Terminal Services

We are using Microsoft Terminal Services, running a Windows 2000 Server thinserver, and a Windows XP Professional thinclient. By default it uses port 3389. We use the terms RDP and Terminal Services interchangeably.

• To start a RDP session, do the following:
  1. Start the thinclient in windows, and login as the testbed user.
  2. Start the thinserver in windows. There's no need to login, the service should be started automatically.
  3. In the thinclient desktop, you'll see a shortcut which says "Remote Desktop Connection". Double-click on it.
  4. A window should appear asking you to login. Use the testbed account to login and your thinserver desktop should appear.

  At this point, the session is ready to begin the benchmark (see section 4).

• To end a Terminal Services session, go to "Start->Shutdown->Log Off testbed" in the client window. The window should close automatically. Close all windows, log out from the thinclient and reboot the thinserver and thinclient to Linux.