Virtual machine system supporting a large number of displays

摘要

A method and system for supporting multiple displays in a virtual machine (VM) environment are disclosed. The system includes a client device coupled to a server hosting one or more VMs. The client device may include multiple displays and;a client display manager coupled to the displays. The client display manager may be operable to establish display connections with virtual devices of a VM, receive data generated by the VM via the display connections, and forward the data to a display controller of a relevant display.

主权项

1. A host computer system comprising:
a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) associated with a plurality of remote client machines coupled to the host computer system via a network, wherein a VM of the plurality of VMs is executable from the memory to generate data to be transmitted via the network and rendered by a plurality of displays of a corresponding remote client machine; a plurality of virtual devices enabled on the VM for the plurality of displays of the corresponding remote client machine, each of the plurality of virtual devices being associated with one or more of the plurality of displays that render the data generated by the VM; and a display system, coupled to the VM, to cause a plurality of connections to be established to connect the plurality of virtual devices of the VM with the corresponding remote client machine, each of the plurality of virtual devices having multiple connections to transmit different types of data to the corresponding remote client machine for determining by the corresponding remote client machine which of the plurality of displays is to present a respective type of data.