Administrator Guide

Connecting to a remote server
On your initial connection to central conguration, we recommended that you connect using a wired connection plug in the
network-connected Ethernet cable to your thin client before starting the thin client to obtain the congurations desired by the
administrator. This wired connection will also provide any wireless congurations provided by the administrator through INI les.
If you must initially connect to central conguration through wireless, use the Wireless tab in the Network Setup dialog box to enter
the SSID and encryption congurations required or set up by the network administrator. For more information, see Conguring the
Network Settings.
Central Conguration — If you are congured for automatic detection using INI les — see Dell Wyse ThinOS INI Guide , your thin
client will automatically detect and connect to the congured remote services during the boot-up process. Press the power button
to turn on your thin client to see the Login dialog box. Enter your User name, Password, and Domain, and then click Login. After
authentication is successful, your available connections are presented.
NOTE:
Although the thin client will default to the Classic Desktop for INI backward compatibility, you can congure the thin client to
display the Zero Desktop by using the SysMode=VDI parameter in the INI les or by selecting the desktop option in the dialog
box. For more information, see Using Your Desktop.
Manual Connection — If you are not yet set up for central conguration, you will see the Zero Toolbar, where you can congure the
initial server connection you want using the
Remote Connections dialog box before you can log in. For more information, see
Connecting to a Remote Server manually.
You only need to complete this manual conguration once or after reboot to factory defaults. After the thin client knows the location
of your server, it automatically connects to the server for login when you start the thin client in the future. After you conrm that
your environment is ready for deployment, you can create INI les for central conguration.
Connecting a remote server manually
To connect a remote server manually, complete the following tasks:
1. Click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar to open the System Settings menu, and then click Remote Connections to
open the Remote Connections dialog box.
2. Click the Broker Setup tab of the Remote Connections dialog box to congure one of the following connections:
• ICA or RDP connection —Select None, select ICA or RDP, click Congure Connection, and then follow the wizard.
• A specic broker server connection — Select Microsoft, Citrix Xen, Dell vWorkspace, VMware View, Amazon WorkSpaces
or Other, and then enter the IP Address for the server in the Broker Server box.
NOTE: For more details, see Conguring the Remote Connections.
3. Click OK, and then restart the thin client.
Click the Shutdown icon on the Zero Toolbar to open, and use the Shutdown dialog box to restart the thin client.
NOTE:
• If an ICA or RDP connection is congured— After thin client restarts, click the Home icon on the Zero Toolbar to open
the list of available connections. Click the ICA or RDP connection you created, and then log in.
• If a specic Broker Server connection is congured— After thin client restart, the Login dialog box appears for your
server. Enter the User name, Password, and Domain and click Login. After authentication is successful, your Zero
Toolbar is presented with your assigned connections dened by the broker server.
Using your desktop
What you see after logging on to the server depends on the administrator congurations.
• Users with a Classic Desktop—will see the classic ThinOS desktop with full taskbar, desktop, and Connect Manager familiar to
ThinOS users. This option is the default out-of-the-box experience and is recommended for terminal server environments with
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