Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 9.1 Migration Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Wyse Management Suite Environment Automation using DHCP and DNS
- Register ThinOS devices using Wyse Device Agent
- Add a ThinOS 8.6 device to a group in Wyse Management Suite
- Download the ThinOS firmware, BIOS, and application packages
- Add ThinOS firmware to the Wyse Management Suite repository
- Upgrading ThinOS firmware
- Configuring a ThinOS 9.1 client using Wyse Management Suite
- BIOS Installation
- Delete ThinOS application packages
- Downgrade to previous versions of ThinOS
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell
Table 11. Relationship between INI and Wyse Management Suite group-based configurations (continued)
Configuration ThinOS 8.6 with INI ThinOS 9.1 with Wyse
Management Suite
NOTE: The Select Group feature is not available when using
Wyse Management Suite Standard. A Wyse Management
Suite Pro license is required to enable this feature.
User configurations applied at Login based on Active
Directory Domain—When using Wyse Management Suite,
ThinOS configurations for a group of users can be defined by
use of the Wyse Management Suite User Policy Group. This
feature is similar to AD.INI functionality used by ThinOS 8.6 that
dynamically applies configurations to ThinOS at SignOn (NTLM)
based on the Active Directory Group Name.
NOTE: ThinOS 9.1 Login type (under Login Experience
> Login Settings and go to Login Type) must be set
to Authenticate to domain controller at the Default Device
Policy Group level for Active Directory Domain based
configuration to function. If you are using the Active
Directory group policy, the login type must be configured in
the child group level of the device policies.
SignOn=NTLM,
(WNOS\INI\ AD.INI)
Groups and Configs
User Policy Group
User configurations applied at Login based on Username—
When using Wyse Management Suite, ThinOS configurations for
a single user is defined by use of Wyse Management Suite User
Exceptions. It is similar to Username.INI functionality used by
ThinOS 8.6 that dynamically applies configurations to ThinOS at
Login (NTLM or Yes) based on username.
NOTE: User Exceptions should only be used when required
and should be kept to a minimal number of configurations.
Excessive use of User Exceptions or User Exception
configurations can affect performance and manageability.
SignOn=Yes or NTLM
(WNOS\INI\username.ini)
Users
User Exceptions
Wyse Management Suite can define device and user configurations for ThinOS and during boot ThinOS receives a device
configuration payload from Wyse Management Suite. Additionally, a user configuration payload is received at Login.
For example, consider a scenario with device policies configured as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 1. Device policy
In this scenario, a client that is assigned to Site B Printer Configurations receives a device payload based on the following:
● ThinOS global configurations
● ThinOS EST time zone configurations
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Configuring a ThinOS 9.1 client using Wyse Management Suite