Using PCoIP® Zero Clients with PCoIP Host Cards
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2 Firmware
• The latest Tera1 firmware (version 3.1 or later) is recommended unless you are connecting to a Linux host over
a high-latency WAN (see below). Firmware 3.1 or later is compatible with both VMware and non-VMware
environments.
• All PCoIP devices in VMware-brokered environments require firmware 3.1 or later and VMware View agent 4.0.1
or later.
• For 1:1 connections to Linux host PCs over high-latency WAN connections that require the PCoIP local
keyboard and mouse agent (see Section 8.1), firmware 2.3 is recommended. The Linux version of the PCoIP
agent will be updated to support firmware 3.x in the future.
• Both the PCoIP host card and client must be at the same firmware level.
• Firmware is available from PCoIP solution vendors or from the download section of the Teradici support site.
A firmware upgrade is performed via the Web interface or Management Console (see Section 1). Refer to the
documentation included with the firmware for details.
3 Network Considerations
3.1 Session Bandwidth
PCoIP 1:1 remoting hardware requires a minimum peak bandwidth of approximately 1Mbps. The actual peak
bandwidth required to deliver a satisfactory desktop experience will depend on the application, graphics,
network, monitor configuration, and user expectations. Peak bandwidth is the bandwidth required to deliver
major screen updates quickly. Average bandwidth utilization is typically much lower. The PCoIP protocol can be
used over lower bandwidth networks, but the user experience will be impacted as bandwidth decreases.
The PCoIP protocol allows specification of three parameters that control bandwidth utilization. These are
accessed via Configuration Bandwidth on the Web interface and discussed in later sections.
ThebandwidthrequirementsforremotecomputingwithaPCoIPhostcardarenotthesameaswhenusingaVMwareViewvirtualdesktophostSeeUsing
PCoIPZeroClientswithVMwareView(TER)
