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Table Of Contents

Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.3 Administrator’s Guide
Introduction to Wyse Management Suite
- What is new in this release?
Getting started with Wyse Management Suite
- Logging in to Wyse Management Suite on public cloud
- Prerequisites to deploy Wyse Management Suite on private cloud
- Functional areas of management console
- Configuring and managing thin clients
Wyse Management Suite dashboard
- View alerts
- View the list of events
- View the device status
- Change user preferences
- Access online help
- Change your password
- Log out
Managing groups and configurations
- Add a group
- Edit a group
- Remove a group
- Edit an unmanaged group
- Configure a global level policy
- Configure a group level policy
- Configure a device level policy
- Edit the ThinOS policy settings
  - ThinOS—Wizard mode
  - ThinOS—Advanced mode
- Edit the Windows Embedded Standard policy settings
- Edit the Linux policy settings
- Edit the ThinLinux policy settings
- Editing Teradici policy settings
- Edit the Wyse Software Thin Client policy settings
Managing devices
- Methods to register devices to Wyse Management Suite
  - Registering ThinOS devices by using Wyse Device Agent
  - Registering Wyse Software Thin Client to Wyse Management Suite by using Wyse Device Agent
  - Registering Linux thin clients using Wyse Device Agent
  - Registering Wyse Embedded Standard Thin Clients to Wyse Management Suite by using Wyse Device Agent
  - Registering ThinLinux version 2.0 devices by using FTP INI method
  - Registering ThinLinux version 1.0 devices by using FTP INI method
  - Registering ThinOS devices by using the FTP INI method
  - Registering ThinLinux thin clients by using Wyse Device Agent
  - Registering devices by using DHCP option tags
  - Registering devices by using DNS SRV record
- Searching a device using filters
- Saving the current filter
- Querying the device status
- Locking the devices
- Restarting the devices
- Unregistering the devices
- Resetting to factory default settings
- Changing a group assignment
- Sending messages to devices
- Activating the devices
- Viewing device details
- Managing device summary
- Viewing system information
- Viewing device events
- Viewing installed applications
- Rename the thin client
- Configuring remote shadow connection
- Tagging devices
- Device compliance status
- Pulling Windows Embedded Standard or ThinLinux image
- Requesting a log file
- Troubleshooting your device
Apps and data
- Application policy
- Image policy
- Managing file repository
Managing rules
- Editing a registration rule
- Creating unmanaged device auto assignment rules
- Editing unmanaged device auto assignment rule
- Disabling and deleting rule
- Saving the rule order
- Adding a rule for alert notification
- Editing an alert notification rule
Managing Jobs
- Sync BIOS admin password
- Searching a scheduled job by using filters
- Scheduling the image policy
- Scheduling an application policy
- Scheduling the device command job
Managing Events
- Searching an event or alert by using filters
Managing users
- Adding a new admin profile
- Editing an admin profile
- Deactivating an admin profile
- Deleting an admin profile
- Editing a user profile
- Importing the CSV file
Portal administration
- Adding the Active Directory server information
  - Configuring Active Directory Federation Services feature on public cloud
- Importing users to public cloud through active directory
- Alert classifications
- Creating an Application Programming Interface-API accounts
- Accessing file repository
- Configuring other settings
- Managing Teradici configurations
- Enabling Two-Factor authentication
- Generating reports
- Enabling multi-tenant accounts
- Enabling custom branding
- Managing license subscription
- Managing system setup
Configuring Wyse Easy Setup by using Wyse Management Suite
- Installing Wyse Easy Setup
- Deploying a Wyse Easy Setup configuration
Configuring Wyse Converter for PCs by using Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software thin client to Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software Thin Client to Wyse Management Suite by using Wyse Device Agent
- Registering devices by using DHCP option tags to Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software thin clients by using DNS SRV record to Wyse Management Suite
- Configuring the Wyse Software thin client by using Wyse Management Suite
Teradici device management
- Discovering Teradici devices
- CIFS use case scenarios
Troubleshooting Wyse Management Suite
Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agent
- Upgrading Wyse Device Agent using Wyse Management Suite application policy
- Installing Wyse Device Agent manually
- Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agents on ThinLinux and Linux clients
Wyse Management Suite feature matrix
Wireless profiles password editor
- Configuring windows wireless profile
- Configuring the Wireless Profiles Password Editor
- Limitations of Wireless Profiles Password Editor
Create and configure DHCP option tags
Create and configure DNS SRV records
Steps to change the host name to IP address

Select the preferred notification type such as, Critical, Warning, or Info for the following alerts:

● Device health alert

● Device not checked in

Creating an Application Programming Interface-API

accounts

Prerequisites

This section allows you to create secured Application Programming Interface (API) accounts. This service provides the ability to

create special accounts.

About this task

To configure the external application service, do the following:

Steps

1. Log in to the Wyse Management Suite portal and click the Portal Admin tab.

2. Select External App Services under Console Settings.

3. Select the Add tab to add an API service.

The Add External App Services dialog box is displayed.

4. Enter the following details to add an external application service.

● Name

● Description

5. Select the Auto Approve check box.

If you select the check box, approval from the global administrators is not required.

6. Click Save.

Accessing file repository

File repositories are places where files are stored and organized. Wyse Management Suite has two types of repositories:

● Local Repository—During the Wyse Management Suite private cloud installation, provide the local repository path in

the Wyse Management Suite installer. After the installation, go to Portal Admin > File Repository and select the local

repository. Click the Edit option to view and edit the repository settings.

● Wyse Management Suite Repository—Log in to Wyse Management Suite public cloud, go to Portal Admin > File

Repository and download the Wyse Management Suite repository installer. After the installation, register the Wyse

Management Suite repository to Wyse Management Suite Management server by providing the required information.

To use Wyse Management Suite repository, do the following:

1. Download the Wyse Management Suite repository from the public cloud console.

2. After the installation process, start the application.

3. On the Wyse Management Suite Repository page, enter the credentials to register the Wyse Management Suite repository

to Wyse Management Suite server.

4. If you enable the Register to Public WMS Management Portal option, you can register the repository to Wyse

Management Suite public cloud.

5. Click the Sync Files option to send the sync file command.

6. Click Check In and then click Send Command to send the device information command to the device.

7. Click the Unregister option to unregister the on-premises service.

8. Click Edit to edit the files.

a. From the drop-down list of Concurrent File Downloads option, select the number of files.