PCoIP Zero Client and Host Administrator Guide (Issue 5)

9 Technology Reference
9.1 APEX 2800 PCoIP Server Offload Card
The APEX 2800 PCoIP server offload card provides hardware-accelerated PCoIP image
encoding for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementations. The card constantly
monitors the graphic encoding demands of each virtual machine, dynamically switching the
image compression tasks from software image encoding in the CPU to hardware image
encoding, and back again. This offloading is performed instantly and seamlessly, as needed,
without the user noticing the switch.
For complete details about the APEX 2800 PCoIP server offload card, see the Teradici
website at http://www.teradici.com.
9.2 PCoIP Connection Brokers
PCoIP connection brokers are resource managers that dynamically assign host PCs to zero
clients based on the identity of the user establishing a connection from the zero client.
Connection brokers are also used to allocate a pool of hosts to a group of zero clients. If the
zero clients in a PCoIP deployment are configured to always connect to the same host (i.e.,
a static one-to-one pairing), then a connection broker is not required.
For connecting clients and hosts, a number of 3rd party connection brokers support the
PCoIP technology. For more information, see Knowledge Base support topic 15134-24 on
the Teradici support site.
For VDI implementations, the VMware View connection broker is used to connect zero
clients to VMware View virtual desktops. You can also use the VMware View connection
broker to connect PCoIP clients and host PCs. For more information, see "Using PCoIP®
Host Cards with VMware View" (TER0911004).
9.3 DVI and DisplayPort Interfaces
Tera2 zero clients support both DVI and DisplayPort digital display interfaces. The
following port options are available for these clients:
l TERA2321 DVI-I dual-display PCoIP zero client: contains two DVI ports.
l TERA2321 DP+DVI-I dual-display PCoIP zero client: contains one DVI port and one
DisplayPort port.
l TERA2140 DVI-D quad-display PCoIP zero client: contains four DVI ports.
l TERA2140 DP quad-display PCoIP zero client: contains four DisplayPort ports.
9.3.1 Support for 2560x1600 Display Resolution
All of the above zero clients also support 2560x1600 resolution for attached monitors with
either DVI or DisplayPort interfaces. However, a custom dual-link DVI cable adapter is
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