The host server is where the VDI guest sessions (also referred to as virtual desktops) will run. The server and client machines must meet the requirements as described below.
Hardware
- Intel ® Virtualization Technology (VT)& Intel x86 processor, or AMD-V™ capabilities & AMD x86 processor
- Server-class CPU (Intel Xeon 55xx or newer recommended for best performance)
- 8 GB of RAM for the system + RAM to run virtual desktops
- 15K RPM SAS disk with a capacity of 100 GB or more (contingent on # of Gold Images and users)
- Wired network, 1 Gbps Ethernet
Software
The following operating systems are supported with latest updates and service packs:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9
- Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS) 6.9
Supported Client Platforms
The following operating systems are supported with the latest updates and service packs. The client endpoint is the device where the user will log in to launch the virtual desktop (VDI session). This endpoint must have a single instance of the latest Java Runtime Environment installed to run the VERDE Console.
Java is not required by the VERDE Management Console or the HTML5 client.
Supported Client Platforms
| Client Type | Versions | Supported Protocols | Comments | |||
| RDP | SPICE | UXP | HTML5 | |||
| Apple MacOS | Mac OSX 10.11 |  |  | | | Requires downloading the Microsoft RDP client (for MacOSX) or Parallels client (for iOS 11) from the Apple app store. |
| macOS 10.12 | | | | | ||
| macOS 10.13 |  | | | | ||
| iOS 11 | | | | | ||
| Microsoft Windows | Windows 7 | | | | | Requires the VERDE client associated with the same version of the VERDE host software. Support for UXP protocol requires the 64-bit version of Windows. 32-bit Windows OS can only support RDP and SPICE protocols. |
| Windows 8.1 | | | | | ||
| Windows 10 | | | | | ||
| Client Type | Versions | Supported Protocols | Comments | |||
| RDP | SPICE | UXP | HTML5 | |||
| Linux desktops | RHEL /CentOS 6.4 | | | | | Requires the VERDE client associated with the same version of the VERDE host software |
| RHEL /CentOS 6.9 | | | | | ||
| RHEL/CentOS 7.2 | | | | | ||
| Ubuntu 12.04 | | | | | ||
| Ubuntu 14.04 | | | | | ||
| Ubuntu 16.04 | | | | | ||
| Linux Mint 18.x | | | | | ||
| Thin clients | NComputing RX300 | | | | | Requires the installation of the UXP client tools and the corresponding updated version of the RX300 firmware. The RX300 client supports Windows guests only. |
| Web Browsers | Google Chrome | | | | | The HTML 5 browser currently only supports desktops with the RDP protocol enabled. |
| Mozilla Firefox | | | | | ||
| Internet Explorer | | | | | ||
The following tables list the supported virtual desktops or guest sessions, and their supported protocol.
Supported Guest Sessions
Windows Guest Sessions
| Windows Operating System | SPICE | RDP | UXP |
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| Windows Server 2008, 32-bit |
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| Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition 64-bit Support |
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| Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit Support |
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| Windows 7 (including SP1) 32-bit Support |
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| Windows 7 (including SP1) 64-bit Support |
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| Windows 8.1 32-bit Support |
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| Windows 8.1 64-bit Support |
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| Windows 10 32-bit Support |
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| Windows 10 64-bit Support |
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| Windows 2016 32-bit Support |
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| Windows 2016 64-bit Support |
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* Limited functionality - No QXL driver available for Windows 8.1