Administrator Guide

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.
Configure 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. PCoIP protocol is required for PCoIP
session. Horizon package is required for Blast session.
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 the desktop in RDP connection only. 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.
• Blast and RDP—This option is available on both PCoIP enabled clients and non-PCoIP clients. Select this protocol connection
to display the desktop in either Blast or RDP connections.
• Blast and PCoIP—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display the
desktop in either Blast or PCoIP connections.
• PCoIP and RDP—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display the
desktop in either PCoIP or RDP connections.
• 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.
Limitations
• Video performance is low when you play a video in Blast session with 4K resolution.
• ThinOS supports audio device USB redirection. However, Dell does not recommend using audio device USB direction due to low audio
quality.
• The text copy and paste functionality between local and Blast sessions works only after you perform a session switch.
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Configuring the connection brokers