Brokering Remote Workstation Cards

Brokering Remote Workstation Card Machines

You can use the Standard Agent for Linux to provide brokering capabilities for your Linux Remote Workstation Card machines.

Important

Configuring your Anyware Zero Client's connection mode as described here will disable direct-to-host connections.

Enabling IPv6

IPv6

The Standard Agent for Linux supports IPv6 addresses. No configuration is needed to switch between IPv4 and IPv6 modes.

Overview

Anyware Standard Agent for Linux 25.06

This guide is intended for administrators who are deploying the Standard Agent for Linux as part of HP Anyware. It assumes thorough knowledge of Linux conventions and networking concepts, including firewall configuration.

Connection Guide

Making a Connection from a PCoIP Client

Anyware Agent Deployment and Client Connectivity Requirements

Anyware clients can connect to your desktops hosted in proof-of-concept, cloud, or datacenter deployments.

Printing

The Standard Agent for Linux does not support printing from local printers connected to Anyware clients. Similarly, printing from USB printers that are connected by means of the USB Bridging feature is also not supported.

The following printing options are available:

  • Linux agents can print to any printer on the host agents' local area network.
  • If your agent machine has access to the Internet, cloud-based printing is supported through cloud-printing services such as Google Cloud Print and HP Mobile Printing.

PCoIP Ultra

PCoIP Ultra

The Standard Agent for Linux provides support for PCoIP Ultra. PCoIP Ultra is optimized for truly lossless support with bit-exact color accuracy and preservation of content detail at the highest frame rates.

PCoIP Ultra protocol enhancements propels our industry-recognized performance into the future of remote computing, with faster, more interactive experience for users of remote workstations working with high-resolution content.

Collaboration

Collaboration

PCoIP Ultra Collaboration enables a PCoIP session user to share their session with multiple remote collaborators using Anyware Software Clients.

Note: Collaboration terminology

Displays

Supported Displays

The Standard Agent for Linux supports a maximum of four displays on the Anyware client, and a maximum resolution of 4K UHD (3840×2160).

Monitors can be arranged in a vertical line, a horizontal line, or as a 2×2 box display. They can be used in any standard rotation (0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°), with any monitor as the primary display.

Smart Card Authentication

Smart Card Authentication

Smart card authentication is supported for Linux Clients running on Ubuntu 22.04 connecting to Linux agents. The following section contains information on system requirements, limitations, agent setup, and client setup.