Deployment Guide

Convert Dell Generic Client to Dell Hybrid
Client
You can convert the Dell OptiPlex 7070 Ultra systems running Ubuntu and Windows 10 to Dell Hybrid Client using Wyse
Management Suite Pro 3.2 or later versions.
Prerequisites
If your device has DCA-Enabler installed, it will connect and register to Wyse Management Suite. DCA-Enabler version 1.2 is
required to convert Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 on Dell Ubuntu Generic device to Dell Hybrid Client. You can check the DCA-Enabler
version after your device is registered to Wyse Management Suite. If the DCA-Enabler version is 1.1.0-17 or lower, Dell Ubuntu
devices are registered to Wyse Management Suite as Dell Hybrid Client. If the DCA-Enabler version is 1.2.0-xx or greater, the
devices are registered as Dell Generic Client.
To upgrade to DCA-Enabler 1.2, you can download the DCA-Enabler version 1.2.0-xx package from the Drivers and
Downloads section of the Dell Wyse Management Suite product page at www.dell.com/support. You must register the device
to Wyse Management Suite 3.2 and follow the Install Instructions mentioned on the support page to deploy the DCA-Enabler
version 1.2.0-xx package to the device.
Steps
1. Register the device to Wyse Management Suite using DCA-Enabler version 1.2.
2. Convert the generic client to Dell Hybrid Client using any of the following methods:
● Using the command to convert to Dell Hybrid Client—See the Convert your Dell Generic Client to Hybrid Client section in
the Dell Wyse Management Suite Administrator's Guide at www.dell.com/support.
● Deploying the Dell Hybrid Client 1.1/1.5 bundles or ISO Image files to convert Dell Generic Clients running Ubuntu 18.04
LTS:
○ To convert to Dell Hybrid Client 1.0 or 1.1, you must push the Dell Hybrid Client 1.0 or 1.1 bundle package files using
the application policy. You can download the Dell Hybrid Client Bundle package from the Drivers and Downloads
section of the respective hardware product pages at www.dell.com/support.
○ To convert to Dell Hybrid Client 1.5, you must push the Dell Hybrid Client ISO package using the application policy.
You must first push the Dell Hybrid Client 1.5 - OS Upgrade pack for DCA Enabler package, and then push the
Dell Hybrid Client 1.5 ISO package file. You can download the os-upgrade_1.1-16_amd64.zip and the Dell
Hybrid Client 1.5 ISO for Wyse 7070 package from the Drivers and Downloads section of the Dell Hybrid Client
page or the Wyse 7070 product page at www.dell.com/support.
For information about how to deploy an application policy using Wyse Management Suite, see the Create and deploy
standard application policy to Dell Generic Clients section and the Create and deploy advanced application policy to Dell
Generic Clients section in the Dell Wyse Management Suite Administrator's Guide at www.dell.com/support.
NOTE:
Before the device conversion is initiated, DCA-Enabler backs-up Wyse Management Suite connection data and
then triggers the Dell Hybrid Client ISO or installer bundle.
The installer completes the conversion and device restarts automatically. After the conversion, the device boots into the
converted Dell Hybrid Client operating system. Dell Client Agent reads the backed-up Wyse Management Suite connection
data and registers to Wyse Management Suite server as a Dell Hybrid Client device.
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