2.5.1.2 Establish a Connection to a VM Host in an Intranet Environment--RDP Client
Goal
For an RDP client to establish a connection with a VM Host.
Context of Use
A user launches the RDP client to display and interact with a remote desktop or remote application. The RDP client establishes a connection to a VM Host that is hosting the virtual machine running the remote desktop or remote application. In this use case, the connection between the RDP client and the VM Host is established in an intranet environment. The preconditions are met, and licensing, authentication, authorization, and Domain Name System (DNS) services are available.
Actors
User: The primary actor is the user.
RDP client: The RDP client establishes a connection to the VM Host in order to interact with a remote desktop or remote application.
VM Host: The VM Host is hosting the virtual machine running the remote desktop or remote application to which the direct actor is connecting.
Stakeholders:
None.
Preconditions: Windows 7 is being used. The VM Host is operational and listening for an RDP connect request. If the RDP client is using the IPv6 protocol, then the VM Host supports the IPv6 protocol.
Main Success Scenario
Trigger: The RDP client initiates the connection when the user provides the name of the remote desktop to connect to.
The RDP client resolves the name to an IP address using DNS.
The RDP client establishes a secure RDP connection using a Connection Broker. The Connection Broker looks up the assigned virtual machine for the user, prepares the virtual machine to be run under the VM Host, and returns the IP address of the virtual machine to the RDP client.
The RDP client connects to the IP address of the virtual machine.
The virtual machine transmits the remote desktop to the RDP client, and the RDP client displays the remote desktop.
The user of the RDP client interacts with the remote desktop of the virtual machine.
Extensions
None.