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  • Page 1 PCoIP Technology ® User Guide...
  • Page 2 The information contained in this document represents the current view of EVGA Corporation as of the date of publication. Because EVGA must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of EVGA, and EVGA cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Introduction Contents This user guide gives an overview of important Introduction ............2 ® ® features of EVGA’s PC-over-IP (PCoIP Technology. For more in-depth information, Contents ............. 2 please refer to the reference documentation. PCoIP Technology Overview ...... 3 PCoIP Technology Administration ....

  • Page 4: Pcoip Technology Overview

    PCoIP Technology User Guide To ensure desktop responsiveness, the process 1 PCoIP Technology of compression, transmission, and rebuilding happens very quickly − typically in less than one Overview display frame update. A PCoIP Portal can be a standalone desktop ®...
  • Page 5 PCoIP Technology User Guide Security • The PCoIP Portal is a stateless desktop device with no locally-stored host data or embedded Windows or Linux operating system to be compromised • Host/Portal communication uses two secured streams. The control data stream is secured using digital certificates for mutual authentication.

  • Page 6: Pcoip Technology Administration

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 2-1: Administration Web Interface 2 PCoIP Technology Administration Administrators (admins) can use several tools to configure PCoIP Hosts and Portals: • PCoIP Administrative Web Interface (Web Interface) • PCoIP Management Console • Connection broker • Portal’s On Screen Display (OSD) (Portal...
  • Page 7 PCoIP Technology User Guide from the configuration settings or by Figure 2-2: Log In Webpage querying the DHCP server. In the browser’s address bar, enter the IP address of the device to configure, for example: https://192.168.1.123. Web Interface Security The Web Interface uses HTTPS (HTTP over an SSL socket) and cannot be accessed without the administrative password.

  • Page 8: Deployment Options

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Manual Configuration - allows manually 3 Deployment Options entering Host/Portal pairings. This method is often most efficient for small deployments. DHCP vs. Static IP PCoIP Management Console - a simple tool PCoIP Hosts and Portals are configured with for automating pairings and management.
  • Page 9 PCoIP Technology User Guide Maximum MTU Size - see Maximum Figure 3-1: Network Webpage Transmission Unit in Section 5, Network Considerations. Figure 3-2: Session Webpage The Network webpage has eight parameters: Available IP addressing settings – allows network parameter configuration •...
  • Page 10 PCoIP Technology User Guide i.e. without the use of a management tool Figure 3-4: Session Webpage (Portal) (Management Console, connection broker, etc). This example uses the following IP and MAC addresses: Host 192.168.20.29 00-1E-37-DB-09-93 Portal 192.168.0.34 00-16-41-FF-5C-C0 Note: For a manual peer-to-peer connection, the Host and Portal IP and MAC addresses must be known.
  • Page 11 PCoIP Technology User Guide endpoints for medium-size PCoIP Technology Figure 3-5: Session Webpage (Host) deployments. The PCoIPMC is a HTML-based virtual appliance packaged with the minimum required The PCoIPMC can also be used in conjunction with a connection broker to manage the configuration of PCoIP Endpoints.
  • Page 12 PCoIP Technology User Guide Deployment Method #4: Connection Brokers Connection brokers allow management of a large PCoIP Technology deployment by dynamically assigning Host/Portal pairs. Compared to the Administrative Web Interface and PCoIP Management Console, connection brokers often offer more control over user and endpoint policies, for example: •...

  • Page 13: Discovery Mechanisms

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 4-1: Discovery Webpage 4 Discovery Mechanisms Before a PCoIP Session can begin, a Host and Portal must be paired (associated with each other). The first step is to determine the network location of each Host and Portal endpoint. This can be done manually, but in larger PCoIP Technology deployments, it’s often more...
  • Page 14 PCoIP Technology User Guide endpoints can advertise to the primary CMS • The Host and Portal advertise services so the first, and in the event of a transmit failure, CMS can discover the endpoint. advertise to a secondary CMS. The endpoint uses the Service Location Protocol Unlike Service Location Protocol, DNS-SRV SLPv2 as defined in RFC2608.

  • Page 15: Network Considerations

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 5-1: Network Webpage (MTU 5 Network Considerations configuration) PCoIP Technology uses routable IPv4 network packets. By default, endpoints are configured for use in an enterprise network with minimal setup. This section describes factors that may affect some IP networks.
  • Page 16 PCoIP Technology User Guide Packet Fragmentation PCoIP Technology data packets must not be fragmented by network equipment. To avoid fragmentation, the MTU can be set to the largest MTU supported by all the equipment across the network path. See Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) above for configuration information.

  • Page 17: Bandwidth Considerations

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Bandwidth Priorities 6 Bandwidth PCoIP System bandwidth priorities are: Considerations USB and audio (highest) Bandwidth requirements in PCoIP Systems Imaging (uses remaining available depend on users’ applications and the kind of bandwidth) experience they require. This section describes...
  • Page 18 PCoIP Technology User Guide • A good understanding of network topology is required before setting Device Bandwidth Target to a non-zero value Note: Device Bandwidth Target is applied on next PCoIP Session after selecting Apply.

  • Page 19: Imaging Considerations

    PCoIP Technology User Guide • Selecting towards Reduced reduces image 7 Imaging Considerations quality of content changes and reduces peak bandwidth requirements PCoIP Technology’s imaging parameter settings • Selecting towards Perception-Free increases have a large impact on user experience and image quality of content changes and bandwidth use.

  • Page 20: Network Characterization

    PCoIP Technology User Guide • The Minimum Image Quality and Maximum 8 Network Characterization Initial Image Quality settings define user experience during instances of congestion (see Section 7 Imaging Considerations) This section describes the basic network impact of PCoIP Technology implementations.
  • Page 21 PCoIP Technology User Guide The administrator can improve fairness by using Figure 8-2: Device Bandwidth Target: 20 the Administrative Web Interface to set the Mbps Device Bandwidth Target. Example: Target Bandwidth Example Here’s a simplified example of how the Device Bandwidth Target setting works.
  • Page 22 PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 8-4: Device Bandwidth Target: 30 Constrained Network Effects Mbps PCoIP Technology is designed to adjust gracefully when there is not optimal bandwidth available. However, during high network congestion, some artifacts may become noticeable, including: • Image smearing/blocking •...

  • Page 23: Latency Considerations

    PCoIP Technology User Guide • Bulk - may notice slower data transfer (e.g. 9 Latency Considerations slower USB flash drives) Every network has latency effects that may Desired Network Attributes require attention. Latency effects keyboard, mouse and display response. These effects are...

  • Page 24: Usb Security

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 10-3: Selecting Printer 10 USB Security PCoIP Technology provides granular security over USB devices. This allows authorizing or deauthorizing (blocking) USB devices. USB security is applied in the following priority order: Unauthorized Vendor ID/Product ID (highest...
  • Page 25 PCoIP Technology User Guide Figure 10-11: Add New Button Example: Authorizing USB Device by Vendor ID and Product ID This example demonstrates authorizing USB mass-storage devices with a particular Vendor In the drop-down list that appears, select and Product ID.

  • Page 26: Definitions

    PCoIP Technology User Guide Remote Desktop Protocol Definitions Three-dimensional Computer Aided Design Request for Comments − Connection Management Server Internet standards documents − an external third-party management tool that used to Service Agent manage PCoIP Hosts and Service Location Protocol...

  • Page 27: References

    PCoIP Technology User Guide References TER0606004, PC-over-IP Administrative Interface User Manual Issue 3, May 2008 TER0806011, PCoIP Management Console Quick Start Guide Issue 1, July 2008...

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