Deployment Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4
Supported systems..............................................................................................................................................................4
Supported Wyse Management Suite versions..............................................................................................................4
Prerequisites before you migrate from ThinOS 8.6 or upgrade to ThinOS 9.x.................................................... 5
Chapter 2: Wyse Management Suite Environment Automation using DHCP and DNS..................... 7
Register ThinOS devices by using DHCP option tags................................................................................................ 7
Configuring devices by using DNS SRV record............................................................................................................8
Chapter 3: Register ThinOS devices using Wyse Device Agent..................................................... 10
Chapter 4: Add a ThinOS 8.6 device to a group in Wyse Management Suite.................................. 11
Chapter 5: Download the ThinOS firmware, BIOS, and application packages................................ 12
File naming convention..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 6: Add ThinOS firmware to the Wyse Management Suite repository............................... 15
Chapter 7: Upgrading ThinOS firmware........................................................................................16
Upgrade ThinOS 8.6 to ThinOS 9.1............................................................................................................................... 16
Upgrade ThinOS 9.x to later versions...........................................................................................................................16
Upload and push ThinOS 9.1 application packages.................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 8: Configuring a ThinOS 9.1 client using Wyse Management Suite ................................. 19
Configuration comparison between ThinOS 8.6 and ThinOS 9.1........................................................................... 19
ThinOS configuration grouping overview.....................................................................................................................19
ThinOS system variables................................................................................................................................................. 20
Relationship between INI and Wyse Management Suite group based configurations...................................... 21
Chapter 9: BIOS Installation........................................................................................................ 24
Upgrade BIOS.....................................................................................................................................................................24
Edit BIOS settings............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Chapter 10: Delete ThinOS application packages......................................................................... 26
Chapter 11: Downgrade to previous versions of ThinOS................................................................27
Chapter 12: Resources and support............................................................................................. 28
Chapter 13: Contacting Dell......................................................................................................... 29
Contents
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