This server based PCI express card offloads the PCoIP image encoding tasks which thus reduces server CPU utilization. Teradici have released a PCoIP server offload card called the APEX 2800. The next article will go through verifying sessions are being offloaded.Installing the Teradici APEX 2800 PCoIP Offload Card Et Voila! It's a pretty simple installation, nothing special required here. Tip: Create another pool to test first or select a couple of desktops within the pool to test.ġ2. Use View Composer to recompose your desktop pools with the new master image snapshot containing the driver. Once installed, shutdown the VM and take a snapshot.ġ1. Login to View Administrator (aka Manager) and ensure two things:Ī) That PCoIP hardware acceleration is set to "Allow" and "Medium" at the global policy levelī) At the pool level PCoIP hardware acceleration is also enabledĩ.Boot up your golden master image(s) and install the APEX2800 virtual machine driver ()ġ0. The whole point we are doing this is to offload the processing of our PCoIP View desktops. ++ Device Utilization (35), Image Pipeline (0) KppsĨ. ++ CPU Temperature (45c), Ambient/Board Temperature (42c) After the server has booted, SSH to the server again with PuTTY and confirm everything is installed correctly: Using PuTTY, SSH to the ESXi server to install the driver and reboot:Įsxcli software vib install -d /tmp/apex2800-1.0.1-rel-esxi-5.0.0-013590.zipħ. zip (apex2800-1.0. ) to the ESXi server /tmp directory.Ħ. VSphere Client connected to vCenter, Hosts and Clusters -> Host -> Configuration -> Security profileĤ. Download the Teradici APEX 2800 firmware from the tech support website You can do this either at the physical server console (press F2 to configure) Enable SSH on the ESXi servers (if not already) Here is what the actual APEX 2800 card looks like.ģ. Install the Teradici APEX 2800 card into the ESXi server(s) PCIe x8 slot HA cluster set to N+1 = only do one host at a time)Ģ.
Tip: In a production environment only do a small number of hosts at a time to ensure a minimum level of resources for desktops Put your ESXi server(s) into maintenance mode and shutdown (powering them off) PCoIP Zero Client (3.4.x or later) or VMware View client (4.6 or later)ġ.Teradici APEX 2800 Server Offload Card Requirements:
More details can be found on the Teradici website This can create a headroom for existing virtual desktops, increase the number of desktops per server for VMware View deployments and may also improve the user experience. Installing the Teradici APEX 2800 PCoIP Offload Card
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