The Performance: ICA alarms monitor the performance of Citrix ICA sessions. This article lists each alarm with what it monitors and its factory defaults.
The Performance: ICA category is on the Alarms tab of a role (Configure > System Configuration > Roles). To turn these alarms on and change their limits, times, and profiles, see Configure Alarms in a Role.
In the example alarm configuration called out below: If Input Audio Bandwidth is higher than 10 bps for 120 seconds, a Yellow level alarm is triggered. If Input Audio Bandwidth is higher than 1000 bps for 240 seconds, a Red level alarm is triggered.
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Performance ICA Alarms and Defaults
The Default column shows the factory values. A role can change them.
Alarm | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
Input Audio Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when playing sound in an ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Clipboard Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when performing clipboard operations such as cut-and-paste between the ICA session and the local window. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input COM 1 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client COM 1 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input COM 2 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client COM 2 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input COM Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when sending data to the COM port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Control Channel Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when running LongCommandLine parameters of a published application. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Drive Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when performing file operations between the client and server drives during an ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Font Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when initiating font changes within a SpeedScreen-enabled ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input HDX MediaStream for Flash Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming Flash data in an HDX-enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input HDX MediaStream for Flash v2 Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming Flash v2 data in an HDX-enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Licensing Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) to negotiate licensing during the session establishment phase. Often, no data for this counter is available, as this negotiation takes place before logon. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input LPT 1 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used on the virtual channel that prints to a client printer attached to the client LPT 1 port through an ICA session that does not support a spooler. This is measured in bits per second. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input LPT 2 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used on the virtual channel that prints to a client printer attached to the client LPT 2 port through an ICA session that does not support a spooler. This is measured in bits per second. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Management Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when performing management functions. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input PN Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) by Program Neighborhood to obtain application set details. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Printer Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when printing to a client printer through a client that has print spooler support enabled. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Seamless Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for published applications that are not embedded in a session window. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Session Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from client to Citrix session device (for example, a virtual machine) for a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Session Compression Ratio | Monitors the compression ratio used from client to Citrix session device (for example, a virtual machine) for a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Session Line Speed (bps) | Monitors the upload speed (measured in bits per second) from the client to the Citrix session device. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Smart Card Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used from client to Citrix session device (for example, a virtual machine) used by a redirected Smart Card. This is measured in bits per second. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input SpeedScreen Data Channel Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from client to server for data channel traffic. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming data in a SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input ThinWire Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the line speed bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from client to server for ThinWire traffic. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input TWAIN Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when scanning an image into an application. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input Text Echo Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for text echoing. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input USB Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) by a redirected USB port device. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Input VideoFrame Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for delivering streaming video. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Latency - Last Recorded (ms) | Checks the last recorded latency measurement for the session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Latency - Session Average (ms) | Checks the average client latency over the life of a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Latency - Session Deviation (ms) | Checks the session deviation for latency. This represents the difference between the minimum and maximum measured latency values for a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Audio Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for playing sound in an ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Clipboard Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for clipboard operations such as cut-and-paste between the ICA session and the local window. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output COM 1 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client COM 1 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output COM 2 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client COM 2 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output COM Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when receiving data from the client COM port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Control Channel Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when running LongCommandLine parameters of a published application. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Drive Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when performing file operations between the client and server drives during an ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Font Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when initiating font changes within a SpeedScreen-enabled ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output HDX MediaStream for Flash Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming Flash data in an HDX-enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output HDX MediaStream for Flash v2 Data Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming Flash v2 data in an HDX-enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Licensing Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) to negotiate licensing during the session establishment phase. Often, no data for this counter is available, as this negotiation takes place before logon. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output LPT 1 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client LPT 1 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output LPT 2 Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when routing a print job through an ICA session that does not support a spooler to a client printer attached to the client LPT 2 port. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Management Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when performing management functions. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output PN Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) by Program Neighborhood (PN) to obtain application set details. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Printer Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when printing to a client printer through a client that has print spooler support enabled. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Seamless Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for published applications that are not embedded in a session window. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Session Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from Citrix session device (for example, a virtual machine) to client for a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Session Compression Ratio | Monitors the compression ratio used from server to client for a session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Session Line Speed (bps) | Monitors the download speed from the Citrix session device to the client (measured in bits per second). | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Smart Card Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth from Citrix session device (for example, a virtual machine) to client used by a redirected Smart Card. This is measured in bits per second. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output SpeedScreen Data Channel Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from server to client for data channel traffic within an ICA session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when streaming data in a SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration enabled session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output ThinWire Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) from server to client for ThinWire traffic. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output TWAIN Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) when scanning an image into an application. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output Text Echo Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for text echoing. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output USB Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) by a redirected USB port device. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Output VideoFrame Bandwidth (bps) | Monitors the bandwidth used (measured in bits per second) for delivering streaming video. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |
Resource Shares | The total number of shares used by the session. | Off. Yellow 10 for 120 s, Red 1000 for 240 s. |