Create a Farm
This blog breaks down how with Horizon Cloud, you create a farm to provision desktop sessions or remote applications to your end users from hosts that are capable of serving multiple user sessions simultaneously. When created, the farm consists of a pool of RDS-capable hosts. Read the blog to learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of enterprise technology solutions does Broadcom support?
Broadcom supports a broad set of enterprise technology needs across the full digital services lifecycle. From the information provided, the key categories include:
1. **Distributed, SaaS, and security solutions**
- Tools to **plan, develop, test, secure, release, monitor, and manage** enterprise digital services.
- Designed to support modern, distributed applications and SaaS environments.
2. **Mainframe software**
- Capabilities for **automation, management, DevOps, and security** on mainframe platforms.
- Helps organizations modernize and integrate mainframe workloads into broader DevOps practices.
3. **Cybersecurity and endpoint protection**
- **Symantec integrated cyber defense** for threat protection and compliance.
- **On‑prem and cloud‑native endpoint security** to detect malicious behavior and help prevent malicious files from impacting the organization.
4. **Cloud and data center infrastructure**
- **VMware Cloud Foundation** guidance to deploy and manage a **software‑defined data center (SDDC)**.
- Load balancing, web application firewall (WAF), and container ingress for applications in **any data center and cloud**.
- **Telco Cloud, Smarts, and Telco Cloud Service Assurance** for communication service providers.
- **Brocade Fibre Channel** directors and switches for high‑performance connectivity across the data center and globally.
- **Server storage products** focused on connectivity, performance, and data protection for critical applications.
5. **Application lifecycle and DevOps platforms**
- Integration and automation of tools and processes for developers and IT operations across the **entire application lifecycle**.
- Support for both **Cloud Foundry** and **Kubernetes** environments.
6. **Payment and transaction security**
- **Arcot payment security software** to secure online transactions for **digital banking and issuers**.
In addition, Broadcom maintains **TechDocs** and links to **CA product documentation for previous releases**, helping teams adopt, operate, and maintain these solutions over time.
How does Broadcom help manage and secure cloud and data center environments?
Broadcom provides a set of technologies and documentation that help organizations manage and secure hybrid and multi‑cloud environments across data centers and telco networks.
Key areas of support include:
1. **Software‑Defined Data Center (SDDC) with VMware Cloud Foundation**
- Guidance on how to **configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation** to deploy and manage an SDDC.
- Focus on simplifying the management of compute, storage, and networking as software‑defined services.
2. **Application delivery and protection across any cloud**
- Capabilities to **apply load balancing, web application firewall (WAF), and container ingress** to applications running in **any data center and cloud**.
- This helps teams standardize how they expose, protect, and scale applications, whether they are on‑premises or in public cloud platforms.
3. **Telco Cloud and service assurance**
- **Telco Cloud, Smarts, and Telco Cloud Service Assurance** help communication service providers monitor and assure network and service performance.
- These tools support more predictable service quality as telcos move to cloud‑based and virtualized network functions.
4. **High‑performance connectivity and storage**
- **Brocade Fibre Channel** directors and switches deliver **high‑performance connectivity** across the data center and globally, supporting storage and mission‑critical workloads.
- **Server storage products** are designed to provide the **connectivity, performance, and protection** needed for critical applications.
5. **Integrated security across environments**
- **Symantec integrated cyber defense** offers threat protection and compliance capabilities that can be applied across on‑prem and cloud environments.
- **Endpoint security** solutions, available for both on‑prem and cloud‑native deployments, are built to detect malicious behavior and help prevent malicious files from impacting endpoints.
Together, these capabilities help organizations **reimagine** how they operate hybrid environments—bringing more consistency to management, connectivity, and security across data centers and clouds.
What documentation and support resources are available for Broadcom and CA products?
Broadcom provides centralized documentation resources to help teams plan, deploy, and operate their solutions effectively.
From the information given, you can expect the following:
1. **TechDocs for current solutions**
- **TechDocs** is the primary entry point for documentation on Broadcom’s distributed, SaaS, mainframe, security, and infrastructure solutions.
- It includes guidance on how to **plan, develop, test, secure, release, monitor, and manage** enterprise digital services using Broadcom products.
2. **VMware Cloud Foundation configuration guidance**
- Dedicated documentation on how to **configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation** to deploy and manage a software‑defined data center (SDDC).
- This typically covers setup, operations, and best practices for running workloads in an SDDC model.
3. **CA product documentation for previous releases**
- Broadcom **provides links to CA product documentation for previous releases**, which is especially useful if your organization is running older versions and planning upgrades.
- This helps teams understand version‑specific features, compatibility, and migration considerations.
4. **Security and payment solutions documentation**
- Documentation for **Symantec integrated cyber defense**, **endpoint security**, and **Arcot payment security** explains how to configure threat protection, compliance controls, and secure online transactions for digital banking and issuers.
5. **Infrastructure and telco documentation**
- Guides for **Brocade Fibre Channel** products, **server storage**, and **Telco Cloud / Service Assurance** solutions help infrastructure and network teams deploy and manage connectivity, storage, and service assurance.
All documentation is covered under Broadcom’s copyright (2005–2026) and applies to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries, ensuring that product information is maintained and versioned over time.

