Architecture Planning
Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
Using 3D Graphics Applications
The software- and hardware-accelerated graphics features available with the PCoIP display protocol enable
remote desktop users to run 3D applications ranging from Google Earth to CAD and other graphics-
intensive applications.
NVIDIA GRID vGPU
(shared GPU hardware
acceleration)
Available with vSphere 6.0 and later, this feature allows a physical GPU
(graphical processing unit) on an ESXi host to be shared among virtual
machines. Use this feature if you require high-end, hardware-accelerated
workstation graphics.
Virtual Dedicated
Graphics Acceleration
(vDGA)
Available with vSphere 5.5 and later, this feature dedicates a single physical
GPU on an ESXi host to a single virtual machine. Use this feature if you
require high-end, hardware-accelerated workstation graphics.
Virtual Shared Graphics
Acceleration (vSGA)
Available with vSphere 5.1 and later, this feature allows multiple virtual
machines to share the physical GPUs on ESXi hosts. You can use 3D
applications for design, modeling, and multimedia.
Soft 3D
Software-accelerated graphics, available with vSphere 5.0 and later, allows
you to run DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.1 applications without requiring a
physical GPU. Use this feature for less demanding 3D applications such as
Windows Aero themes, Microsoft Office 2010, and Google Earth.
For these features, up to 2 monitors are supported, and the maximum screen resolution is 1920 x 1200.
With Horizon 6 version 6.2, NVIDIA GRID vGPU and vDGA are now also supported in remote applications
running on Microsoft RDS hosts.
IMPORTANT For more information on the various choices and requirements for 3D rendering, see the
VMware white paper about graphics acceleration and the NVIDIA GRID vGPU Deployment Guide for
VMware Horizon 6.1.
Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
The Windows Media MMR (multimedia redirection) feature, for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 desktops
and clients, enables full-fidelity playback on Windows client computers when multimedia files are streamed
to a remote desktop.
With MMR, the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the Windows client system. The client
system plays the media content, thereby offloading the demand on the ESXi host. Media formats that are
supported on Windows Media Player are supported; for example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2;
WMV 7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.
NOTE You must add the MMR port as an exception to your firewall software. The default port for MMR is
9427.
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