Migrate Citrix NetScaler ADC from pooled to permanent licence

Citrix NetScalers or ADC’s have two different types of licencing available to them. Either the traditional permenent licence where you upload a licence file to the appliance reboot it and its done, or pooled licences. Pooled licences are more flexible and require Citrix ADM to host and manage these licences. They can be checked out by NetScalers, enabling you to quickly upscale/downscale and reRead More…

SSL Cipher mismatch

SSL No Cipher Match error on Dell Wyse thin clients

I came across this issue with a Dell Wyse thin client on a project recently. the thin clients in use covered several different models but they all had the same issue and the majority were using an up to date firmware revision (8.5). The setup for the deployed environment included external NetScalers with the Gateway VIP using SNI. SNI allows you to bind more than a single SSL certificate to a VIP.Read More…