Appendix B. Sun Ray Operating Software 11.1.1 Release
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Appendix B. Sun Ray Operating Software 11.1.1 Release

To benefit from all the latest Sun Ray Software features and gain the best user experience, make sure to always install the latest Sun Ray Operating Software on your Sun Ray Clients. Having the latest Sun Ray Operating Software installed is also one of the initial requirements to address any Sun Ray Software or Sun Ray Client support issues.

The Sun Ray Operating Software 11.1.1 release for Sun Ray Clients is required for the following Sun Ray Software 5.4 features:

Improved video playback on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Video playback using Windows Media Player has been improved when using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 desktops on Sun Ray 3 Series Clients. This improvement includes support for up to 720p videos in MPEG-2, H.264, and VC-1 video formats. See Video Acceleration in the Administration Guide for details.
Dynamic session resizing
Dynamic session resizing allows the remote desktop to be resized automatically to fit the optimized size of your local desktop client session. The -l option of the utscreenresize command has been added to better enable dynamic session resizing during the lifetime of a session. Dynamic session resizing has also been expanded for Oracle Virtual Desktop Clients to automatically detect the new screen configuration and resize the remote desktop accordingly after rotating a tablet or resizing the window while in window mode. See Dynamic Session Resizing in the Administration Guide for details.
Screen rotation for Sun Ray Clients
You can now configure a Sun Ray Client's firmware to specify how the monitors are oriented (for example, portrait vs. landscape). This orientation configuration is used by the various screen configuration commands to help automatically provide the user the proper screen orientation. See How to Configure Screen Rotation for details.
Accurate listing of monitor modes
When using the xrandr command to view monitor information, only the supported dimensions for the monitor are listed and the information about the secondary heads in a multihead group is accurate.
Certain touchscreen displays now work on Sun Ray 3 Clients and Sun Ray 3 Plus Clients
See the Sun Ray Client and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client Peripherals document for the list of compatible touchscreen displays and the specific requirements to use them.
Improved network security through IPsec
IPsec is now provided to improve IPv4 traffic security between Sun Ray Clients and Sun Ray servers. See IPsec Support in the Administration Guide for details.

Both existing and new Sun Ray Clients with older firmware will need to be updated with this new firmware release to gain the new features.

Note

The Sun Ray Operating Software must be installed on a Sun Ray server running Sun Ray Software 5.3 or later. Conflicts will occur if you try to install the Sun Ray Operating Software on a Sun Ray Software release prior to 5.3, because Sun Ray Client firmware is already installed and provided with those releases.

The error message Error: Unknown firmware module type may be displayed if you try to install the Sun Ray Operating Software on a Sun Ray Software release prior to 5.3.

To install Sun Ray Operating Software on Sun Ray Clients as part of the Sun Ray Software 5.4 installation, see Installing Firmware Before Sun Ray Software Installation in the Administration Guide.

To update Sun Ray Operating Software on Sun Ray Clients outside of the Sun Ray Software installation process, refer to How to Update Firmware on Sun Ray Clients in the Administration Guide.

For support-related questions about Sun Ray Operating Software, refer to knowledge document 1448410.1 on My Oracle Support. If you can't resolve your issue by using My Oracle Support and you need to open an Oracle support case for Sun Ray Operating Software, use your HW-based Customer Support Identifier (CSI) and specify Sun Ray HW for the Product and Firmware for the component. See Section 3.2, “Contacting Oracle Specialist Support” for more details.