Installation and Setup Guide

For information about hiding security information in Horizon Client, including the Domain drop-down
menu and server URL information, see the topics about global seings in the View Administration document.
Configure VMware Blast Options
You can congure H.264 decoding and network condition options for remote desktop and application
sessions that use the VMware Blast display protocol.
The maximum resolution that is supported depends on the capability of the graphical processing unit (GPU)
on the client. A GPU that can support 4K resolution for JPEG/PNG might not support 4K resolution for H.
264. If a resolution for H.264 is not supported, Horizon Client uses JPEG/PNG instead.
You cannot change the network condition option after you connect to a server. You can congure H.264
decoding before or after you connect to a server.
Prerequisites
To use this feature, Horizon Agent 7.0 or later must be installed.
Procedure
1 Click the Options buon in the menu bar and select  VMware Blast.
If you are logged in to a server, you can click the  (gear) icon and select VMware Blast. You
cannot change the network condition option after you log in to a server.
2 Congure the decoding and network condition options.
Option Action
H.264
Congure this option to allow H.264 decoding in Horizon Client.
When this option is selected (the default seing), Horizon Client uses H.
264 decoding if the agent supports H.264 software or hardware encoding.
If the agent does not support H.264 software or hardware encoding,
Horizon Client uses JPG/PNG decoding.
Deselect this option to use JPG/PNG decoding.
Select your network condition for
the best experience
Select one of the following network condition options:
n
Excellent - Horizon Client uses only TCP networking. This option is
ideal for a LAN environment.
n
Typical (default) - Horizon Client works in mixed mode. In mixed
mode, Horizon Client uses TCP networking when connecting to the
server and uses Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport (BEAT) if the agent
and Blast Security Gateway (if enabled) support BEAT connectivity.
This option is the default seing.
n
Poor - Horizon Client uses only BEAT networking if the BEAT Tunnel
Server is enabled on the server, otherwise it switches to mixed mode.
N In Horizon 7 version 7.1 and earlier, Connection Server and
Security Server instances do not support the BEAT Tunnel Server.
Unied Access Gateway 2.9 and later supports the BEAT Tunnel Server.
Blast Security Gateway for Connection Server and Security Server
instances do not support BEAT networking.
3 Click OK to save your changes.
Changes for H.264 take eect the next time a user connects to a remote desktop or application and selects
the VMware Blast display protocol. Your changes do not aect existing VMware Blast sessions.
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