Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 Administrator’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- About this guide
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_807
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_710
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_606
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_511
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_412
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_303
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_206
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_027
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_024
- What is new in ThinOS 8.6_019
- Before working on ThinOS
- Getting started
- End User License Agreement
- 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
- Battery information
- Sleep mode
- Additional getting started details
- Classic desktop features
- Login dialog box features
- Word wrap feature
- Accessing system information
- ENERGY STAR compliance
- IPv6 certification
- Global Connection settings
- Configuring 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 Receiver feature matrix
- Citrix HDX RealTime Multimedia Engine or RealTime Optimization Pack
- Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI
- Using Citrix ADC
- Citrix Cloud services
- Citrix icon refresh
- Using multiple audio in Citrix session
- Configuring ICA connections
- Support for multi-monitors in Citrix session
- ICA Self Service Password Reset
- QUMU or ICA Multimedia URL Redirection
- HTML5 Video Redirection
- ICA SuperCodec
- Anonymous logon
- Configuring the Citrix UPD printer
- Configuring VMware
- Configuring the VMware broker connection
- VMware Horizon Client feature matrix
- Using VMware Horizon View broker and desktop
- Enable username hint for smart card login
- Supporting VMware Real Time Audio-Video
- VMware Blast
- VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
- Using multi-monitors in PCoIP session
- Using Multi-monitors in VMware Blast session
- Blast Virtual Printing
- Enable hardware cursor in Blast session
- Enable relative mouse feature
- USB device splitting in Blast session
- Supporting Teradici SDK
- Configuring PCoIP connections using Teradici Remote Workstation card
- Customize PCoIP login window and icons
- Configuring Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Configuring Dell vWorkspace
- Configuring Amazon Web Services or WorkSpaces
- Configuring Teradici Cloud Access
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring local settings
- Local Settings Menu
- Configuring the system preferences
- Configuring the display settings
- Configuring the peripherals settings
- Configuring the keyboard settings
- Configuring the mouse settings
- Configuring the audio settings
- Configuring the serial settings
- Configuring the camera settings
- Configuring the touch screen settings
- Configure the touch screen settings for VDI sessions
- Configuring the Bluetooth settings
- USB support
- Support for USB Type-C
- Configuring the printer settings
- Reset features
- Local Settings Menu
- TCX Suite
- Trusted Platform Module version 2.0
- Performing diagnostics
- BIOS management on ThinOS
- Security
- Troubleshooting
- Examples of common printing configurations
- Important notes
- Frequently asked questions
● 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.
Introduction
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