12.1. Overview

For mass storage devices, Sun Ray Software supports the use of flash disks, memory card readers, zip drives, and hard drives on Sun Ray Clients. Data CDs and DVDs can be read but not written. Floppy drives are not supported. Most devices claiming USB 2.0 compliance are backwards compatible and should work with Sun Ray mass storage.

Serial peripherals enable RS-232-style serial connections to the Sun Ray Client. Parallel peripherals enable printing and come in two types: adapters and direct USB-connected printers. Third-party adapters are useful for supporting legacy parallel devices. Sun Ray Software recognizes parallel printers with adapters as USB printers.

Note

The printer naming conventions in Sun Ray Software differ from those in a Solaris operating environment.

For the latest list of peripherals tested to work with Sun Ray Software, see the Sun Ray Peripherals List.