Administrator Guide

NOTE: To access the Boot Menu screen, during the system restart, press the P key. The P key functionality is valid only if you

enable the Popup menu option in the BIOS settings.

Imaging Devices with the Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool

Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool provides a simple USB imaging solution to help IT and Customer Service sta quickly and easily image

supported devices.

Using the tool’s exible Windows utility, users can easily:

• Congure a USB key to copy or pull rmware from a source device. You can later push to other target devices.

• Congure a USB key to update or push rmware that you include on the USB key to target devices to upgrade rmware.

• Create replicate or duplicate USB keys containing the original contents for simultaneous usage on target devices by users in several

locations at the same time.

Conguring and Using Peripherals

The thin client has USB ports available on it.

To provide the services through the ports, install the appropriate software for the thin clientOptiplex client.

NOTE:

• You can install other services and add-ins that are available from the Dell website for free or for a licensing fee.

For more information, see the Dell Wyse Support Site.

• You can congure the thin client device to use Bluetooth- enabled Peripherals. For more information, see Device Manager

Bluetooth Connections.

Using TightVNC to Shadow a

Optiplex ClientThin

Client

TightVNC Server starts automatically as a service upon thin client Optiplex client startup. The TightVNC Server service can also be

stopped and started by using the Services window.

1 Log in as an administrator.

2 Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, and then select TightVNC Server.

• You may also use the TightVNC Server features in Start > All Programs > TightVNC Server (Service Mode)

3 To shadow a Optiplex client thin client from a remote machine use the following guidelines:

a On a remote machine on which TightVNC Viewer is installed, open the New Tight VNC Connection dialog box.

b Enter the IP address or valid DNS name of the thin client that is shadowed or operated or monitored.

c Click OK.

The VNC Authentication dialog box is displayed.

d Enter the Password of the Optiplex clientthin client that is shadowed, and then click OK.

This is the Primary Password of the Optiplex client thin client that is shadowed.

The Optiplex client thin client that is shadowed or operated or monitored is displayed for the administrator in a separate window on the

remote machine. Use the mouse and keyboard on the remote machine to operate the Optiplex client thin client just as you would if you

were operating it locally.

TightVNC (Server and Viewer) — Pre-requisites

Before TightVNC Server installation on a remote machine, to access a thin clientOptiplex client you must know the following:

System Administration