Administrator Guide

Configuring the connection brokers

In a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment, a connection broker is a software entity that allows you to connect to an available

desktop. The connection broker facilitates the VDI environment to securely and efficiently manage the centrally hosted desktop

environments.

NOTE:

• Linux hosted desktop in Citrix, VMware, and Dell vWorkspace brokers are supported.

• Multimedia redirection (MMR) is not supported when you use RDP protocol to connect Windows 10 VM created in

Microsoft RDS.

• Multimedia redirection (MMR) is supported when you use RDP protocol to connect Windows 10 VM created in Citrix

Apps and Desktops or VMware View.

• ThinOS does not support ICA multicast over VDMM.

• ThinOS supports ICA multimedia URL redirection (QUMU).

• ThinOS does not support Browser Content Redirection (HTML5 Redirection v2).

Topics:

• Configuring Citrix

• Configuring VMware

• Configuring Microsoft Remote Desktop

• Configuring Dell vWorkspace

• Configuring Amazon Web Services or WorkSpaces

• Configuring Teradici Cloud Access

Configuring Citrix

Citrix offers a complete virtualization solution, where all applications and resources are deployed on a centralized server, and published to

remote devices. The Citrix Receiver client software installed on the thin client allows you to interact with the application GUI, while all of

the application processes are performed on the server.

This section provides information about how to configure a Citrix broker connection on your ThinOS device, and other Citrix features that

you can configure on ThinOS.

Configuring the Citrix broker connection

To configure the Citrix 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 Citrix Xen, and do the following:

• Select the check box to enable the StoreFront style.

• 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 semi-colon, and is case-sensitive.

• Select the check box to enable automatic reconnection at logon.

NOTE:

If you enable the automatic reconnection, you are able to select from the reconnection options. Click

either of the options where you can connect to the disconnected sessions only or connect to both active and

disconnected sessions.

• Select the check box to enable automatic reconnection from the button menu.

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