Preface
Overview
The Cisco Virtualization Client 6215 (Cisco VXC 6215) delivers superior voice and video collaboration capabilities in desktop virtualization. It unifies voice, video, and virtual desktop in one device.
The Cisco VXC 6215 provides workers with secure,
•Combines virtual desktops with voice and video capabilities
•Supports processing capabilities that use network and data center CPU resources efficiently
•Supports
The Cisco VXC 6215 provides support for the following hosted virtual desktop protocols:
•Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA)
•PC over IP (PCoIP) (in base virtual desktop infrastructure [VDI] mode only)
•Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) (in base VDI mode only)
By default, the firmware installed on the Cisco VXC 6215 client is Base VDI Firmware. The Base VDI firmware supports desktop virtualization capabilities, but does not provide the additional voice and video functionality required for Unified Communications. To support Unified Communications, you must purchase and install the Voice and Video Firmware
The following table describes the virtual desktop protocol releases that support Base VDI Firmware only and those that support Base VDI Firmware with the Voice and Video Firmware
Firmware | Supported Virtual Desktop Application Releases |
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Base VDI Firmware only | • Citrix ICA Agent 12 with browser |
| • Citrix XenDesktop 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5 |
| • VMware View Agent 4.6, which supports PCoIP or RDP 7 |
| connections to VMware View Connection Server 4.6 and 5.0 |
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Base VDI Firmware with Voice | • Citrix ICA Agent 12 with browser |
and Video Firmware | • Citrix XenDesktop 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5 (Release 4.0 and 5.0 require |
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| the latestVDA 5.5 plugin) |
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Administration Guide for Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6215 Firmware Release 8.6
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