What is the use of Independent Management Architecture? - Citrix

What is the use of Independent Management Architecture?

- IMA has a data store, a database to store MetaFrame XP configuration information.

- IMA has a protocol, to transfer the changing data between MetaFrame XP servers including server load and current user connections.

- IMA verifies the connections between Citrix Presentation Server and Citrix Management Console.

- Its architecture is separated from Windows Management Architecture.

- IMA is linked with Meta Frame Common Object Model (MF-COM) services.

- These links enables to remove individual servers from Citrix Management Console.