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Administration Guide for Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6215 Firmware Release 8.6
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, real-time access to business applications and
content without compromising the collaborative user experience. Cisco VXC 6215 supports the
following capabilities:
• Combines virtual desktops with voice and video capabilities
• Supports processing capabilities that use network and data center CPU resources efficiently
• Supports high-quality, scalable voice and video, delivering an optimal user experience
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 Add-on. For more information, see the Deployment
Guide for Voice and Video Firmware for Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6215.
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 Add-on.
Firmware Supported Virtual Desktop Application Releases
Base VDI Firmware only
• Citrix ICA Agent 12 with browser plug-in
• 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
Base VDI Firmware with Voice
and Video Firmware Add-on
• Citrix ICA Agent 12 with browser plug-in
• Citrix XenDesktop 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5 (Release 4.0 and 5.0 require
the latestVDA 5.5 plugin)