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Appendix A: Using RGS with HP VDI 177
Click on the Configuration Parameters… button to display the configuration parameters shown in Figure A-2.
Figure A-2 Configuration parameters
Note that the new parameter “SMBIOS.reflectHost” has been added and its value set to TRUE. The full set of
parameters that affect RGS functionality is listed below.
SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE
This parameter causes the underlying hardware platform SMBIOS records to be mapped into the SMBIOS records
of the virtual machine. RGS requires the presence of HP specific SMBIOS records to become active. This value
may be set by GUI or by directly editing the .vmx file of the virtual machine.
usb.present = TRUE
This parameter causes ESX to materialize a USB hardware device for the virtual machine use. This is required to
support remote USB functionality for RGS. This value can only be set by directly editing the .vmx file of the virtual
machine. This value is not propagated by Virtual Center clone or template operations. The placement of this
variable in the .vmx file is critical for proper operation, and should be placed before the extendedConfigFile
parameter, which is near the beginning of the file.
Svga.maxHeight = <max screen height in pixels>
This parameter tells the VMware virtual VGA device driver the maximum height of screen to support. This value
may be set by GUI or by directly editing the .vmx file of the virtual machine.
Svga.maxWidth = <max screen width in pixels>
This parameter tells the VMware virtual VGA device driver the maximum width of screen to support. This value
may be set by GUI or by directly editing the .vmx file of the virtual machine.