Deployment Guide

Introduction

This guide contains instructions to migrate from ThinOS 8.6 to ThinOS 9.0 using Wyse Management Suite 2.0.

The overall migration process includes the following tasks:

1. Register the thin client to the Wyse Management Suite server using any of the following methods:

● Automate the Wyse Management Suite server and Group Registration Token discovery using the DHCP or DNS records

—see Register ThinOS devices by using DHCP option tags and Configuring devices by using DNS SRV record.

● Manually configure the Wyse Management Suite server and Group Registration Token information using the ThinOS 8.6

user interface—see Register ThinOS devices using Wyse Device Agent.

2. Optionally, add a ThinOS 8.6-based device to a policy group in Wyse Management Suite to retain the INI file configurations

—see Relationship between INI file based and Wyse Management Suite group based configuration.

3. Download the ThinOS 9.0 firmware from the Dell support site—see Download the ThinOS firmware.

4. Upgrade the ThinOS 8.6 firmware to ThinOS 9.0—see Upgrade ThinOS 8.6 to ThinOS 9.0.

5. Configure the ThinOS 9.0-based device using Wyse Management Suite version 2.0—see Configuring a new ThinOS 9.0

client using Wyse Management Suite 2.0.

NOTE: After you upgrade to ThinOS 9.0, you can only downgrade to ThinOS 8.6 by using the USB Imaging Tool and Merlin

Images posted on the Dell support site at support.dell.com.

English-language user—You do not need to modify any language settings in Wyse Management Suite. The default language is

English after you upgrade from ThinOS 8.6.

Multilanguage user—ThinOS 9.0 supports nine languages—English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese

Traditional, Chinese Simplified, and Korean. Users of all regions must use the English language firmware image. There is no

separate firmware image for Japanese language. The firmware image includes the font and language packages for all the nine

languages. You do not need a separate font and language package. You must set the region language in Wyse Management

Suite before upgrade from ThinOS 8.6. After the device upgrade process is complete and checked in to the Wyse Management

Suite server, the user interface language is changed to the language that you have configured in Wyse Management Suite. You

can change the language from either Wyse Management Suite or ThinOS 9.0 interface.

Supported systems

The following systems are supported on ThinOS 9.0:

● Wyse 3040 Thin Client

● Wyse 5070 Thin Client

● Wyse 5470 Thin Client

● Wyse 5470 All-in-One Thin Client

NOTE: ThinOS devices with PCoIP are not supported by ThinOS 9.0.

Supported Wyse Management Suite versions

The following are the supported Wyse Management Suite versions:

● Wyse Management Suite 2.0 Standard or later

● Wyse Management Suite 2.0 Pro (on-premises) or later

● Wyse Management Suite 2.0 Pro (cloud) or later

Wyse Management Suite default communications are handled over port 443 and MQTT communications over port 1883. WMS

and MQTT server values must be defined in the ThinOS user interface or provided by DHCP or DNS services.

4 Introduction