Deploying a Parallels HALB appliance

To download a Parallels HALB appliance, visit https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/download/links/.

On the Download Parallels Remote Application Server web page, scroll down to the Download Optional Server Components table and find the Parallels Remote Application Server HALB Appliances row. The row contains the following download links:

• HALB Appliance OVA

• HALB Appliance VHD

The appliance type that you need to download depends on the hypervisor that you are using. Please follow the instructions below for your hypervisor type.

VMware

For VMware, the appliance can be imported with either the OVA appliance file. If deployed via the OVA file, the VM is created pre-configured with 2 CPUs and 2048 MB of RAM (which can be changed later).

Microsoft Hyper-V

For Microsoft Hyper-V, the appliance is imported with the VHD file.

Note: When setting up a Hyper-V machine, choose the Generation 1 configuration options.

Deploying a Parallels HALB Appliance

After you download a Parallels HALB appliance, you need to import it to a hypervisor running on a separate machine connected to the same local network as Parallels RAS. For the information on how to import a virtual appliance, please consult your hypervisor documentation.

HALB Device First Boot Configuration

1. Choose between static IP or DHCP.

   
2. For the static option, specify the network parameters.

   
3. [OPTIONAL] Configure mailbox notifications.

4. Wait for the HALB device to be ready for configuration from the RAS console.

5. In the Advanced menu, the following settings are available:

   1. Networking. Reconfigure the network parameters of this device.

   2. Rescan. Rescan the Appliance services state, since they don't refresh automatically.

   3. Reset. Use to reset the existing Applicance configuration due to a glitch or adding it to a different HALB virtual server.