Mirage end point question as part of the initial setup

I am just going through the Horizon Mirage installation guide and have a question. Let’s say customer has brand new desktop hardware and would like to manage it with Mirage. In other words, push OS to the client using mirage and manage end point from there.

But I am not able to understand how we install Mirage client on brand new desktop without an OS. Is it one of the requirements to install base supported OS and mirage client and then push actual base layer to the client? If this is the case, I think we are adding administrative overhead during the initial setup.

Or my assumption is wrong and there is any PXE boot or similar?

Horizon Mirage clients

Endpoint devices installed with the Horizon Mirage client can run a centralized virtual desktop (CVD) or

convert an existing desktop to a CVD. See

“Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD),”

on page 8.

The Horizon Mirage client software runs in the base operating system and makes sure the images at the

endpoint and the CVD are synchronized. The client does not create or emulate a virtual machine. No virtual

machines or hypervisors are required. The Horizon Mirage client software can run on any Type 1 or Type 2

1. hypervisor.

Thanks in advance

Jo
Virtualcloudz