Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800) Software 2.3.4 Release Notes

Release Status: General Availability (GA)

Release Overview:
Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800) Drivers Package 2.3.4 is a release that includes the latest drivers for the Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800), formally known as the APEX 2800 Server Offload Card.

Note: 

Users on drivers package version 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 should only have to install "Virtual Machine Driver 2.3.4 for PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (April 16, 2014)".

Ensure version 2.3.2 of the ESXi driver is installed. Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800) Drivers Packages are specific to the ESXi version being used and includes the VM driver package(apex2800-2.3.4-rel-31865.exe) and the ESXi driver (apex2800-2.3.2-rel-esxi-<esxi version>-31865.zip). 

 

Key Release Details

 

Compatibility Notes
Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX)
  • APEX PCIe Card reference T2800H0100, Rev 02
  • APEX Low Profile PCIe card reference T2800H0101, Rev 01
  • APEX MXM for HP Blade servers, card reference T2800H0200, Rev 01
  • Amulet HotKey DXM-A APEX for Dell Blade servers
Endpoint (client)
  • PCoIP devices should be running firmware release 4.0.3 (Tera2)  or 4.0.2 (Tera1) or higher
  • All VMware View soft and thin clients
ESXi Driver Release 2.3.2 tested with:
  • ESXi 5.5 Build number 1331820
  • ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 3, build number 1117900
  • ESXi 5.1 Update 1, build number 1065491
  • ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 3, build number 1311175
  • ESXi 4.1 Express Patch 12, build number 1050704
VMware View Driver Release 2.3.4 tested with:

 
  • VMware Horizon View 5.3, 5.2
  • VMware View 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
  • VMware View 5.0, 5.0.1

 

Key Resolved Issues
Blanking Screen Bug Fix
12553 - VM driver release 2.3.4 (apex2800-2.3.3-rel-31865.exe) fixes a screen blanking issue that some users experienced when virtual displays were offloaded.

 

Key Known Limitations
9562, 9806 - Reports of a server "PCIe Training Error" message during server boot on some platforms using Intel Ivy Bridge Processors. Please open a ticket with Teradici.  
Reports of ESXi Purple screen (PSOD) in circumstances when operations utilising the VMware fast suspend resume (FSR) functionality are completed on ESXi hosts containing virtual machines with/without APEX drivers. These operations include but are not limited to Storage vMotion, and/or hot adding a CPU to a virtual machine. This is still under investigation. 
10664, 10625 - Caching is not supported on multi-display PCoIP sessions. When more than one display is connected to a VM, the caching is not working, meaning bandwidth utilization will stay the same as with APEX 2800 drivers 2.2.

The above known issues are under investigation. Please subscribe to this knowledge base item to receive updates.