2.1.1 Connect and Save your Connection Settings

To access a host, you need to open a session on that host. In Reflection, you can create a session document that allows you to configure and reuse your session.

Terminal sessions are pre-configured to use built-in Ribbon, theme, keyboard map, and mouse map files. If you choose, you can create custom versions of these files to modify the appearance and capabilities of each session.

CAUTION:If you specify a custom file for a session, be sure to maintain the same file name and file path (relative to the session document file) when you deploy the files. If Reflection cannot find the custom file when it starts a session, it prompts to use a built-in file.

To create a new terminal session and save your connection settings

Open Reflection.

If Reflection is set up to open the Create New Document dialog box automatically, you can skip this step. If this dialog box is not displayed, open it as follows:

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

User Interface Mode	Steps
Ribbon or Reflection Browser	From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the New Document button.
TouchUx	Tap the Folder icon and then under File, select New.

From the Create New Document dialog box, select a session template.
In the Compatibilitydrop-down box, select the set of default settings you want to use for this session, if any.

The compatibility settings include keyboard maps and themes similar to those of other emulation products. The default Reflection compatibility setting is optimized for this product.
Click Create.
For Host Name/IP Address, enter the fully qualified host name.

NOTE:Both IPv4 addresses (in the form 127.0.0.1) and IPv6 addresses (in the form 2001:0db8:3c4d:0015:0000:0000:abcd:ef12) are accepted.
Change other settings if necessary.
If you want to add custom files (for example, custom themes, keyboard map, or Ribbon files), select Configure additional settings and click OK. Then, on the Settings dialog box, click the link for the file you want to customize (for example, Manage Themes, Manage Ribbon, or Manage Keyboard Maps) and follow the online instructions to select a custom file.
From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Save button to save the session document.