These VDI features have been added since the release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0:
- Enhanced Virtual Machine Pools
- It is now possible to configure a queue of virtual machines from a pool to be running without having been assigned to a user. As users with access to the pool sign in they will be assigned a virtual machine from the queue, shortening the time required for users to start and sign in to a virtual machine from the pool.
- Enhanced SPICE client
- An updated SPICE client, including native USB 2.0 support and USB support for Linux guests, is now included in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
- Multiple Monitor Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Guests
- The Administration and User Portals now support the configuration of multiple monitors for Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests.
- Additional Wide Area Network (WAN) Configuration Options
- Additional SPICE configuration options have been added to provide improved performance in WAN environments. The new configuration keys available to be set using the
rhevm-configcommand are:An additional Enable WAN Options check box has been added toWANDisableEffects: The WAN effects to disable in SPICE consoles. Valid values areanimation,wallpaper,font-smooth,all.WANColorDepth: The WAN color depth value to send to SPICE consoles. Valid values are16and32.
Console Optionsshown in the Administration and User Portal. Selecting the check box indicates that the console is being launched over a WAN connection. This results in the values of theWANDisableEffectsandWANColorDepthconfiguration keys being applied to the SPICE console.