Administrator Guide

• Broker Server—Enter the IP address/Hostname/FQDN of the Broker Server.
• Auto Connect List—Enter the name of the desktops that you want to launch automatically after logging in to the respective
broker. More than one desktop can be entered. Each desktop name is separated by semicolon, and is case-sensitive.
• Security mode—Select the preferred Security mode from the following options:
– Warning—Warn Security requires FQDN address with self-signed certicate, or without any certicate, but corresponding
warning message is displayed for user to continue.
– Full—Full Security requires FQDN address with domain certicate.
– Low—Security allows FQDN/IP address with/without certicate.
– Default—Follows global security mode settings.
• Connection Protocol—From the drop-down list, select the type of protocol connection. By default, the option is set to Server
Default.
NOTE: The PCoIP only connection protocol is applicable only to PCoIP clients. If you do not install Horizon
package, then the Blast only protocol option is not available for selection. The connection protocols are not
available for non-PCoIP clients without the Horizon package.
The available options are:
– Server default—Select this protocol connection to display the desktop with default protocol as congured in the VMware
View Admin console, for each pool in the broker. If a desktop pool is congured with default protocol as RDP in the View
Admin console, then only the RDP connection of the desktop is displayed in ThinOS after users sign in to the device.
– All Supported—Select this protocol connection to display the desktop in all the available connections, when a desktop pool is
congured to allow users to select protocol as
yes. If a desktop is congured with default protocol as PCoIP and allow user to
select protocol as no, then ThinOS only displays the desktop in the PCoIP connection.
– RDP only—Select this protocol connection to display only the desktop in RDP connection. If a desktop pool is congured with
default protocol as PCoIP in the View Admin console, and allow user to select protocol as no, then this desktop is not
displayed in ThinOS after user signs in to the device.
– PCoIP only—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display only the desktop
in the PCoIP connection, for each pool in the broker. If a desktop pool is congured with default protocol as RDP in the View
Admin console, and allow user to select protocol as no, then this desktop is not displayed in ThinOS after user signs in to the
device.
– Blast only—VMware Blast display protocol can be used for remote applications and for remote desktops that use virtual
machines or shared-session desktops on an RDS host. Select this protocol connection to display the desktop with the Blast
protocol.
• Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access—Select this check box to anonymously log in to the VMware session with
application remoting.
3 Click OK to save the settings.
Using VMware Horizon View broker and desktop
VMware Horizon View Broker timeout—The VMware Horizon View Broker timeout does not force the user to sign out from the broker
anymore when the secure tunnel is enabled.
In earlier version of ThinOS, when the broker times out, the user session is disconnected and the user is logged out from the broker. From
ThinOS 8.2 release, ThinOS disconnects the user session from the broker, but does not force user logout. This is because the user has local
connections other than the broker desktop, and these connections are active when the broker timeout is reached.
PCoIP session NUM/CAP keyboard status synchronizes with session instead of thin client—This is applicable for session startup only.
The PCoIP session keyboard NUM/ CAP status synchronizes from remote session to client, whereas RDP/ ICA synchronizes status from
local to remote session.
For example:
1 Set keyboard NUM=off in current PCoIP session.
2 Disconnect the session.
3 Set client keyboard NUM=on.
4 Reconnect to the PCoIP session.
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Conguring the connection brokers