Specifications

Table 5-3. Default Ports (Continued)
Protocol Port
SOAP TCP port 80 or 443
PCoIP TCP port 4172 from View Client to the View desktop.
PCoIP also uses UDP port 4172 in both directions.
For USB redirection, TCP port 32111 is used alongside PCoIP
from the client to the View desktop.
View Broker and Administration Server
The View Broker component, which is the core of View Connection Server, is responsible for all user interaction
between VMware View clients and View Connection Server. View Broker also includes the Administration
Server that is used by the View Administrator Web client.
View Broker works closely with vCenter Server to provide advanced management of View desktops, including
virtual machine creation and power operations.
View Secure Gateway Server
View Secure Gateway Server is the server-side component for the secure HTTPS connection between VMware
View clients and a security server or View Connection Server instance.
When you configure the tunnel connection for View Connection Server, RDP, USB, and Multimedia
Redirection (MMR) traffic is tunneled through the View Secure Gateway component. When you configure
direct client connections, these protocols connect directly from the client to the View desktop and are not
tunneled through the View Secure Gateway Server component.
NOTE Clients that use the PCoIP display protocol can use the tunnel connection for USB redirection and
multimedia redirection (MMR) acceleration, but for all other data, PCoIP uses the PCoIP Secure Gateway on
a security server.
HP RGS does not use the tunnel connection at all.
View Secure Gateway Server is also responsible for forwarding other Web traffic, including user authentication
and desktop selection traffic, from VMware View clients to the View Broker component. View Secure Gateway
Server also passes View Administrator client Web traffic to the Administration Server component.
PCoIP Secure Gateway
As of View 4.6, security servers include a PCoIP Secure Gateway component. When the PCoIP Secure Gateway
is enabled, after authentication, View clients that use PCoIP can make another secure connection to a security
server. This connection allows remote clients to access View desktops from the Internet.
When you enable the PCoIP Secure Gateway component, PCoIP traffic is forwarded by a security server to
View desktops. If clients that use PCoIP also use the USB redirection feature or multimedia redirection (MMR)
acceleration, you can enable the View Secure Gateway component in order to forward that data.
When you configure direct client connections, PCoIP traffic and other traffic goes directly from a View client
to a View desktop.
When end users such as home or mobile workers access desktops from the Internet, security servers provide
the required level of security and connectivity so that a VPN connection is not necessary. The PCoIP Secure
Gateway component ensures that the only remote desktop traffic that can enter the corporate data center is
traffic on behalf of a strongly authenticated user. End users can access only the desktop resources that they are
authorized to access.
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