HP Remote Graphics Software 5.4.0 User Guide

For example, a 3rd party fingerprint reader will typically install a custom GINA module. The
GINA module will allow the user to be authenticated through their standard username/password
mechanism (because the GINA modules are chaining) or with their fingerprint. The fingerprint
reader would be physically attached to the Local Computer but would be logically connected to
the Remote Computer using remote USB. If Easy Login is used, only a single login step is required
—the fingerprint reader will provide the credentials for logging into the Remote Computer.
2.11 RGS operating modes
RGS supports two basic operating modes:
1. Normal Mode — This mode enables RGS to connect to a single Remote Computer, as
described in
One-to-one connection on page 16, Normal Mode is described in Using RGS in
Normal Mode on page 86.
2. Directory Mode — This mode enables RGS to connect to multiple Remote Computers, as
described in
Many-to-one connection on page 17. Directory Mode is based on a user-created file
which specifies which Remote Computers the RGS Receiver should connect to. Directory Mode is
described in
Using Directory Mode on page 149.
NOTE: Prior to RGS 5.2.0, RGS supported a third operating mode—Enterprise Service Mode.
Enterprise Service Mode was based on the creation of a network service which specified which Remote
Computers the RGS Receiver should connect to. Enterprise Service Mode has been superseded by HP
Session Allocation Manager (SAM), and therefore has been discontinued as of the RGS 5.2.0 release.
2.12 Multi-monitor configurations
Many computers have a frame buffer that is larger in size (as measured in horizontal pixels by vertical
pixels) than what can be displayed on a single monitor. In these situations, the default operation is that
a portion of the frame buffer is used, allowing the utilized portion (containing the Windows desktop) to
be displayed on a single monitor. It is possible, however, to configure a computer so that the Windows
desktop occupies the complete frame buffer—this typically requires multiple monitors to view the
complete frame buffer (Windows desktop).
In
Figure 2-11 Remote Computer frame buffer requires two monitors to view the Windows desktop
on page 22, the Windows desktop is configured to occupy the complete frame buffer of the Remote
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