This chapter provides details about the smart card services provided by Sun Ray Software.

Sun Ray Software automatically provides smart card services, such as smart card authentication, through the PC/SC-lite API. PC/SC (Personal Computer/Smart Card) is the standard framework for smart card device access on multiple OS platforms. Smart card services are only available on Oracle Solaris-based Sun Ray servers.

For the latest list of smart cards tested with Sun Ray Software, see the Smart Cards for Hotdesking page on the Oracle Technology Network.

Smart card services include interoperability with the integrated Sun Ray smart card readers on the Sun Ray Clients. External USB readers are supported with the CCID handler, which can be downloaded separately. See Section 8.8, “Setting Up External USB Smart Card Readers” for details.

Custom applications are frequently used to provide the following solutions:

All Sun Ray 2 Series Clients and Sun Ray 3 Series Clients support smart cards that operate at all three of the ISO-7816 defined Vcc voltages of 1.8 Volts (Class C), 3 Volts (Class B), and 5 Volts (Class A). The client firmware automatically chooses the most appropriate voltage to operate the card. There are no administrator settings available or required to control this feature.