Teradici PCOIP APEX2800 LP Quick Start Manual Download Page 3

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PACKAGE CONTENTS 

 

•  Hardware Accelerator APEX2800 LP
•  Standalone full height bracket
•  Quick Start Guide (this document)

IMPORTANT TIPS

Please check that the card is detected by the 
ESXi hypervisor before installing the drivers

Download  the  latest  ESXi  and  VM  drivers  to  keep 
the

 

card  compatible  with  VMware

®

  product 

releases by

 

visiting

 

the 

Teradici Support Site.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

System requirements may vary based 

on the driver versions used, check the 

Administrators' Guide for the latest 

updates.

APEX2800 LP

 

• PCIe slot x4, x8 or x16
• ESXi 

6.0

 or later

• VMware Horizon View 

7.5

 or later 

Thank you for purchasing 
the Teradici PCoIP Hardware 
Accelerator.  

The only product of its kind, the 
PCoIP Hardware Accelerator 
enhances VMware Horizon

®

 

performance, either View (VDI) 
or Published Desktop (RDS). The 
card is designed to dynamically 
offload PCoIP image encoding 
tasks from the server’s CPU to 
significantly reduce CPU peaks, 
thus ensuring a better user 
experience at all times. 

This guide will help you install and 
configure your PCoIP Hardware 
Accelerator.

Summary of Contents for PCOIP APEX2800 LP

Page 1: ...TERADICI PCOIP HARDWARE ACCELERATOR Quick Start Guide Models APEX2800 LP Actual products may not be exactly as shown...

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Page 3: ...river versions used check the Administrators Guide for the latest updates APEX2800 LP PCIe slot x4 x8 or x16 ESXi 6 0 or later VMware Horizon View 7 5 or later Thank you for purchasing the Teradici PC...

Page 4: ...e PCoIP Hardware Accelerator 1 Ensure all virtual machines hosted by the server are powered down or migrated to another server before continuing 2 In the VMware vSphere client right click on the ESXi...

Page 5: ...cify your ESXi server Host name IP address Username and Password c Make sure the File protocol is SCP d Click Login refer to Figure 2 and 3 A Figure 2 Install the ESXi Driver Package 1 Enable remote l...

Page 6: ...r later esxcli software vib install d tmp apex2800 rel version build number zip The message in Figure 4 appears when the installation completes 4 Reboot the ESXi server 5 In vSphere client right click...

Page 7: ...teps that appear Note This package must be installed from VM s Console in the vSphere client it cannot be installed from within a PCoIP session to the virtual machine 4 After the installation complete...

Page 8: ...ion for enabling and disabling PCoIP Hardware Accelerator is set to allow as per Figure 6 View the PCoIP Hardware Accelerator status The PCoIP Hardware Accelerator is now installed and configured 1 Ve...

Page 9: ...Session Planning Guide PCoIP Knowledge Base KB 15134 1145 How to enable more than one offload on the PCoIP Hardware Accelerator APEX2800 when using a View 6 RDS host KB 15134 1553 Dashboard and Simul...

Page 10: ...alf length PCIe gen 2 0 x4 Memory 2GB of onboard DDR3 SDRAM with ECC protection of displays supported Resolution 2560x1600 1920x1200 1680x1050 1280x1024 In Portrait 25 40 50 100 In Landscape 40 64 85...

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Page 12: ...are trademarks of Teradici Corporation and may be registered in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Specifications subject to change...

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