Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800) Software 2.4.2 Release Notes

Release Status: General Availability (GA)

Release Overview:

This maintenance release includes an updated ESXi 5.5 driver to support ESXi 5.5 Update 2. Only the ESXi 5.5 driver has changed in this release. Other ESXi drivers have no changes.

The virtual machine driver has not been changed and does not require installation. Administrators need only ensure that they have version 2.4.1 of the virtual machine driver installed.

    Notes:

    Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator (APEX 2800) Drivers Packages are specific to the ESXi version being used and includes the VM driver package(apex2800-2.4.1-rel-38165.exe) and the ESXi driver (apex2800-rel-2.4.2.39888-esxi.5.5.0.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 2.4.2 tested with:

    • ESXi 5.5 Update 2 (build 2068190)
    VMware View Driver Release 2.4.1 tested with:

    • VMware Horizon View 6.0.1
    • VMware Horizon View 5.3
    • VMware Horizon View 5.2
    • VMware Horizon View 5.1
    • VMware Horizon View 5.0

     

    Key Resolved Issues

     

    Key Known Limitations
    13184 - Reports of a Purple Screen event have occasionally occurred on ESXi 5.0.0 servers with an MXM mezzanine card installed. Teradici is currently investigating this problem.

    13490 - Occasionally a user's screen may go blank. The screen will return to normal after a second.

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