The sun ray 2fs presents to the two attached displays to the sun ray server as one piece of glass. The sun ray 2fs and sun ray 3 plus clients support two monitors. More discussions in virtual desktop infrastructure and sunray clients. Sun whips its sun ray thin client into better shape. Its not news to it managers that thin clients can save money on hardware, software licensing, management, support and security.
As the economy tightens, software publishers such as microsoft, adobe, and autodesk hide behind software piracy enforcement groups to pursue customers accused of installing more software on corporate computers than they have purchased licenses for. Virtual desktop infrastructure with sun ray 2 devices. Cinavia is a digital watermarking technology designed to foil those that download pirated videos. The sun ray 2fs is larger but adds 100fx support for greater security at the transport level, as well as the ability to run dual monitors. Applicable to sun ray series 2 p8, 33i p10 and 3plus p9 only. For a sun ray client, there are a number of predefined hot keys that can trigger an activity or event on a client, which are shown in table 10. A version of sun ray software, set to ship in mid2007, will let administrators configure device settings via the new sim card slots. So with two 1920x1280 displays, the srss and therefore the xserver thinks the display is 3840x1280. Sun ray software and clients utilize oracle s unique appliance link protocol alp that is specifically designed to enable sun ray clients to work seamlessly over both lan and wan distances without requiring wan repeater hardware, reducing cost and complexity. Software piracy is considered direct infringement when it denies holders due compensation for use of their creative works. Under law, software piracy occurs when protected software is copied, distributed, modified or sold. Apr 12, 2006 the two machines, known as sun ray 2 and sun ray 2fs, provide thin clients, as opposed to full desktop pcs, or fat clients.
The sun ray from oracle is a stateless thin client solution aimed at corporate environments, originally introduced by sun microsystems in september 1999 and discontinued by oracle in 2014. If you obtain snap software from any source other than us, or install more copies than you have been licensed to use by us, then you run the risk that you andor your business may be sued. The sun ray from oracle is a stateless thin client solution aimed at corporate environments. Rounding out the current series of sun ray 2 devices, the sun ray 2fs vdc offers a native dualdisplay device using dvi video adapters as well as a fiber networking interface. Software piracy impacts not just on us but also on the legitimate business of our partners and associates and also puts our customers at risk of legal action. Software firms are taking a bite out of software piracy, and if youre not careful, it could be your company that gets bit. The information below describes this products ability to support the applicable u. A multimonitor configuration supports multiple monitors connected to the dual video connectors on a sun ray 2fs or sun ray 3 plus client. Piracy is illegal in most countries, however, the inability or unwillingness to crack down on the crackers and actually enforce the law can be a problem. When adding sun ray with the sun ray connector it does not work. Having to be creative, ip holders are finding new ways to provide content for free, and still get the artist paid.
Software piracy claims can ruin your business and reward. Please join apple in its piracy prevention efforts. Corporate software policy may also be an offence when software is installed on a server with unrestricted staff access. The infringement of software, or software piracy, is illegal in many countries. May 06, 1999 gangs net millions from software piracy may 6, 1999. This vpat is dependent on the sun ray software and solaris 10 vpats. Additionally largely because of piracy, huge innovations in ip have been made. Four steps to stop software piracy at your company techrepublic. Also, you can help your business avoid serious problems with sound software asset management practices as explained in the section below. It provides access to virtual desktop environments from nearly any location and dramatically reduces the complexity and operational costs incurred by traditional pc deployments. Sun ray thin client becomes raspberry pi workstation hackaday. Trouble is, that today i just bought a very neat sun ray 2fs and for setting this up i really do need to find the sun ray server software 4. Sun ray clients are connected via an ethernet network to a sun ray server.
Overuse of computer software licenses, also known as software. Sun expands software and integration features of its thin client line. Lowpower sun servers support the virtualization and sun ray software, which, when. A major development may be about to happen in the anti piracy cat and mouse game between hollywood and movie pirates, with the hardtobreak cinavia protection being broken, according to the publishers of a dvd copying software. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address. Cnn gangs net millions from software piracy may 6, 1999. To use the enhanced multimonitor support on sun ray 2fs and sun ray 3 plus clients running linux, you must install randr 1. The key sequences can be either a sun specific key combination using keys that might exist only on sun keyboards or by an alternative key combination that does not require sun specific keys. Sunray keyboard shortcut hotkeys virtual impressions. Sun ray software enables sun ray clients to be connected to a lan or a wan. New sun desktop consumes fewer watts than a night light. There is sun ray server software srss, last at version 5. Sun ray software srs is available for the solaris and linux operating systems.
Combining the power of virtualization and sun ray thin client technology. Gday, since the sun download center was decommissioned earlier on july 31, 2011, i ve lost track at oracles website. Sun ray 3 plus client the sun ray 3 plus client boasts the highest resolution in the industry at 2560 x 1600 for one monitor or 5120 x 1600 for up to two 30 inch monitors. The sun ray 2 and sun ray 2fs are available now and are. It is a compilation of sometimes hardtofind information, or information that would otherwise require getting a quote from sun sales. Section 508 standards, subject to oracle s interpretation of those standards. Just got a sun ray 3i and was planning on using a t31 to install the sun ray software on it to host the client.
The sun ray 4 security technical implementation guide stig is published as a tool to improve the security of department of defense dod information systems. Program leaders decided on a setup comprising suns trusted solaris server running sun ray session server software connected to sun ray 1 thinclient desktop systems. India, singapore, and even the us struggle with customers installing unlicensed pc software, underscoring the need for companies that combat software piracy. The most obvious examples are the pirated dvds for sale in china.
A type of software piracy that occurs when corporations underreport the number of software installations acquired through volume purchase agreements. Software piracy on a grand scale, in which software and its packaging are illegally duplicated often by organized crime ringsthen redistributed as alleged legal product. Can the sun ray 2 fs do dual monitor windows on sun ray server 3. This educational pricing list is provided for convenience in the event a purchase of sun ray related stuff is required. Four steps to stop software piracy at your company. The two machines, known as sun ray 2 and sun ray 2fs, provide thin clients, as opposed to full desktop pcs, or fat clients.
Jan 19, 2011 china does have laws against such piracy, but they are often not enforced. Note the sun ray 2fs is designed to run a single display across two screens without additional configuration. The losses suffered as a result of software piracy directly affect the profitability of the software industry. Sun ray hardware version sun ray 2fs to sun ray 2fs release 1. It featured a smart card reader and several models featured an integrated flat panel display. In 2007, sun and uk company thruput integrated the sun ray 2fs with 28 2048. Even in countries where there are not legal measures in place for the protection of ed software, there are some compelling ethical issues that may be considered both for and against software piracy. I dont think there is a problem with using sun ray 2 devices with any version of srs, but i wonder if there are limitations to the older versions of srwc that might complicate dual monitor, or something in the solaris 8 x libraries. If you compare the capital cost of a wintel server and desktop architecture using dell gear with 22 screens to that of a redundant sparc sun ray. But computer software may be the most important example. The sun ray 2fs is the only virtual display client from a major vendor that includes fiber to the desktop, native dualhead similar to xinerama and an integrated smart card reader as standard features. Sun ray software is a secure and costeffective solution that delivers a rich virtual desktop experience for sun ray clients, pcs, and laptops. I am typing this into a sun ray 2fs connected to an hp dl585 server running solaris.
This vpat summarizes the sun ray 3i, sun ray 3 plus, sun ray 3, sun ray 2, sun ray 2fs and sun ray 270 systems. We want to establish sessions through the vmware view manager to 2fs appliances and perform smart card logon scl to a windows 2008 r2 server. This chapter describes how to administer two different types of monitor configurations that sun ray software supports. Sun ray software srs is available for the solaris and linux operating. Perhaps one of the reasons for the popularity of software piracy is the fact that there is little risk of getting caught. There is the solaris 11 operating system which is an os for servers. When configuring multihead groups, ensure that xinerama is left disabled. Ive just moved from ontario back to my home province of alberta where the sun shines, the air is clean, and the economy is booming. Because of the money lost to pirates, publishers have fewer resources to devote to research and development of new products, have less revenue to justify lowering software prices and are forced to pass these costs on to their customers. The sun ray 270 is shown below with the builtin display. That will get you 20 years in the federal system per count, as opposed to one to three years, which is typical for software piracy.
Mitigating your organizations exposure to software piracy. It features a smart card reader and is often integrated into a flat panel display the idea of a stateless desktop was a significant shift from, and the eventual successor to, sun s earlier line of diskless javaonly desktops, the javastation. But when coronavirus hit here in the uk, the museum had to close its doors to the public, and we lost. If you are upgrading sun ray server software, go to preparing to upgrade sun ray server software on page. Sun ray software commands command definition utaction execute commands when a sun ray client session is connected, disconnected, or terminated. Oct 30, 2012 software piracy is the stealing of legally protected software. These are the steps i took to get the sunray software working on centos. Figure 7 the sun ray 270, 2fs, and 2 thin clients from left to right. Sunray thinclients are a definite competitor in the business desktop arena providing an attractive alternative to the citrixwindows thinclient solution. Dec 06, 2015 it appears to be one the biggest software piracy cases, if not the biggest, the department has ever handled, us attorney tammy dickinson told wired in a phone interview.
China certainly is not the only country with high levels of software piracy. You can report incidents of software piracy to the siia see below section report piracy to the siia. By using this site, you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy. May 10, 2016 software piracy claims can ruin your business and reward those responsible. Connect to a remote windows computer via uttsc on my sun ray or better yet, ditch the windows pc. Sun microsystems sun ray 2 thin client computer computing. Why should i need oracle sun ray operating software 11 and what is the use of it. If you are installing sun ray server software for the first time, go to preparing for installation on page 5. Or i get free albums from noisetrade or directly from the artist through bandcamp. Installing sunray software server srss on centos 5. Tiberian sun, ideer blu ray player, and many more programs. The sun ray from oracle is a stateless thin client solution aimed at corporate environments, originally introduced by sun microsystems in september 1999. The sun ray 3 plus client provides fiber optic networking via the new sfp small form pluggable port module, enabling customers to connect to the network via a fiber optic. Downloads for sun ray software, sun ray operating software, oracle virtual desktop infrastructure.
A surplus sun ray 270 allinone thin client came evan allens way, and. Sun launches new thin clients, ships niagara server cio. China and russia are usually seen as hotbeds for software piracy. We are standing up an environment in which sun ray 2fs thin clients attached to sun ray software server srss. Sun launches new thin clients, ships niagara server. Dec 01, 2000 four steps to stop software piracy at your company. Sun developed a separate network display protocol, appliance link protocol alp, for the sun ray system. Sun ray operating software is applicable to solaris 10, 11. From warez shopping malls in asia, to the unscrupulous computer systems retailers a few blocks down the street, pirated programs are sold for a pittance. Sun s latest product offerings confirm its belief, which also serves as its marketing slogan. Sun rays free brushes licensed under creative commons, open source, and more.
By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. It utilizes a single frame buffer for two displays, always treating two attached heads as a single, unified display surface to be controlled with a single mouse and keyboard, and always presenting itself to the x server as a single. In order to create a large array of monitors, several sun rays clients can be hooked together to form a multihead group. I was able to get this working thanks to scraps of information from peter senna tschudins blog in addition to get it working on 32bit like in peters blog, i also got it working on 64 bit. The sun ray software also permits deploying sun ray. This information is then passed on the windows by uttsc. Simply plug and go with a new sun ray 3 client without the need for desktop it intervention. It seems that illegal software is available anywhere, to anyone, at any time. Mitigating your organizations exposure to software piracy with softrack 1. For more information on sun ray operating software, including packaging, download changes, and support requirements, refer to the sun ray operating software faq.
Sun s hardware and software combination servers plus sun rays can be used in most existing organizations without making management or directional change. Software piracy audits conducted by the bsa and the siia threaten small and medium sized businesses. Virtualizing windows on sun ray thin clients at the microsoft. If you are creating a failover group from both new and existing sun ray servers.