User's Guide

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Chapter 2. Connection Modes and
Network Topology
When considering and preparing for your deployment of zero clients and host cards with PCoIP
technology, there are several critical aspects of your deployment to address. This section
identifies and provides a general description of these concepts:
 Device management
 Peer assignment
 IP address assignment
The following sections describe each of these concepts. Consider each to determine how to
address them in your deployment. After making these fundamental decisions, you can choose the
lower-level details of how to deploy devices.
Chapter 6 “Configuring Devices, Setting Peers, and Connecting” on page 55 details each
deployment methodology and provides step-by-step instructions about how to implement each
part of the deployment methodologies introduced in this chapter.
2.1 Device Management and Peer Assignment
Options
You can use tools to manage connections between zero clients and hosts or leave devices
unmanaged, as described below.
 Managed Environment—Managed environments use management consoles and connection
brokers (such as ClearCube Sentral
®
), which enable you to maintain allocations between zero