
For a detailed description of these codecs, see Codecs Used by Blast Extreme. HTML Access uses the JPG/PNG codec except for Chrome browsers, which can be configured to use the H.264 codec. It is required for connections to Linux desktops and for HTML Access. Use Cases VMware recommends Blast Extreme for most use cases.
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This guide provides a technical description of Blast Extreme, including how to deploy it, configuration best practices, and benefits and limitations, for administrators who are considering using the Blast Extreme display protocol in their organization today. Servers fitted with NVIDIA GRID graphics acceleration cards can offload H.264 encoding to the hardware in the NVIDIA GRID card.
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With H.264, the protocol can be encoded on the server using either hardware or software processing and decoded on the local endpoint using either hardware or software (hardware is the default unless the client is not H.264-capable).


The H.264 codec gives performance and experience benefits. Blast Extreme can also use the H.264 codec as well as the JPG/PNG codec and automatically selects the most suitable codec for the conditions. Blast Extreme is used for HTML Access and can be used for native Horizon Clients (version 4.0 and later). With Horizon 7, Blast Extreme brings Blast into feature parity with the PCoIP display protocol.

It used a JPG/PNG-based codec to deliver desktops to a browser rather than requiring a native VMware Horizon Client on each endpoint device. Blast the name of the first version of the protocol started as a TCP-based protocol. Blast Extreme represents an evolution of the display protocol used for VMware Horizon HTML Access.
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1 BLAST EXTREME DISPLAY PROTOCOL IN VMWARE HORIZON 7 REVISED 2 JULY 2018Ģ Table of Contents Introduction Use Cases Blast Extreme Benefits Evolution of Blast Extreme Blast Extreme Technology Lossy and Lossless Compression UDP and TCP Transport Protocols Codecs Used by Blast Extreme Agent-Side Components Blast Extreme Connections Security Features Port Requirements When Using Unified Access Gateway Log File Locations Deployment Software and Port Requirements Configuration Settings for Administrators Configuration Settings for End Users Blast Extreme Network Intelligent Transport (BENIT) Client Device Support for the H.264 Codec Verifying Successful Configuration GUIDE 2ģ Optimization Tips General Recommendations Performance Tuning for Various Network Conditions Using Windows Performance Counters Additional Resources About the Authors and Contributors GUIDE 3Ĥ Blast Extreme Display Protocol in VMware Horizon 7 Introduction Blast Extreme is included with the View component of VMware Horizon 7, the latest generation of VMware desktop virtualization and remote application-delivery software.
