PCoIP Management Console User Manual (Issue 12)

PCoIP Management Console User Manual
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 PCoIP devices managed by the MC must be loaded with firmware release 0.19 or
greater. The MC cannot discover devices loaded with older firmware releases. You
must use the device web interface to load and activate new firmware on each device
running firmware releases less than or equal to 0.18. See the PCoIP Zero Client and
Host Administrator Guide (TER1206003) for more details.
 The current release of the MC is only compatible with versions 21 and 22 of the
Firefox web browser and versions 8 and 9 of the Internet Explorer web browser.
Support for additional browsers will be included in future releases of the MC.
 The MC supports linking PCoIP host and zero client devices in fixed seating mode
where the same zero client always connects to the same host. If dynamically
assigning zero clients to hosts is required, include a connection broker in the
deployment.
 The MC supports managing up to 2000 PCoIP devices. The tool may be able to
support more than 2000 devices, but the current version was tested with a maximum
of 2000 devices. Support for more than 2000 devices will be included in a future
release of the tool. If your deployment has more than 2000 devices, contact your
PCoIP equipment supplier for help on managing more than 2000 devices.
1.3 Management Console Concepts
This section describes some key concepts to note before using the MC.
1.3.1 Groups and Profiles
The MC manages the PCoIP devices using two important concepts (groups and profiles):
 Profile: a set of device configuration settings
 Group: a set of one or more devices with a single profile
Figure 1-2 shows an example of how groups of host devices could be related to profiles. The
figure shows three groups of devices. Two of the groups share the same profile. In this
example, configuration settings defined in the Development Profile are written to the devices
in the R&D and Engineering groups.