Paper: IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business on IBM Flex System

IBM has released a paper titled: "IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure: IBM Virtual Desktop for Smart Business on IBM Flex System". The paper, which IBM calls a redbook contains 15 pages and describes a Refrence Architecture using the VERDE solution from Virtual Bridges running on top of the IBM Flex System blade enclosure.

VMs are hosted on top of the VERDE VDI hypervisor, which is based on KVM. Clients access the architecture using the RDP, SPICE or NX protocol.

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The paper has the following topics:

  • Business Value
  • Solution overview
  • IBM Flex System Platform
  • Solution Architecture
  • Usage Scenarios
  • Integration
  • Reference Design
  • Ordering information
  • Related Information