Administrator Guide

● Enhancements:
○ UI enhancement to capture logs of the application console. See, Using the troubleshooting options.
○ UI enhancement to select DisplayPorts for DP audio. See, Configuring the audio settings.
○ UI enhancement to display Frames Per Second (FPS) in the Performance Monitor window. See, Using the
troubleshooting options.
○ Supports creating a VDI connection by a low-privileged user using INI parameters. See, Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI
Reference Guide at www.dell.com/manuals.
○ Supports a new system variable—$UMAC—for MAC address in the uppercase format. See, Dell Wyse ThinOS Version
8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/manuals.
○ Supports customizing the text color in the lock window using INI parameters. See, Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI
Reference Guide at www.dell.com/manuals.
● INI parameter updates:
Added new INI parameters. See, Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: ThinOS 8.6_024 supports Wyse Management Suite version 1.4.
What is new in ThinOS 8.6_019
The following are the new features or updates to the existing features in this release:
● Updates to ThinOS packages:
○ Updated the Citrix RTME package to version 2.7.52738. See, Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization pack.
○ Updated the Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI package to version 12.1.52977. See, Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI.
○ Updated the VMware Horizon package to version 4.8.51817. See, Configuring VMware.
● Enhancements:
○ Added the sleep mode feature that enables the power-saving state and quickly resumes full power operations without
loss of data. This feature is supported on Wyse 5040 All-in-One client and Wyse 5040 All-in-One client with PCoIP. See,
Sleep mode.
○ Supports the VMware Blast Virtual channel on Imprivata Biometrics and Proximity devices. See, Imprivata Bio-metric
Single Sign-On.
○ Supports User Datagram Protocol (UDP) through TS Gateway connections. See, Connect to RDP session using UDP with
TS Gateway.
○ Supports the OMNIKEY 5422 smart card reader.
○ Supports SecMaker Net iD smart card. See, the Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/
support.
○ Supports disabling the cipher suites such as DES, 3DES or both for TLS clients. See, the Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6
INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/support.
● INI parameter updates:
Added new INI parameters. See, the Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/support.
What is new in ThinOS 8.6_013
The following are the updates to the existing features or new features in this release:
● Citrix updates:
○ Updated the Citrix RTME package to version 2.5. See, Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization pack.
○ Added support for Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI. See, Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI.
○ Added support for Okta using Citrix NetScaler Gateway. See, Configuring Citrix NetScaler using Okta.
○ Added support to create icon folders on the StoreFront desktop using the INI parameter. See, the Dell Wyse ThinOS
Version 8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/support.
○ Added support for multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon. See, Multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon.
● VMware updates:
○ Updated the Horizon client version from 4.6 to 4.8. See, Configuring VMware.
○ Added support for VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business in VMware Blast session. See, VMware
Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business.
○ Added support for hardware cursor in VMware Blast session. See, Enable hardware cursor in Blast session.
○ Added support for multiple logins with VMware Horizon and Citrix. See, Multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon.
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