User manual

Using PCoIP Host Cards with VMware View
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Prerequisites
To use a PCoIP zero client and PCoIP host card (in a workstation or physical PC) with VMware View 5,
you need a minimum of a:
•VMwareViewenvironmentcurrentlyrunningwithVMwareView5ConnectionServerandVMware
View 5 Agent
•Firmwarerelease3.4.1(orlater)forPCoIPzeroclientsandhostcards
•PCoIPhostcard
•PCoIPclient(s)including:
- PCoIP zero client
- Notebook, thin client, or repurposed PC running a VMware View 5 client configured for a PCoIP session
(default)
•PCoIPhostdriversoftwarev3.3.20(orlater)forWindows®
•WorkstationoperatingsystemcompatiblewithVMwareView5
•WorkstationgraphicscardthatcomplieswithPCoIPhostcards(suchasDVIordisplayport-basedGraphics
Processing Unit (GPU))
You must also know how to use PCoIP zero clients and PCoIP host cards independent of VMware View. See the
Additional Resources section for more details.
Installing VMware View
You must install VMware View, which includes the View Connection Server and View Administrator UI. For more
details about the process to install the View Agent in the target desktop, see the Installing the VMware View
Agent on a Host PC section.
Setting up the PCoIP Host Card and Zero Client
 SetupaphysicalhostPCwiththehostcardinstalledConnectthenetworkandDVIcablesFormore
detailsseeyourvendorsetupdocumentation
 Setupazeroclientconnectingdisplay(s)powercablenetworkcableandtheUSBmousekeyboard
 MakesurethatthehostcardandzeroclientarerunningPCoIPfirmwarereleaseorlater(seethe
InstallingTeraFirmwareReleaseorLater section)
 FromawebbrowserentertheIPaddressforthezeroclient
 Logintotheadministrativewebinterface
 FromtheConfigurationVMwareViewmenuensureEnableVMwareViewisdeselected(thatisdisable
usewithVMwareViewConnectionServer)
 MakesurethehostPCNICisconnectedtothesamenetworkasthehostthezeroclientandtheView
ConnectionServerMakesure
•ThehostPCcanpingthehostcard,client,andViewConnectionServerIPaddresses.
•TheViewConnectionServercancommunicatewiththehostcard,client,andtheViewAgentinstalled
on the host PC (see the Installing the VMware View Agent on a Host PC section). This lets View manage
connections between the host card and client.
 SetupaPCoIPsessionbetweenthehostcardandzeroclient