issue HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 31 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Boot Settings HP Velocity system boot settings specify the number of protected flows and whether the collection of local and remote system information is enabled or disabled Table 4 Boot settings Setting Default Options Number of protected Thin Client 16 Set the maximum number of simultaneously flows Server Side Deskt
48. ity 1 Application reel eee B Thin Client B Protected flow between thin client and virtual desktop HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 14 Deployment configurations Deployments Terminal services In a terminal services deployment multiple HP thin clients are connected to a terminal services server such as a Windows Server In this deployment the HP Velocity server must be installed on the terminal services server Figure 6 Figure 6 Example of a terminal services deployment Protected flows Multiple thin clients to terminal services server S mMliiowe Client Side Client Original al 3 COTA application IP packets Client LEE Thin client A Internet A 0 m HP a AC Client Original veo rt Firewalls Routers application IP packets Client Client Side Thin client B Terminal services virtual desktop server HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 15 Deployment configurations Deployment considerations Deployment considerations Maximum number of protected flows HP Velocity supports a range of 16 to 1024 simultaneously protected flows The minimum supported protected flows are e 16 for HP thin clients e 16 for virtual desktops e 256 terminal services servers HP Velocity defaults to the minimum supported simultaneous flows If the default setting is changed the system must be rebooted for the change to take effect NOTE HP Velocity server to server flows
49. iveTCP Indicates whether LiveTCP is protecting the specific flow The four modes are e Protecting LiveTCP is providing latency mitigation to the flow e Inspecting LiveTCP is in a monitoring state as the network condition has not been satisfied to provide protection for this flow e Off LiveTCP is not active e N A LiveTCP is not applicable for the particular flow HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 52 Using the Management Application Flow Information Statistic name Description LiveQ Indicates whether HP Velocity is Protecting the flow or Monitoring the flow for packet loss TLR The TLR applied to the protected flow as a percentage that HP Velocity will attempt to achieve Encoding The encoding level applied to the protected flow Local and remote system information Selecting Local or Remote System Information on the Flow Information tab Figure 19 opens a pop up window showing local Figure 20 or remote Figure 21 host information Figure 20 Local System Information view Local System Information OS Description Windows 7 64 V6 1 7601SP 1 VMware Inc Product Name VMware Virtual Platform Number of CPUs 1 CPU Speed 3 1GHz Total Memory 4 0 GB System Up Time 0 05 24 54 day hour min sec Adapter Name Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection IP Address 192 168 77 122 Adapter Type Wired MAC Address 00 0C 29 29 68 6C MTU 1500 Current Rate 1000 0 Mbps Full Duplex E
50. l 4 to flow l l l I HP Velocity handshake a D bel an d S h a ke ET D Original payloads HP Velocity protected payload Original payloads Protect gt gt r Initialization During initialization HP Velocity enabled endpoints start streaming data transparently No optimizations are performed HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 9 HP Velocity functional overview Establishing a connection Beaconing Once an HP Velocity enabled endpoint detects that a bidirectional network path is available it periodically modifies packet headers both IP and TCP in a seamless way to advertise itself to other HP Velocity enabled endpoints Figure 2 IP headers can contain both IP ID based beacons using an option value of 0x420B and IP Option based beacons using an option value of 0x880477FB TCP flows can use TCP Option based beacons using an option value of 0x01 No Operation and seven sets of End of Option Lists 00000000000000 Once an HP Velocity enabled endpoint processes enough beacons on a network flow to discover that another HP Velocity enabled endpoint is at the other end handshaking occurs 1g NOTE The use of TCP Option based beacons for TCP flows and IP Option based beacons for UDP flows can be controlled through the HP Velocity Policy Engine Figure 2 IPQ beaconing Handshaking An HP Velocity enabled endpoint will initiate a three way handshaking procedure with an HP Velocity enable
51. l Wireless Network Connection Disabled 802 11n Wireless LAN Card Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller This connection uses the following items OR Client for Microsoft Networks a 2 VMware Bridge Protocol 2 Virtual PC Network Fiter Driver Z QoS Packet Scheduler E File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks Intemet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 m p Install Uninstall Properties Descrinti LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver 9 9 S S S 0 E A HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 20 Installations Installing HP Velocity on servers with Broadcom teaming inter Installing HP Velocity on servers with Broadcom teaming interfaces Installing HP Velocity on Windows Servers using the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite NIC Teaming feature might require the following additional steps If HP Velocity is installed on Windows Servers ensure that the LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver is disabled in the adapter settings Figure 10 To disable the LiveQoS NDIS 6 Filter Driver 1 Install the HP Velocity server side component as described in Server side installation on page 18 2 Once the installation is complete a prompt asking to reboot the system will appear Click NO 3 Open the Network and Sharing Center from the Control Panel 4 Click Change Adapter Settings 5 Right click Team 1 Figure 9 Figure 9 Adapter settings
52. le 18 System Settings parameters Configuration option Description Operation Mode e Protect HP Velocity provides session establishment session statistics packet loss protection WiFi optimization and latency mitigation e Monitor HP Velocity continuously profiles the end to end network conditions over established flows but the HP Velocity network optimizers are disabled e Off HP Velocity passes all network flows transparently and does not perform any monitoring or optimization LiveQ Packet Loss Enable or disable LiveQ Packet Loss Protection Protection Protects application flows from packet loss by automatically adapting the amount of added redundancy LiveTCP Latency Mitigation Enable or disable LiveTCP Latency Mitigation Provides latency mitigation for RDP RGS and ICA protocols HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 57 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuration option Description LiveTCP Flow Control Optimizer Enable or disable LiveTCP Flow Control Optimizer Improves the throughput of applications like multimedia flowing and remote desktop access by modifying TCP flow control mechanisms to perform better in WiFi environments LiveWiFi Prioritization Enable or disable LiveWiFi Optimizer Ensures that HP Velocity protected flows experience lower latency lower jitter and higher throughput IP Option Beacon UDP Flows E
53. ministrators to specify the destination IP addresses where traffic will not be protected by HP Velocity If an IP address of a specified destination matches an IP address specified in the blacklist it will be passed on transparently Administrators can use a blacklist in conjunction with a whitelist For example use the blacklist to exclude specific IP addresses in a whitelisted subnet from being protected by HP Velocity HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 33 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template Setting Default Options IP Address Whitelist Whitelist IP filter Filter The whitelist IP filter is evaluated after the blacklist IP filter It applies only to those IP addresses that pass through the blacklist IP filter The whitelist IP filter allows administrators to specify a list of destination IP addresses to which HP Velocity protection will be applied The whitelist filter is exclusive LiveQ Target Loss Rate Filters The target loss rate TLR filters allow administrators to specify the IP addresses and ports that are associated with a particular target loss rate The following formats must be used when configuring the policy filters e IP Address Use a space separated list of CIDR format IP addresses and subnet mask pairs For example 192 168 1 0 24 145 76 53 3 32 e Port Use a space separated list of ports For example 80 1750 1751 Table 6 LiveQ
54. nable or disable the use of IP Options beacon 0x880477FB for UDP flows TCP Option Beacon TCP Flows Enable or disable the use of TCP Options beacon 0x01000000 amp 0x00000000 for TCP flows Network MTU Specify the MTU that can be processed with the network Range is 750 bytes to 1500 bytes NOTE If either the IP Option Beacon or the TCP Option Beacon setting is enabled HP Velocity will add up to 4 bytes of data to the IP or TCP a headers This is in compliance with RFC 791 and RFC 793 Some applications might not be compliant with RFC 791 or RFC 793 and as a ll result might not be able to process IP or TCP Option beacons If this occurs disabling the IP Option Beacon and or the TCP Option Beacon setting should resolve the issue HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 58 Using the Management Application Configuration Displaying system boot settings Boot system parameters Table 19 specified when configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy can be viewed on the Boot Settings dialog Figure 26 For information on configuring boot settings see HP Velocity group policy on page 26 Figure 26 Boot Settings dialog Ap HP Velocity Management esl Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration HP Velocity System Settings Policy Filters LiveQ Boot Settings LiveTCP LiveQ LiveTCP Protected Flows 16 Network Simulator General
55. nabled Settings 0x00000040 Figure 21 Remote System Information view Remote System Information OS Description Windows 7 32 V6 1 7601SP 1 Vendor Name Hewlett Packard Product Name HP 6360t Number of CPUs 2 CPU Speed 1 6 GHz Total Memory 1 9 GB System Up Time 0 00 35 49 day hour min sec Adapter Name Intel R 82579V Gigabit Network Connection 2 IP Address 192 168 77 119 Adapter Type Wired MAC Address 9C 8E 99 00 21 44 MTU 1500 Current Rate 1000 0 Mbps Full Duplex Enabled Settings 0x00002040 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 53 Using the Management Application Flow Information The Flow Information tab also displays three types of graphs for protected endpoints and protected flows Double clicking an entry in either the Protected Endpoints or Protected Flows pane automatically displays a graph that shows one of the following e Local throughput Figure 22 e Remote throughput Figure 23 e Latency Figure 24 NOTE System information and per flow statistics are available in HP Velocity Release 1 5 0 and later Figure 22 Local Rx throughput for an endpoint Flow Graph Local 10 0 51 3 42966 Remote 10 0 50 81 49448 Ss Loss Without Velocity Loss With Velocity Throughput Local 1 00 0 00 12 12 Kbps Remote 0 74 0 00 623 45 Kbps Latency 52 0 msec Plot Latency E Throughput El With Velocity E Without Velocity 1 6 16 1 4 14 1 2 12 a o
56. nfiguration To Factory Defaults Export Current Configuration To File HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 71 Using the Management Application Configuration HP Velocity configuration report The HP Velocity Configuration Report contains extensive information about HP Velocity its settings and the currently protected flows To generate the HP Velocity Configuration Report select Export Current Configuration To File By default the report is saved with the filename HPVelocityConfig txt in the temporary folder for the current user C USers lt username gt AppData Local Temp Once generated the report is automatically displayed in the default text editor such as Windows Notepad This report has the following sections Driver Configuration Current configuration and internal driver settings of HP Velocity Local System Metrics Statistics on host system performance OS Information Operating system type configuration and performance information for the system on which HP Velocity is installed Registry keys Registry key values configured by the Group Policy Engine Statistics Snapshot of the current statistics Flow Information Current list of protected and monitored flows HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 72 Troubleshooting This chapter provides the following basic troubleshooting information for HP Velocity Why does the Another version of this product is
57. nitor Flow Information Configuration Port Transparent TCP Ports Transparent UDP Ports Special TCP Ports Special UDP Ports White TCP Ports White UDP Ports IP Address Blacklist Whitelist 21539100 53 67 68 123 500 4500 161 554 1720 5060 1723 554 5060 255 255 255 255 32 NOTE For a list of commonly used port numbers and brief descriptions of their related service names see http en wikipedia org wiki List of TCP _and_UDP port _numbers HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 60 Using the Management Application Configuration Policy filter precedence When configuring multiple HP Velocity policy filters the filters are evaluated in the following order 1 Blacklist IP 2 Whitelist IP 3 Whitelist port 4 Transparent port 5 Special port IP filters The IP blacklist and whitelist filters allow administrators to filter data flows received from the application by destination IP address This tells HP Velocity whether to accelerate this flow When an IP filter is configured HP Velocity examines the destination IP address of each packet received from the application If the packet s destination IP address matches an IP address specified in an IP filter HP Velocity takes the appropriate action depending on which of the following IP filters the IP address applies to e Blacklist IP filter e Whitelist IP filter Blacklist IP filter The blacklist IP filter is evaluated
58. nvironment The Group Policy GP and the Active Directory AD infrastructure enable IT administrators to deploy and manage IT policies centrally Group Policy settings are contained in a Group Policy object GPO HP Velocity can be configured using Group Policy and the HP Velocity administrative template For information see Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy on page 27 To create a GPO use the Group Policy Management Console GPMC which is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center website The GPO can be used to centrally manage and propagate new settings for HP Velocity over an entire Windows AD domain To manage HP Velocity using Microsoft Group Policy the HP Velocity Administrative Template must be applied to the GPO For more information see Adding the HP Velocity Administrative Template to a GPO on page 27 and About the HP Velocity Administrative Template on page 29 The HP Velocity Administrative Template adds a set of options to the GPO and specifies which registry keys will be set for each option For more information on the HP Velocity registry keys see Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration on page 39 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 26 HP Velocity group policy Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy This section provides instructions on how to add the Administrative Template to the GPO and update the HP Vel
59. ocity configuration using the Group Policy Editor Adding the HP Velocity Administrative Template to a GPO Choose the Group Policy Editor for the GPO to be edited e For local group policy administration use gpedit msc e For domain group policy administration use gomc msc and select the applicable GPO To add the HP Velocity Group Policy Administrative Template to a GPO 1 Open the appropriate Group Policy Editor Figure 13 Figure 13 Adding an Administrative Template El e Computer Configuration E Policies Software Settings Windows Settings Administrative Templqias El Preferences Select al Add Remove Templates Windows Settings Filter On 3 Control Panel Setting Filter Options E gd User Configuration Re Apply Filter Policies AA All Tasks d Preferences AA View Export List Help Expand Computer Configuration and navigate to the Administrative Templates folder Right click Administrative Templates Click Add Remove Templates Click Add Browse for hp velocity configuration REL R adm where REL is the software release number and R is the revision number of the template that matches the release number of the HP Velocity install 7 Click Close The HP Velocity Group Policy Administrative Template has been applied to the GPO Oo oO Bb W N HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 27 HP Velocity group policy Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy Upda
60. ode in that it uses aggressive encoding as soon as it detects HP Velocity at the far end without first measuring the loss in the network HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 68 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuration option Description Burst Loss Protection Set BLP to protect against correlated loss in the network Available values are e Off Disables BLP for correlated loss e On Enables BLP for correlated loss e Auto Allows HP Velocity to determine if BLP is required and automatically turn the feature on if required Auto is the default value NOTE BLP might degrade performance for highly latency sensitive applications BLP Buffer Set the amount of packet buffering in milliseconds that HP Velocity is allowed to use when protecting against bursty or correlated loss Available values range from 10 to 100 ms in increments of 10 ms The default value is 20 ms Configuring LiveTCP Latency Mitigation HP Velocity Live TCP Latency Mitigation optimizes TCP throughput and provides latency mitigation for RDP RGS and ICA protocols Table 23 describes the configurable latency mitigation parameters Figure 31 LiveTCP Latency Mitigation configuration dialog HP Velocity Management LX Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings LiveTCP Latency Mitigation Policy Filters
61. on is restarted About the HP Velocity Administrative Template The Administrative Template Figure 15 consists of policies that allow administrators to create a custom configuration for HP Velocity The Administrative Template filename is hp velocity configuration REL R adm where REL is the software release number and R is the revision number of the template that matches the release number of the HP Velocity install Figure 15 HP Velocity Administrative Template as shown in the Group Policy Editor 4 amp User Configuration E Software Settings A Windows Settings 4 Administrative Templates 9 setting s application Local Group Policy Editor E BS File Action View Help COIE INTE EJ Local Computer Policy i HP Velocity a Computer Configuration eri Phd Management Application Mode Setting State indows Settings TE Management Application Mode Enabled inistrative Templat it poli i PEA Adminis rative Templates Edit policy setting E System Settings Enabled E Control Panel E Network Description Boot Settings Enabled The Advanced Management liz Policy Filters Port amp IP Enabled C Printers gus 5 E System Application AE a toolset for LiveQ Target Loss Rate Policy Filters Enabled T monitoring and debugging networl is pia Windows Components flows using HP Velocity liz LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Policy Filters Enabled a 7 Classi
62. onstraints are detected the bandwidth and default TLR settings described in this table are overridden to ensure the best network performance possible Available values are enabled or disabled The default value is enabled Bandwidth Control Specify the range of protection modes that HP Velocity is able to use when encoding HP Velocity protected flows The protection mode defines how protected flows are protected from network loss Higher protection modes protect against a greater network loss but also require more bandwidth HP Velocity constantly monitors network loss and automatically selects the protection mode required to reduce the network loss to the specified TLR The selection process is dynamic and the mode used at any given time depends on the real time loss measured in the network Available modes are e Dynamic Use this mode in situations where bandwidth is not constrained It will maximize performance while minimizing the required bandwidth Dynamic is the default mode Low Use this mode in very bandwidth constrained environments to cap the estimated HP Velocity protection overhead at or below 27 Medium Use this mode in moderately bandwidth constrained environments to cap the estimated HP Velocity protection overhead at or below 40 High Use this mode to maximize performance in environments where bandwidth is not constrained and the network loss is known to be high This mode differs from the Dynamic m
63. op OS 16 Protected flows HP Velocity supports 16 to Server Side Server Os 256 1024 Protected flows Local System Enabled Enable or disable local system information Information Collection collection Indicates that the local endpoint is configured to send its system information and per flow statistics to the remote endpoint Remote System Enabled Enable or disable remote system information Information Collection collection Indicates that the local endpoint will process and display remote endpoint system information and per flow statistics received Policy Filters Port amp IP Policy filters can be used to specify the IP addresses and ports of the flows to be protected by HP Velocity and the level of protection applied to the filtered flows The following formats must be used when configuring the policy filters e P Address Use a space separated list of CIDR format IP addresses and subnet mask pairs For example 192 168 1 0 24 145 76 53 3 32 e Port Use a space separated list of ports For example 80 1750 1751 Table 5 Policy Filters Port amp IP settings Setting Default Options Transparent TCP Ports 21 53 2869 9100 17500 Transparent port filters for TCP and UDP The transparent port filter allows administrators to specify a list of TCP UDP ports for which flows will not be protected by HP Velocity Transparent UDP Ports 53 67 68 123 161 500 4500 17500
64. packet loss S6llINGS s i06t coc a same a ewe ean 67 Configuring Live CP Latency Mitigation 00 ees 69 Configuring the network simulator 0 ccc ee eee ees 70 General Sets 0d due ee Ae tk e Dee a eee ears ae a ee Sete toe ae eens ee eS 71 Troubleshooting 73 Why does the Another version of this product is already installed message appear 73 Why does the Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to your system message appear 1 cece eee eee eee eee eee ees 73 Why does a message about a driver that has not passed Windows Logo Compatibility testing appear 73 Why are there multiple protected streams for one PCoIP or RGS connection 05 74 Is traffic between two HP Velocity servers only monitored 2 2 00 ce es 74 A procedure in this document doesn t Work 2 0 0 c eee es 74 This troubleshooting section does not have the solution to my probleM o oooooooooo o 74 About this document Purpose This document describes deployment scenarios and installation methods for HP Velocity It contains the following sections e HP Velocity functional overview Information on HP Velocity operational modes and how connections are established e Deployment configurations Information on different HP Velocity deployment configurations e Installations Installation procedures for HP Velocity on the server side e HP Velocity manag
65. r HPVelocity SERVER 64 REL R msi number and R is the revision number of the package that matches the Note In the HP Velocity package filename REL is the software release release number 2 Log on as an administrator to the system where the HP Velocity server will be installed 3 Select the appropriate installation package for the server side operating system and architecture and start the installer The Welcome to the HP Velocity Setup Wizard screen appears 4 Click Next The License Agreement screen appears 5 Read the end user license agreement HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 18 Installations Server side installation e Select I Agree and click Next to continue eSelect Cancel to end the installation The Select Installation Folder screen appears with the default location C Program Files LiveQoS HP Velocity 6 Either select the location where HP Velocity will be installed or accept the default location 7 Either select Everyone default to install HP Velocity for all user accounts and administrators or select Just me to install HP Velocity only for the current user account 8 Click Next The Confirm Installation screen appears 9 Click Next to confirm the selections and start installing HP Velocity ai IMPORTANT Depending on the version of the Windows OS a warning message about software installed by LiveQoS might appear This message is expected allow the installation to proc
66. rational mode To set the HP Velocity operational mode 1 Click the HP Velocity icon in the Windows taskbar Figure 11 2 On the HP Velocity Mode slider select an operational mode Figure 12 Figure 12 HP Velocity Mode slider HP Velocity Mode Protect Wi Monitor 14 NOTE Windows administrator privileges are required to change the HP Velocity mode of operation Displaying the protected or monitored flow count When HP Velocity is in Protect mode position the cursor over the HP Velocity icon to display a tooltip with the number of active connections When HP Velocity is running on an HP thin client virtual desktop or a terminal server an icon appears in the taskbar Figure 11 HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 25 HP Velocity group policy HP Velocity is installed with a default configuration suitable for most deployments This chapter describes how to create a custom HP Velocity configuration e HP Velocity Policy Engine e Configuring HP Velocity using Group Policy e About the HP Velocity Administrative Template e Registry keys used in HP Velocity configuration NOTE The information in this chapter is intended for the IT staff administrating HP Velocity HP Velocity Policy Engine The HP Velocity Policy Engine uses Microsoft Group Policy Microsoft Group Policy Microsoft Group Policy provides centralized management and configuration of users and computers in a Windows Active Directory e
67. s TCP throughput and provides latency mitigation for RDP RGS and ICA protocols To configure LiveTCP policy filter parameters Table 21 select LiveTCP under Policy Filters Figure 29 4 NOTE LiveTCP policy filters are also configurable from the LiveTCP link in the navigation tree Figure 29 LiveTCP policy filter configuration dialog 2 HP Velocity Management Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration HP Velocity System Settings Boot Settings Policy Filters LiveQ LiveTCP Protocol Latency Mitigation Filters LiveQ Live TCP RDP a Enabled z Network Simulator General RGS 42966 Enabled ICA 2598 1494 Enabled Table 21 LiveTCP policy filter parameters Configuration option Description RDP Port Specify the port number used for RDP RDP Policy Enable or disable LiveT CP latency mitigation for the RDP protocol RGS Port Specify the port number used for RGS RGS Policy Enable or disable LiveTCP latency mitigation for the RGS protocol ICA Port Specify the port number used for ICA ICA Policy Enable or disable LiveTCP latency mitigation for the ICA protocol HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 66 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuring LiveQ packet loss settings HP Velocity protects application flows from packet loss by automatically adapting the amount of added redundancy Table 22 d
68. tatistics will be logged to the log file Logging is enabled when one of the following intervals is selected e Every 5 Seconds e Every Minute e Every 5 Minutes Export the statistics log to a comma separated value CSV file NOTE The Save Log History control is available only when logging is enabled Save Log Snapshot Saves the current 5 second 1 minute and 5 minute interval statistics to a file with the same column order as the statistics history file Clear Statistics Resets statistic counts and collection time to zero NOTE When enabled logging is available only until the system is reset After a reset logging reverts to the setting specified in the Group Policy if applied Otherwise it reverts to the default setting disabled NOTE Log files are stored in the temporary folder for the current user For X example C Users lt username gt AppData Local Temp The log filename format is HPVelocity logtype yymmdd log HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 49 Using the Management Application Network Monitor Network Monitor The Network Monitor tab displays information about endpoint network conditions throughput and packet loss as graphs Table 14 Low corrected loss with Velocity is optimal when sufficient bandwidth is available Figure 18 Figure 18 Network Monitoring graph HP Velocity Management a Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information
69. ting the HP Velocity configuration using the Group Policy Editor Once the Administrative Template has been added to the GPO configuration changes for HP Velocity can be made as required HP recommends that HP Velocity settings be changed on all systems in an organizational unit OU This ensures that all installations in the OU use the same settings To change HP Velocity settings on all systems in an OU 1 Open the GPO in the Group Policy Management Editor 2 Expand Computer Configuration gt Policies 3 Expand Administrative Templates gt Classic Administrative Templates ADM 4 Select HP Velocity 5 Double click the component to update it Figure 14 Figure 14 Updating a policy configuration Ma Managment Application Mode El eS E Managment Application Mode 9 Not Configured Comment Enabled Disabled Supported on Options Help Advanced Managment Application Mode Advanced Managment Application Mode Enable or disable advanced Management Application Display ok Cancel 6 Navigate to the next component by clicking Next Setting or Previous Setting 7 Click OK HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 28 HP Velocity group policy About the HP Velocity Administrative Template 17 NOTE If the HP Velocity Management Application is not running changes using Group Policy are applied after a system reboot or the next time the Management Applicati
70. ty configuration parameters e Configuring global system settings e Displaying system boot settings e Configuring policy filters e LiveQ policy filters e LiveTCP policy filters e Configuring LiveQ packet loss settings e Configuring LiveTCP Latency Mitigation e Configuring the network simulator e General settings A NOTE Non Windows administrators can only view the configuration settings or save them to a text file Si IMPORTANT Changing HP Velocity configuration settings can severely impact networking performance HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 56 Using the Management Application Configuration Configuring global system settings Configure global system settings Table 18 to set the HP Velocity operational mode enable or disable optimizers packet loss protection latency mitigation and beaconing and set the network maximum transmission unit MTU Figure 25 System settings configuration dialog 7 HP Velocity Management mesm Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration HP Velocity Boot Settings Policy Filters LiveQ Operational Mode Protect v System Settings LiveTCP LiveQ LiveQ Packet Loss Protection V LiveTCP Network Simulator General LiveTCP Latency Mitigation y LiveTCP Flow Control Optimizer LiveWiFi Prioritization V IP Option Beacon UDP Flows v TCP Option Beacon TCP Flows V Network MTU 1492 Tab
71. wing information e Statistics view e Advanced Statistics view e Working with network statistics HP Velocity Server Side Deployment Guide 45 Using the Management Application Network Statistics Statistics view The Statistics view provides basic information on how the network is performing Table 11 The statistics are accumulated in time incremented bins Figure 16 The Total column represents the accumulated statistics since either the system was started or statistics were last cleared Figure 16 Network Statistics view System uptime 69 55 44 Statistic Loss Without Velocity Loss With Velocity Encoded Data Sent Encoded Data Received Total Active Flows Protected Flows Network Statistics Network Monitor Flow Information Configuration P 7 HP Velocity Management Collection time 69 07 40 Advanced Statistics Total 5 Seconds 1 Minute 5 Minutes 0 50 1 01 0 55 0 48 0 00 0 43 0 07 0 04 780005 75 MB 1 12 Mbps 1 49 Mbps 1 10 Mbps 22302 83 MB 46 00 Kbps 127 00 Kbps 40 00 Kbps 5 3 Logging Interval Disabled Save Log History Save Log Snapshot Clear Statistics Table 11 Network statistics Statistic name Loss Without Velocity Description The actual received packet loss rate measured by HP Velocity Loss With Velocity The received packet loss rate after correction by HP Velocity Encoded Data Sent The bytes of encoded data in Kbps for interv

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