Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 Hotfix Administrator’s Guide

Support for VMware Blast

VMware Blast display protocol can be used for remote applications and for remote desktops that use virtual machines or shared-session desktops on an RDS host. Select this protocol connection to display the desktop with the Blast protocol.

NOTE:When you pause the pointer over the connection icons, the corresponding connection protocols are displayed in tooltip. This is designed for RDSH applications. From ThinOS 8.4 release, RDSH application is supported for both PCoIP and Blast protocol. These two protocols share the same application icon, and hence it is necessary for you to pause the pointer over the connection icons to identify its protocol.

Blast feature matrix on ThinOS

Table 1. Blast feature matrixThe following table displays the Blast feature matrix:
Blast features	Support on ThinOS	Comments/ Known issues
H.264 offload	Yes	Blast H.264 is not supported on Wyse 5010 thin client, Wyse 5040 AIO thin client, and Wyse 7010 thin client.
VDI desktops	Yes	N/A
RDSH desktops	Yes	N/A
RDSH applications	Yes	Application window does not support Seamless mode. For example, all applications open in single window because of the VMware limitation.
RDSH applications	Yes	RDSH application supports the PCoIP protocol from ThinOS 8.4, with same limitation.
Unified communication	No	Third party plug-ins are not available.
MS VDI plug-in	No	N/A
RTAV	Yes	N/A
Windows media MMR	No	N/A
Flash URL multicast	No	N/A
Printer redirect	Yes	Supports printer redirection, and printer mapping with virtual print.
Smartcard redirect	Yes	N/A
Scanner redirect	No	N/A
Serial port redirect	No	N/A
USB redirect—VDI/ RDSH	Yes	Enabled by default.
Client drive redirect	No	N/A
Linux desktop	Yes	N/A
Copy Paste text	Yes	See, VMware Horizon server and client configurations/documentation.
VPN connect	Yes	N/A
AES 128/256	Yes	See, ThinOS AES design.
Multi-display/ 4K/ 32-bit	Yes	See, VMware Blast support information. For example, the pre-requisite is VM video RAM.
ClearType fonts support	Yes	ThinOS supports TrueType fonts.
3D display	Yes	See, VMware Blast support information.
Blast recovery from network interrupt	Yes	Requires Horizon View agent 7.0.1.

For more information about VMware Horizon Blast, see VMware documentation.

For information about Blast Virtual Printing on ThinOS, see Blast Virtual Printing.

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Support for VMware Blast

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