Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 Hotfix Administrator’s Guide
- Introduction
- Getting started
- Configuring ThinOS using the First Boot Wizard
- Connecting to a remote server
- Using your desktop
- Configuring thin client settings and connection settings
- Connecting to a printer
- Connecting to a monitor
- Locking the thin client
- Signing off and shutting down
- Additional getting started details
- Classic desktop features
- Login dialog box features
- Accessing system information
- Global Connection settings
- Configuring the connectivity
- Configuring the network settings
- Configuring the remote connections
- Configuring the central configurations
- Configuring the VPN Manager
- Configuring the connection brokers
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring the Citrix broker connection
- Citrix HDX RealTime Multimedia Engine or RealTime Optimization Pack
- Citrix Cloud services
- Citrix icon refresh
- Using multiple audio in Citrix session
- Using Citrix NetScaler with CensorNet MFA authentication
- Configuring ICA connections
- ICA Self Service Password Reset
- QUMU or ICA Multimedia URL Redirection
- HTML5 Video Redirection
- ICA SuperCodec
- Anonymous logon
- Configuring the Citrix UPD printer
- Introduction to Flash Redirection
- Configuring VMware
- Configuring Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Configuring Dell vWorkspace
- Configuring Amazon Web Services or WorkSpaces
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring thin client settings
- TCX Suite
- Performing diagnostics
- BIOS management on ThinOS
- Security
- Automating updates and settings using central configuration
- Examples of common printing configurations
- Important notes
- Troubleshooting
- Firmware upgrade
- Frequently asked questions
Automating updates and settings using
central configuration
This appendix describes how to set up your environment to provide your thin clients running ThinOS with automatic updates and
configurations in three simple steps.
NOTE: Dell Wyse thin clients do not require device management software. They are configured to obtain their IP address,
as well as the location of firmware and configuration instructions, from a DHCP server. However, you can use Wyse
Device Manager (WDM) or Wyse Management Suite for a more hands-on management of your thin clients. For information
about configuring your thin clients to communicate with a WDM server or Wyse Management Suite, see the related INI
parameters in Dell Wyse ThinOS INI Guide.
How to set up automatic updates and configurations
For a thin client running ThinOS to successfully access INI files and update itself from a server, you must set up the server with
the correct folder structure where the INI files and other update files are located, direct the thin client to the server, and then
reboot or start the thin client
Once DHCP and servers are configured and available, the thin client checks (at each boot up) to see whether or not any
updates are available on a predefined server DHCP Option #161 specifies the server URL, DHCP Option #162 specifies the root
path to the server. If updates are available, the updates are automatically installed.
Using DHCP options
This table contains the DHCP options available for use.
Table 26. DHCP options
Option Description Notes
1 Subnet Mask
Required. However, it is not required
unless the thin client must interact with
servers on a different subnet. MS DHCP
requires a subnet mask and is always
send one.
2 Time Offset Optional.
3 Router
Optional, but recommended. It is not
required unless the thin client must
interact with servers on a different
subnet.
6 Domain Name Server (DNS) Optional, but recommended.
15 Domain Name Optional, but recommended. See Option
6.
28 Broadcast Address Optional.
44 WINS servers IP Address Optional.
51 Lease Time Optional, but recommended.
52 Option Overload Optional.
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