Choosing A Display Protocol - VMware VIEW 4.5 - ARCHITECTURE PLANNING EN-000350-01 Manual

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Table 2-1. Features Supported on Windows Clients (Continued)
Feature
RSA SecurID
Single sign-on
Multiple monitors
Local Mode
Editions of Windows Vista include Windows Vista Home, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Business. Editions of
Windows 7 include Home, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate.
Table 2-2. Features Supported on Mac Clients
Feature
USB access
RDP display protocol
PCoIP display protocol
HP RGS display protocol
Wyse MMR
Virtual printing
Smart cards
RSA SecurID
Single sign-on
Multiple monitors
Local Mode
In addition, several VMware partners offer thin client devices for VMware View deployments. The features
that are available for each thin client device are determined by the vendor and model and the configuration
that an enterprise chooses to use. For information about the vendors and models for thin client devices, see the
Thin Client Compatibility Guide, available on the VMware Web site.

Choosing a Display Protocol

A display protocol provides end users with a graphical interface to a View desktop that resides in the
datacenter. You can use Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), HP RGS for HP physical machines, or
PCoIP (PC-over-IP).
You can set policies to control which protocol is used or to allow end users choose the protocol when they log
in to a desktop.
N When you check out a desktop for use on a local client system, neither of the RDP or PCoIP remote
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display protocols is used.
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Windows XP Home/Pro Windows Vista SP1, SP2,
SP3, 32-bit 32-bit
X X
X X
X X
X X
Mac OS X (10.5,6)
X
X
X
Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit
X
X
X
X
Mac OS X (10.6)
X
X
X
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