The Pano Manager is a centrally-hosted server that is delivered in the form of a virtual appliance. The Pano Manager typically runs as a virtual machine located on the same host servers as your desktop virtual machines.
The Pano Manager is the central point of control for all of your Pano devices; it integrates with your directory service and VMware VirtualCenter to manage, deploy, and connect virtual desktops to end users.
The Pano Manager also provides a web-based interface that enables users to connect to their desktop virtual machines from traditional PCs or laptops for those times when users are not in front of a Pano device.
Pano Manager has a built-in connection broker functionality. Both the Pano Manager and the connection broker reside on virtual machines that run on the VMware VI3 (Hypervisor).
The connection broker uses the Directory Services (typically Microsoft Active Directory) and the management tools provided by the virtualization provider (VMware VirtualCenter) to connect a Pano device to a user's DVM.