USING AN XTENDA X300 AS A NETWORK CARD MAC
An IP address is requested from the DHCP server for each virtual network adapter and those IP addresses are associated with Virtual MAC addresses that are uniquely generated by NIU. NIU addresses this problem of one IP address by creating and assigning Virtual Network adapters (and unique IP addresses) on a per-session basis. Note: NIU is currently available only for Windows® environments.Īpplications Without NIU’s per-session IP virtualization, all packets sent from a vSpace host computer get tagged with the same originating IP address (that of the host) regardless of which session or user is running the application sending out the IP packets. Please read the disclaimer located at the bottom of this document. Prepared by: NComputing TID–101-134g August 2009Ĭopyright NComputing® 2009. For example, an L-series host using NIU to support 30 virtual desktop sessions will need to obtain 31IP addresses from the DHCP server, and each of the 30 L-series devices will obtain its own IP address for a total of 61 IP addresses consumed on that network With NIU, the vSpace host machine will obtain and use an extra IP address for each L-device to which it needs to connect. Without NIU installed, each L-series host only needs one IP address for all its network communications. In an L-series environment, each L-device always requires one IP address of its own to communicate with the host. For instance, a host with one X300 card installed and using NIU will obtain a total of 4 addresses from the DHCP server. With NIU installed, an X-series host needs an IP address for each user that may login to the host.
Please note that using the NIU function requires additional IP addresses to be obtained from the LAN DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) pool.Īn X-series host without NIU only needs one IP address which is shared for all virtual desktop sessions.
The NIU virtual NICs support all standard networking capabilities including the ability for each individual session to communicate via IP protocol with applications that are running inside any other session on the host. From the network’s point of view, each virtual desktop session and the applications running within it become isolated from the host’s IP address and that session is also isolated from all other vSpace sessions running on the same host. Although all vSpace virtual desktop sessions still use the host system’s physical network adapter, NIU assigns a virtual network adapter to each vSpace session, and each virtual NIC then obtains its own unique IP address.
USING AN XTENDA X300 AS A NETWORK CARD SOFTWARE
The NIU software package can be installed and used with Windows vSpace for either Lseries or X-series access devices. Once installed and running alongside vSpace, NIU associates one virtual network adapter to each active vSpace session that’s connected to a remote virtual desktop device.
NComputing IP Utility (NIU) works in conjunction with NComputing vSpace Virtual Desktop software to create and manage a number of Virtual Network Interfaces (Virtual NICs) which can isolate the network traffic of each vSpace virtual desktop to its own unique IP address. Known limitations or errata on your release NComputing IP Utility (NIU) User Guide NComputing IP Utility (NIU) Executive SummaryĬontents NComputing IP Utility (NIU) Executive SummaryĬonfiguring selected third party applications for use with NIU