HP ThinPro 4.2 Administrator's Guide
To start a desktop connection using PCoIP instead of RDP:
1. Click Connections > Add.
2. Select a connection in the Connections window and click Connect.
Type the host name or IP address of the View Connection Server in the field, if necessary.
3. Type the user name, password, and domain names in the corresponding fields and click
Connect.
4. Click the arrow on the right side of the Desktop pool. Select Protocols > PCoIP.
5. Click Connect.
NOTE: To set PCoIP as the default protocol or to disable user protocol selection, edit the
desktop/pool settings in the VMware View Manager window (http://<Server>/admin).
NOTE: To set PCoIP as the default protocol or to disable user protocol selection, edit the desktop/
pool settings in the VMware View Manager window (http://<server>/admin).
NOTE: To enable VMware View USB Redirection, use the USB Manager utility. See USB Manager
on page 29 for instructions.
XDMCP
XDMCP is a way to connect directly to remote X servers. X servers are used to display graphics on
most UNIX-like operating systems, such as Linux, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), and Hewlett
Packard UniX (HP-UX).
1. To add an XDMCP connection, click Connections > Add.
2. Select Xdmcp and set the appropriate configuration options:
Table 3-29 New XDMCP connection configuration settings
Option Description
Name The connection name.
Type
The XDMCP connection type. Valid options are: chooser, query, and
broadcast.
Address This value is required if the Type value is set to query.
Font Server
Use font server Use a remote X font server instead of locally installed fonts.
Font server Font server is not enabled unless the Use font server option is checked.
Configure display
Click to set the display configuration for the XDM connection. If you do not set
this configuration, the default configuration will be used. For information on
this screen, see
Display preferences on page 27.
Click Next to continue.
3. Set the appropriate advanced options (refer to
Table 3-10 New connection advanced settings
on page 9).
4. Click Finish to save your settings and close the dialog box.
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