Administrator Guide

1. Click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar to open the System Settings menu, and then click Remote Connections to

open the Remote Connections dialog box.

2. Click the Broker Setup tab of the Remote Connections dialog box to configure one of the following connections:

• ICA or RDP connection—Select None, select ICA or RDP, click Configure Connection, and then follow the wizard.

• A specific broker server connection—Select Microsoft, Citrix Xen, Dell vWorkspace, VMware View, Amazon WorkSpaces, Teradici

Cloud Access, or Other, and then enter the IP Address for the server in the

Broker Server box.

3. Click OK, and then restart the thin client.

Click the Shutdown icon on the Zero Toolbar to open, and use the Shutdown dialog box to restart the thin client.

NOTE:

• If an ICA or RDP connection is configured—After thin client restarts, click the Home icon on the Zero Toolbar to

open the list of available connections. Click the ICA or RDP connection you created, and then log in.

• If a specific Broker Server connection is configured—After thin client restart, the Login dialog box is displayed.

Enter the user name, password, and domain and click

is presented with your assigned connections that are defined by the broker server.

Connecting to a printer

To connect a local printer to your thin client, be sure you obtain and use the correct adapter cables which are not included. Before use,

you may need to install the driver for the printer by following the printer driver installation instructions. For information on connecting to

printers, see Configuring the printer setup.

Connecting to a display

Depending on your thin client model, connections to monitors can be made using either a VGA (analog) port, an HDMI port, or a

DisplayPort (digital) and the proper Dell monitor cables/splitters/adapters.

Using your desktop

What you see after logging on to the server depends on the administrator configurations.

• Users with a Classic Desktop—will see the classic ThinOS desktop with full taskbar, desktop, and Connect Manager familiar to

ThinOS users. This option is the default out-of-the-box experience and is recommended for terminal server environments with

published applications.

• Users with a Zero Desktop—will see the Zero Desktop with the Zero Toolbar showing the assigned list of connections from which

to select. This option is recommended for VDI and any full-screen only connections.

In any desktop case, you can select the desktop option you want (Classic Desktop or Zero Desktop) and create the connections you need

using the Visual Experience tab on the Remote Connections dialog box. To open the Remote Connections dialog box, perform one of

the following tasks:

• Classic Desktop — Click User Name, and then select System Setup > Remote Connections.

NOTE:

User Name is the user who is logged-on and is located at the lower-left pane of the taskbar

• Zero Desktop — Click the System Settings icon on the Zero Toolbar, and then select Remote Connections.

Locking the thin client

To help ensure that no one else can access your private information without permission, ThinOS allows you to lock your thin client so that

credentials are required to unlock and use the thin client after you do one of the following:

• Unplug a signed-on smart card — If an administrator has set SCRemovalBehavior=1for the signing parameter in the INI files

and you unplug the smart card that you used to sign on to the thin client, then the thin client will lock. To unlock the thin client for use,

you must use the same smart card and your correct PIN. Note that removing a signed-on smart card can also cause the thin client to

log-off, if an administrator has set the INI files to do so in this case you must sign-on as usual to use the thin client.

• Use Lock Terminal from the Shortcut Menu and Shutdown dialog box — On the Classic Desktop, right-click on the desktop

and select Lock Terminal, or use the Shutdown dialog box. On the Zero Desktop, use the Shutdown dialog box. To use the thin

client, you must use your correct password.

Getting started