Exceed onDemand A Technical Whitepaper

Exceed onDemand 5 — A Technical Whitepaper
Configuring a Profile
Regardless of whether a profile belongs to Global or User File, it has the same number of configurable
options that a user or an administrator can customize to meet specific needs.
Startup Mode Settings
Exceed onDemand offers 4 different Startup Modes, giving users the maximum flexibility in launching
any X application from virtually any host. The Startup Modes are grouped into 2 categories:
Passive and XDMCP. Users can select any Startup Mode based on the location and the type of the
X application, the connectivity protocols that are available on the host, and the security protocol
on which the corporation has standardized.
Passive — Exceed onDemand starts the session without making any initial attempt to connect to
a specific host or to run an application. This mode is most suitable for use in conjunction with an
Xstart file.
XDMCP — Users will connect to XDM hosts and launch an X session. Common Desktop Environment
(CDE), GNOME and KDE are some of the commonly used X sessions. There are three different startup
methods under the XDMCP category.
> Query — automatically makes a connection to the host that was specified, or
> Broadcast — broadcasts to hosts on the network to determine which hosts are willing to manage
the X display, or
> Indirect — sends a query to a host which sends queries to other hosts on the network to determine
which are willing to manage the X display
After a startup mode is selected, users can provide further information specific to the startup mode
in the dialog.
Figure 8 — Configure an Xconfig file options
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