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keyboard and mouse inputs from the client computer, and sends them to the blade workstation for
processing by the OS and the applications running on the workstation.
Figure 3. RGS provides visualization between a blade workstation and a client computer.
Computing
resource
HP ProLiant xw460c
Blade Workstation
RGS provides extremely fast capture, compression, and transmission of the desktop image (the actual
frame buffer pixels) using standard TCP/IP networking. For more information on RGS, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/rgs
SAM also supports the use of Microsoft® Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect between client
computers and the computing resources. RGS, however, provides significantly higher performance
than RDP, and has a number of features which make it particularly suitable for workstation-class
usage, including:
• Support for multiple monitors—RGS sends the complete frame buffer of the blade workstation to the
client computer. For example, the HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation supports a frame buffer
(and Windows desktop) that can be configured up to 5120 x 1024 pixels, equivalent to four 1280
x 1024 monitors. Similarly, the HP dc72 Blade Workstation Client supports up to four attached
monitors. Therefore, the complete frame buffer (Windows desktop) of the blade workstation can be
transmitted and displayed on the four client monitors using RGS.
• Connection to multiple blade workstations—RGS on the client computer can connect to multiple
desktop sessions, each running on a different blade workstation. Figure 4 shows two blade
workstations, each sending their Windows desktop session to the client computer for display. SAM
can be configured so that, in connecting to multiple blade workstations, the desktop session of each
blade workstation is displayed on a separate monitor on the client computer.
Interactive desktop image
TCP/IP network
Keyboard and mouse inputs
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This symbol denotes the HP
RGS product. The stylistic R
stands for "Remote" while the
Greek gamma symbol stands
for "Graphics."
Client
HP Compaq t5720
Thin Client