Administrator Guide

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Configuring VMware
VMware virtualization allows you to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine. VMware Horizon Client is a locally
installed software application that communicates between View Connection Server and thin client operating system. It provides
access to centrally hosted virtual desktops from your thin clients.
This section provides information about how to configure a VMware broker connection on your ThinOS device, and other
VMware features that you can configure on ThinOS.
Configuring the VMware broker connection
To configure the VMware broker setup:
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Remote Connections.
The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Broker Setup tab, from the drop-down list, select VMware view, and do the following:
● 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 certificate, or without any certificate, but
corresponding warning message is displayed for user to continue.
○ Full—Full Security requires FQDN address with domain certificate.
○ Low—Security allows FQDN/IP address with/without certificate.
○ 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 configured in the
VMware View Admin console, for each pool in the broker. If a desktop pool is configured 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 configured to allow users to select protocol as yes. If a desktop is configured 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
configured 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 configured 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.
Configuring the connection brokers
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