Administrator Guide

Configuring the global connection settings
About this task
This section describes how to use the Global Connection Settings dialog box to configure the connection settings for ICA,
Horizon, RDP and PCoIP.
Steps
1. Configure the Broker agent connection on ThinOS. See, Configure the Broker Setup.
2. On the desktop taskbar, click
(Connection Manager) and then click Global Connection Settings.
The Global Connection Settings dialog box is displayed.
3. Click the Session tab and configure the following options:
● Settings common to all session—Select the check boxes to enable options that are applied to all sessions. The
available options are:
○ Launch only once—Select the check box if you want the session to be launched only once at the same time.
○ Re-connect after disconnect—Select the check box if you want the session to launch again after the connection is
disconnected.
○ Mount disks as read-only—Select the check box if you want to disable write access for storage disks.
○ Enable Imprivata VC—Select the check box if you want the Imprivata VC to be redirected to the remote session. If
this option is not selected, RFIDEAS or Fingerprint reader can be redirected into the remote session.
● Auto connect to local devices—Select the check boxes to automatically connect to local devices, such as printers,
serials, smart cards, audio devices, and disks at system startup.
If you want to use the Disks option to connect to sessions automatically, ensure that:
○ More than one disk can be used simultaneously. However, the maximum number of USB drives including different
subareas is 12.
○ You save all data and sign off from the session before removing the USB drive.
● USB device redirection—Select this check box to allow USB devices to be redirected to the remote session. The
available options are:
○ Exclude disk devices—Select the check box if you do not want disk devices to be redirected to the remote session.
○ Exclude printer devices—Select the check box if you do not want printer devices to be redirected to the remote
session.
○ Exclude audio devices—Select the check box if you do not want audio devices to be redirected to the remote
session.
○ Exclude video devices—Select the check box if you do not want video devices to be redirected to the remote
session.
4. Click the ICA tab, and do the following:
a. Select the check boxes to enable the options that are applied to all sessions. The available options are:
● Seamless window mode—Select this check box if you want to launch applications and desktops seamlessly.
● Desktop with fullscreen mode—Select this check box if you want to launch the desktop session in fullscreen.
● Enable HDX/MMR—Select the check box if you want to enable the Multimedia Redirection feature. When this
option is enabled, the audio and video is rendered on the user device instead of the server.
● Enable session reliability—Select the check box if you want the session to remain active when the network
connection is unstable.
● Enable UDP audio—Select the check box if you want the Citrix connections to use audio over User Datagram
Protocol (UDP).
b. From the Audio Quality drop-down list, select an audio quality optimized for your connection.
5. Click the Horizon tab, and select the check boxes to enable the options that are applied to all sessions. The available options
are:
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