Specifications

Deploying Equalizer with MS Terminal Services

Deployment Guide

Do one of the following:

• If you want to leave the default value of ‘Never’ for the session time, skip

this step.

• If you want to set the session time to a lower value, follow the instructions

in Step 6 of Configuration Example 1.

Step 7

: Set MS Terminal Server Max Connections

Follow the instructions in Step 7 of Configuration Example 1.

Step 8: Configure MS Terminal Server for Token-based Session Reconnection

Follow the instructions in Step 8 of Configuration Example 2, with this exception:

• disable the IP address redirection check box (this enables token-based

redirection).

Step 9: Set MS Terminal Servers to End Broken Connections

1. On each MSTS server, open the Server Manager by clicking Start > Programs

> Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

2. In the left panel of the Server Manager, click the plus sign next to Roles to

expand the Roles list, then click the plus sign next to Terminal Services to

expand that list.

3. Click on Terminal Services Configuration.

4. In the right panel, under Connections, right-click on the Connection Name

(default is RDP-Tcp) and select Properties.

5. Click on the Sessions tab (see Figure 1.7)

6. Enable the Override user settings check box and then click the End session

radio button.

7. Click OK to save your changes.

Step 10: Deploy a Server Agent on each Terminal Server

Server Agents can be written in any programming or scripting language

supported on the server. The program must listen for connections on the port to

which Equalizer will connect for the server agent probe (the default is 1510),

and return a number between -2 and 100 when a connection is made.

For this example, we use a simple server agent written in perl that uses

Windows command line utilities to determine if the system is listening for

Terminal Server connections. On our system, we installed ActivePerl 5.10, but

you can use any perl distribution that you choose. Be sure to install perl on

every server on which you want to run the server agent, and also be sure that