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The following sections describe the major changes since the Sun Ray Software 5.3 release. Many of these features require the Sun Ray Operating Software 11.1.1 release to be installed on the Sun Ray Clients. See Appendix B, Sun Ray Operating Software 11.1.1 Release for details.
The following operating systems are now supported on the Sun Ray server. See Product Requirements for details.
Oracle Linux 5.8
Oracle Linux 6.3
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 or later
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 or later with Trusted Extensions
Oracle Solaris 11.1
The utpkgcheck command has been updated to help install the necessary packages for both Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris 11.
The following remote desktops have been added to the list of previously supported desktops for Sun Ray Software.
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012
See Product Requirements for the complete list of supported remote desktops and features. Note that the video acceleration and smart card services features are not supported on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
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.
Smart card services for Oracle Linux
Smart card services for desktop clients are now available on Sun Ray servers running Oracle Linux. Smart card services, such as smart card authentication, are provided through the PC/SC-lite API. The CCID IFD handler, which provides access to external CCID-compliant USB smart card readers connected to desktop clients, is not supported on Sun Ray servers running Oracle Linux. See Smart Card Services in the Administration Guide for details.
Windows authentication with external USB smart card readers
When using the Windows connector, external CCID-compliant USB smart card readers
now get redirected through the Windows RDP smart card channel when using the
-r scard:on option of the uttsc command. This
allows Windows authentication with external CCID-compliant USB smart card readers. See
Smart Card Services in the Administration Guide for details.
Audio output through PulseAudio for Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Linux 6
The PulseAudio sound server is used to provide audio output for desktop client sessions when using Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Linux 6 Sun Ray servers. See Audio Output Troubleshooting (Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Linux 6) 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.
Dutch/Netherlands locale for Sun Ray Software Administration GUI
The Dutch/Netherlands locale is now available for the Admin GUI. And, all locales for the Admin GUI are automatically installed on the Sun Ray server during the Sun Ray Software installation.
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.
Kerberos authentication through Network Level Authentication (NLA) security
Kerberos authentication is now an option through the Network Level Authentication (NLA) security when accessing RDP clients through the Windows connector. See Enhanced Network Security in the Administration Guide for details.
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.
Sun Ray Software Security Guide
Sun Ray Software 5.4 now provides a separate Security Guide to cover all security-related information in one place.
Sun Ray Software environment monitoring through Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Enterprise Manager for Sun Ray Software is now available, which extends Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control through a plug-in to help manage your Sun Ray Software environment. You can improve your service levels by proactively monitoring the performance and availability of the Sun Ray Software infrastructure, services, and sessions. See Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in Installation Guide for Sun Ray Software for details.
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