Solution Brief

HP Smart Zero Client Technology Empower your thin client to become smart

Deploy your HP Thin Client in the virtualized environment of your choice – whether it’s Citrix, VMware, Microsoft, or cloud-based applications.

Keep your options open and your

investment protected

The first zero clients introduced were single-

DHCP

server

Configuration file

Smart Zero

Client Service

server

purpose devices that locked companies into one virtualization software choice. Thanks to HP Smart Zero Client Technology, businesses can now connect to the supported environment of their choice. Maximize your investment with the flexibility to change your backend requirements and keep your install base when market pressures demand change.

Zero administration with

Profile Editor

HP Thin Clients using Smart Zero Client Technology are the only zero clients that are architected to be hardware platform independent of the virtualization solution deployed. Deploy for Citrix XenDesktop with support for HDX, VMware View via PCoIP, Microsoft Session Virtualization via RDP, or cloud and web-based applications through a full Firefox browser.

DHCP

broadcast

3 4

IP address of

Smart Zero

Client service

server

Remote session

Citrix

or Microsoft

or VMware

or Cloud/Web-based apps via Full Firefox browser

Host

server

Local cache

2

5

Smart Zero Client kit

1 Install Smart Client services

2 TC boot up and looks for server

3 DHCP server provides IP address of

Smart Zero Client service server

4 TC checks for updates. Server

downloads the latest software and

configuration data to TC

5 TC connects to host to launch application using one of the following:

Citrix Microsoft VMware Cloud/Web-based apps

6 Session established and

application is launched

Solution Brief | HP Smart Zero Client Technology

HP Smart Client Services, installed in the data center at the administrator console, enables new software infrastructure configurations. On the next boot, the no-touch devices automatically inherit configuration from the data center as operable in local mode or as stateless, locked-down clients.

Support provisioning across multiple protocols or connection types with Profile Editor - the intuitive graphical user interface in HP Smart Zero Client Technology. View your system settings and make changes in just a few simple clicks. Spend less time changing connection properties, disabling USB ports, enabling Wi-Fi and creating fail-over rules.

Plug-and-deploy with Smart

Client Services

Quickly and easily pre-configure your thin clients with HP Smart Client Services - a server-based application included with HP Smart Zero Technology. Simply connect your client to the network. HP Smart Client Services will automatically configure and connect to your host environment. From there, administrators can apply the settings of their choice to many clients at once.

Keep it secure

The HP Smart Zero Client Technology moves the desktop environment to the server where it can be secured. By utilizing read-only firmware with no published APIs, the Smart Zero Client Technology software minimizes risk to each desktop in the business environment. In the unlikely event that an attack reaches a desktop, the threat will be isolated and eliminated upon reboot. HP Smart Zero Client Technology can be deployed with HP Flexible Series thin clients and HP Smart Zero clients.

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