Connecting to VMware Horizon Desktops and Applications

VMware Horizon View provides remote desktop capabilities to users using the PCoIP protocol and VMware’s virtualization technology. You can configure Tera2 PCoIP Zero Clients to connect to desktops in a VMware Horizon VDI or DaaS environment, or when connecting to VMware Horizon app-remoting desktops and applications published on an RDS server.

This topic includes information on the following sections:

• Prerequisites
• Connection Types
• Connection Instructions

Prerequisites

Before connecting a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client to a VMware Horizon desktop, ensure that the following prerequisites are in place:

• The VMware Horizon View installation, which includes the VMware Horizon Manager and VMware Horizon Agent, are version 4.0.1 or newer.
• For VMware Horizon connections to RDS-hosted published desktops and applications, you are using a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client (TERA2321 or TERA2140 processor).
• Your network resources meet bandwidth, QoS, latency, jitter, and packet loss requirements. For more information about designing PCoIP network architecture, see the PCoIP Session Planning Guide.

Supported Connection Types

The following session connection types are available for Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client-to-VMware Horizon connections:

• AWI: View Connection Server
• OSD: View Connection Server
• AWI: View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
• OSD: View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
• AWI: View Connection Server + Kiosk
• OSD: View Connection Server + Kiosk
• AWI: View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign
• OSD: View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign

Connection Instructions

Before connecting, you will need to know the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server. For VMware Horizon DaaS, this is the DNS name or IP address of the VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal.

Connecting with Auto Detect

This connection type automatically detects which broker protocol a connection server is using so users in a mixed environment (for example, one that uses View Connection Servers and PCoIP Connection Managers) do not have to manually reconfigure the session type each time they switch brokers.

To connect using the Auto Detect connection type:

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the Auto Detect connection type.
2. In the Server URI field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal), and click OK.
3. Click the Connect button.
4. When prompted, enter your login credentials.

After connecting using Auto Detect, the system saves your host's IP address or fully qualified computer name

After you make a successful connection using Auto Detect, the IP address or FQDN of your host is automatically saved in the Server drop-down list on the OSD Connect dialog, along with the IP address or FQDN of any other hosts to which you have connected.

Connecting with View Connection Server

To connect using the View Connection Server connection type:

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server] connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click to enable the Enable RDS Application Access option.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
4. Click the Connect button.
5. When prompted, enter your login credentials.

Advanced settings

For details about advanced settings, see OSD: View Connection Server Session Settings.

Connecting with View Connection Server + Auto-Logon

To connect using the View Connection Server and Auto-Logon connection type:

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Auto-Logon connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. Enter the user name, password, and domain name for the user to be automatically logged in.
4. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click to enable the Enable RDS Application Access option.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
5. Click the Connect button.

Advanced settings

For details about advanced settings, see OSD: View Connection Server + Auto-Logon.

Connecting with View Connection Server + Kiosk

View Connection Server + Kiosk mode enables you to configure Tera2 PCoIP Zero Clients to connect to a desktop that will be used for a kiosk implementation, such as when multiple users connect to a desktop to obtain information that is not specific to any one individual. At minimum, you will need to provide the DNS name or IP address of the View Connection Server and the kiosk user name—either a custom user name for the kiosk or its MAC address.

To connect using the View Connection Server and Kiosk connection type:

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Kiosk connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. Select whether to populate the Username field with the MAC address of the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client (Zero Client MAC option) or use a customer name (Custom option).
4. If you have selected Custom, enter the custom name of the client.
5. Enter the password for the kiosk virtual machine.
6. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click to enable the Enable RDS Application Access option.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
   4. Click the Connect button.

Advanced settings

For details about advanced settings, see OSD: View Connection Server + Kiosk.

Connecting with View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign

Imprivata OneSign enables users to access corporate networks, desktops, and applications with a single sign on. It also provides a range of authentication options that include proximity cards, smart cards, tokens, and other methods.

Type 'https://' before the fully qualified computer name

The syntax of the Bootstrap URL (uniform resource locator) field on the Session page requires https:// before the FQDN. If you do not enter it, https:// will automatically be inserted when you click OK.

To connect using the View Connection Server and Imprivata OneSign connection type:

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign connection type.
2. In the Bootstrap URL field, enter the DNS of your OneSign authentication server.
3. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click to enable the Enable RDS Application Access option.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
4. Click the Connect button.

Advanced settings

For details about advanced settings, see OSD: View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign.