# Configuring a Remote PC To view the properties of a Remote PC, highlight the computer in the navigation tree and click **Tasks** > **Properties**. This opens the Remote PC properties dialog. ## **Properties** By default, a PC is enabled in the Farm. When it is disabled, published applications and virtual desktops cannot be served from it. To enable or disable a PC in the Farm, select or clear the **Enable Remote PC** option. If the IP or MAC address of a Remote PC has changed, modify them using the **Remote PC** and **MAC Address** input fields. The **Change Direct Address** option allows you to specify an IP address that Parallels Client can use to connect to the PC directly. This address is only used in the Direct Connection mode and it could be an internal or external IP address. {% hint style="info" %} **Note:** The Wake On Lan option should be enabled in BIOS so the machine could be automatically turned on. If you are using a virtual machine, the option is usually supported by a hypervisor natively or via a 3rd party software. To test if the Wake On Lan option is turned on, close the **Remote PC Properties** dialog and then click the **Test Wake on LAN** button, which is located below the **Remote PCs** list. {% endhint %} ## **Agent Settings** Each Remote PC in the Farm has a RAS Remote PC Agent installed to conduct communications between Parallels RAS and the PC. The agent can be configured on the **Agent Settings** tab page. * **Logoff active session after**: The amount of time a session remains logged in after the user closes a published application. The default timeout is 25 seconds. Note that this only works for applications, but not published desktops (when a user closes a desktop, the session is logged off). This timeout is used to avoid unnecessary logins when a user closes one application and then opens another. * **Session readiness timeout**: The maximum amount of time it should require to establish a session. If the specified timeout is reached, and the session is still not ready, the user will see an error message and will have to try to log in again. * **Port**. Specify a different remote desktop connection port number if needed. * **Preferred Connection Broker**: Select a Connection Broker with which the Remote PC Agent should communicate. This can be helpful when Site components are installed in multiple physical locations communicating through WAN. You can decrease network traffic by specifying a more appropriate Connection Broker. * **Enable drag and drop**: Allows you to set how the drag and drop functionality works in Parallels Clients. Click **Configure** and choose from "Disabled" (no drag and drop functionality), "Sever to client only" (drag and drop to a local application only), "Client to server only" (drag and drop to a remote application only), "Bidirectional" (drag and drop in both directions). {% hint style="info" %} **Note:** At the time of this writing, the drag and drop functionality is only supported on Parallels Client for Windows and Parallels Client for Mac. {% endhint %} * **Manage RDP transport protocol:** Selects the transport protocol that will be used for connections between Parallels Client and a server. To do this, select this option and click the **Configure** button. * **Allow file transfer command (Web and Chrome clients)**: Enables file transfer in a remote session. To enable file transfer, select this option and click the **Configure** button. For more information, see [**Configuring remote file transfer**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/v19-en-us/parallels-ras-19-administrators-guide/user-device-management-and-client-policies/configuring-remote-file-transfer.md). * **Enable drive redirection cache:** Improves user experience by making file browsing and navigation on redirected drives much faster. For details, see [**Drive redirection cache**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/v19-en-us/parallels-ras-19-administrators-guide/rd-session-hosts/manage-rd-session-hosts/manage-hosts-rd-session-hosts/drive-redirection-cache.md). ## **RDP Printer** The **RDP Printer** tab allows you to configure the renaming format of redirected printers. The format may vary depending on which version and language of the server you are using. Set your RDP Printer Name Format specifically for the configured server by choosing any of the below options from the RDP Printer Name Format drop-down list: * Printername (from Computername) in Session no. * Session no. (computername from) Printername * Printername (redirected Session no) The other RDP Printing options available in the RDP Printer tab are: * Remove session number from printer name * Remove client name from printer name ## **Configure logging** A Remote PC is monitored and logs are created containing relevant information. To configure logging and retrieve or clear existing log files, right-click a Remote PC, choose **Troubleshooting** > **Logging** in the context menu, and then click **Configure**, **Retrieve**, or **Clear** depending on what you want to do. For the information on how to perform these tasks, see the [**Logging**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/v19-en-us/parallels-ras-19-administrators-guide/common-management-tasks/logging.md) section. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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