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Chapter 1 Introduction
View Connection Server
ViewConnectionServerisnotsupportedonserversthathavetheWindowsTerminal
Serverroleinstalled.RemovetheWindowsTerminalServerrolefromanyserveron
whichyouwillbeinstallingViewConnectionServer.
ViewConnectionServerrunsona32‐bitor64‐bitdedicatedphysicalorvirtualserver
withthefollowingspe
cifications:
 PentiumIV2.0Ghzprocessororhigher—dualprocessorsarerecommended
 2GBRAMorhigher—3GBRAMisrecommendedfordeploymentsof50ormore
ViewManagerdesktops
 Oneormore10/100Mbpsnetworkinterfacecontrollers(NIC)—1GbpsNICis
recommended
Supported Operating Systems
TheViewConnectionServercanbeinstalledonthefollowing32‐bitoperatingsystems:
 WindowsServer2003R2StandardEditionwithSP2
 WindowsServer2003StandardEditionwithSP2
 WindowsServer2003R2EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
 WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
Prerequisites
ViewConnectionServerhasthefollowingprerequisites:
 AvalidlicensekeyforViewManager.Thefollowingtypesoflicenseareavailable:
 ViewManager
 ViewManagerwithViewComposer
 ViewManagerwithViewComposer,andOfflineDesktop
 VMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2(supported)orVMwareVirtualInfrastructure 3.5
(recommended).BothESXandESXi 3.5aresupported.
NOTETheabovespecificationsapplytoanyadditionalViewConnectionServer
instancesthatareinstalledinyourenvironmentforthepurposesofhighavailabilityor
externalaccess.
N
OTEVMwareInfrastructure3.5U3isrequiredinordertousetheView
Composer(linkedclone)andOfflineDesktopfeatures.