HP mt20 Administrator Guide 8 - Page 31

Experience, Diagnostics, Client Preferred Settings

Page 31 highlights

Option Smart Cards Other USB Devices Description Determines whether smart cards are redirected by high-level smart card redirection or disabled for this connection. NOTE: When the Use predefined smart card setting is enabled, this setting is disabled. Determines whether other classes of USB devices (such as webcams and tablets) are redirected by low-level USB redirection or disabled for this connection. Experience The following table describes the settings that are available under the Experience category when editing an RDP connection. Option Choose your connection speed to optimize performance End-to-End Connection Health Monitoring Warning Timeout Recovery Timeout Error Timeout Description Selecting a connection speed (LAN, Broadband, or Modem) will enable or disable the following options to optimize performance: ● Desktop background ● Font smoothing ● Desktop composition ● Show contents of window while dragging ● Menu and window animation ● Themes Selecting Client Preferred Settings allows the RDP client to choose which options to use to provide the best RDP experience. You can also select your own custom combination of options. Select to enable the timeout options. NOTE: For more information, see the HP ThinPro white paper RDP Connection Drop Detection (available in English only). Specifies the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network traffic from the server before the user is warned of a lost connection. This function can be disabled by clearing the option or setting the time to zero. With the Show Warning Dialog option selected, a warning dialog will be displayed when this timeout is reached. Otherwise, the warning is written to the connection log only. TIP: HP recommends increasing the timeout value for networks that experience frequent busy periods or momentary outages. Specifies the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network traffic from the server that the RDP client waits for the connection to recover without taking any special action. At the end of this period, the RDP client attempts a quick reconnection with the session. Specifies the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network traffic from the server that the RDP client waits before stopping attempts to reconnect with that server. Diagnostics The following table describes the settings that are available under the Diagnostics category when editing an RDP connection. RDP 19

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184

Option
Description
Smart Cards
Determines whether smart cards are redirected by high-level smart card redirection or
disabled for this connection.
NOTE:
When the
Use
predefined
smart card
setting is enabled, this setting is disabled.
Other USB Devices
Determines whether other classes of USB devices (such as webcams and tablets) are
redirected by low-level USB redirection or disabled for this connection.
Experience
The following table describes the settings that are available under the Experience category when editing an
RDP connection.
Option
Description
Choose your connection speed to
optimize performance
Selecting a connection speed (
LAN
,
Broadband
, or
Modem
) will enable or disable the
following options to optimize performance:
Desktop background
Font smoothing
Desktop composition
Show contents of window while dragging
Menu and window animation
Themes
Selecting
Client Preferred Settings
allows the RDP client to choose which options to use to
provide the best RDP experience.
You can also select your own custom combination of options.
End-to-End Connection Health
Monitoring
Select to enable the timeout options.
NOTE:
For more information, see the HP ThinPro white paper
RDP Connection Drop
Detection
(available in English only).
Warning Timeout
Specifies
the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network
traffic
from the
server before the user is warned of a lost connection. This function can be disabled by
clearing the option or setting the time to zero.
With the
Show Warning Dialog
option selected, a warning dialog will be displayed when this
timeout is reached. Otherwise, the warning is written to the connection log only.
TIP:
HP recommends increasing the timeout value for networks that experience frequent
busy periods or momentary outages.
Recovery Timeout
Specifies
the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network
traffic
from the
server that the RDP client waits for the connection to recover without taking any special
action. At the end of this period, the RDP client attempts a quick reconnection with the
session.
Error Timeout
Specifies
the amount of time in seconds after receiving the last network
traffic
from the
server that the RDP client waits before stopping attempts to reconnect with that server.
Diagnostics
The following table describes the settings that are available under the Diagnostics category when editing an
RDP connection.
RDP
19