As expected, many useful answers ... Summarized: 1) the SunPCI card is accessed from within a CDE session, so whatever is displayed by the card goes back into a window on the CDE session. No need for a local graphics console, will sure work with remote users (like on remote SunRay desktops) 2) people are not sure if Solaris-x86 will run on a SunPCI card, even more it would not be necessary to give multiple users potential access to the Windoz-programs executed on the card: 3) I would plain install some Windoz 'on the card', and every single user could run programs on it, one user at a time 4) if I want multiple users to run x86-programs concurrently, it would be necessary (and nearly 1/2 times cheaper, as estimated by one person, then Citrix) to run Win-TerminalServer on the card. As far as I understood (I am not a Win$ player) sessions on the x86 card could then be initiated via a free RDP client named "Rdesktop", by multiple people running on the server via the SunRays. Obviously, the more programs executed on the card, the heavier the load on it and slower respons times. Many thanks to Chris Hoogendyk Heile Rainer Hichael Morton Jason Santos Jim Musso Marcelino Mata Tim Chipman Tom Crummey Rgds Rob -----Original Message----- From: Rob De Langhe Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:35 AM To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org' Subject: FW: SunRay + SPARC-server + SunPCI + Solaris-x86 + vmware + Win98 : feasible ? Hi all, since this splashing list returns so many very useful answers, let's try this one : instead of going with the very expensive Citrix solution to get PC-applications display on UNIX desktops, I think the following setup should be possible for our situation : - we have 2-3 people working from a SUN server via SunRay desktops - 1 or 2 of them would now and then need to be able to run native x86 applications, but I want to avoid to require them to have an additional PC on their desk for those occasions Imagine I install a SunPCI card in our headless server, can I send keystrokes from a SunRay connected on the server towards the SunPCI processor? And is there a way to have the SunPCI processor send its display to on of the SunRays ? Or does a SunPCI card require a graphical console screen locally attached to the server in which it is installed? I have seen some posts on this list from people installing a SunPCI card in V880 and similar servers. Do they require a graphics console connected to such servers? In case that it is possible to have control over the SunPCI card from SunRays, I would install Solaris-x86 'on' the card (I know, it goes on the server's disk), and start CDE from this Solaris-x86 with DISPLAY send to the SunRay. Within this Solaris-x86, I would install VM-Ware. When I launch VM-Ware, it would send its stuff to DISPLAY, which would still be the SunRay. And now you feel me coming : having Vm-Ware displaying on the SunRay, I would load -say- Win-98 inside VmWare and thus have the x86-applications displaying still onto my SunRay. Pure nonsense, or feasible ? Your votes please, if possible with some technical details why or why not. Kind regards, Rob _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Fri May 23 03:29:14 2003
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