Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 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 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
- Introduction to TCX Flash Redirection
- 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
the URL that is centrally defined by file servers by using the Remote Connections dialog box as described in Remote
Connections.
○ Classic desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box.
○ Zero desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box, or use the Leave
Administrator Mode icon (X) in the upper-right pane of the System Settings menu.
NOTE: By default the Admin Mode button is not displayed on the log on dialog box. You can display it by selecting the
Show local admin button check box in the Shutdown dialog box, see Signing off and shutting down.
NOTE: By default there is no password needed for the Admin Mode button use. You can password protect the Admin
Mode button (to require login credentials) by using the AdminMode parameter in a wnos.ini file, see Dell Wyse
ThinOS INI Guide.
● Shutdown—Click the Shutdown button to open and use the Shutdown dialog box to sign off, shut down, restart, reset
the system setting to factory defaults, and so on. For information, see Signing off and shutting down.
● Account Self-Service—Click the Account Self-Service icon shown when configured using the
AccountSelfServiceoption of the PasswordServer INI parameter to open and use the Account Self-Service dialog
box to change or reset your own password and unlock your account. For information on INI parameter, see Dell Wyse ThinOS
INI Guide.
This process assumes that the security questions and answers have been pre-registered by the user inside their Windows
environment. Users must use HTTPS (not HTTP) for an account self-service server address such as Https://IPAddress, in the
Broker Setup tab. For more information, see Configuring the remote connections. After the security questions are answered,
your new password will be set or your account will be unlocked.
Accessing system information
Use the System Information dialog box to view system information.
● Classic desktop—Click System Information from the desktop menu.
● Zero desktop—Click the System Information icon on the zero toolbar.
The System Information dialog box includes:
● General tab—Displays general information such as System Version, Serial Number, Memory Size (Total and Free), CPU
Speed, ROM Size, Monitor, Parallel ports, Terminal Name, Boot from, Memory speed, SSD size, Resolution, and the Serial
ports.
● Copyright tab—Displays the software copyright and patent notices.
Acknowledgments button is added in the Copyright tab in System Information. This button is related to third party
software.
● Event Log tab—Displays the thin client start-up steps normally beginning from system version to checking firmware or
error messages that are helpful for debugging problems. The details about the monitors and USB connected to the thin
client, and bluetooth initialization are also displayed.
● Status tab—Displays status information about TCP performance related parameters, UDP performance related parameters,
CPU Busy, System Up Time, Wyse Management Suite status, Free Memory, Active sessions, and WDM status.
●
IPv6 tab—Displays IPv6 information such as Link-local Address, IPv6 Address, and IPv6 Default Gateway.
NOTE:
This tab is displayed when IPv6 is enabled in the General tab of the Network Setup dialog box, see Configuring
the network settings.
● ENET tab—Displays information about wired network connections.
● WLAN tab—Displays information about wireless network connections.
● About tab—Displays information about the ThinOS operating system. The following attributes are listed:
○ Platform name
○ Operating system type
○ ThinOS build name
○ ThinOS build version
○ BIOS name
○ BIOS version
○ Citrix Broker or Receiver version—This represents ICA revisions between the ThinOS versions.
○ Dell vWorkspace version
○ VMware Horizon version—This represents the Horizon revisions between the ThinOS versions.
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