Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 7
Supported platforms........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Supported management software................................................................................................................................... 7
Supported operating system.............................................................................................................................................8
Salient features of Dell Hybrid Client..............................................................................................................................8
What's new in Dell Hybrid Client 1.5 release?...............................................................................................................8
What's new in Dell Hybrid Client 1.1 release?............................................................................................................... 9
Other documents you may need......................................................................................................................................9
Chapter 2: Dell Hybrid Client installation...................................................................................... 11
Firmware upgrade...............................................................................................................................................................11
Chapter 3: Registering Dell Hybrid Client to Wyse Management Suite......................................... 12
Register Dell Hybrid Client manually..............................................................................................................................12
Registering Dell Hybrid Client by using DHCP option tags...................................................................................... 12
Registering Dell Hybrid Client by using DNS SRV record.........................................................................................13
Enrollment Validation.........................................................................................................................................................14
Validate the enrollment of a device......................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 4: Managing user accounts............................................................................................. 15
Joining Active Directory................................................................................................................................................... 15
Configure the guest user account settings................................................................................................................. 16
Show user list on the Dell Hybrid Client login screen................................................................................................16
GRUB menu password...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Enable GRUB Menu Password Protection............................................................................................................. 17
View the GRUB password.......................................................................................................................................... 17
Generate the GRUB password..................................................................................................................................18
Chapter 5: Getting started with Dell Hybrid Client.......................................................................19
Logging in to your Dell Hybrid Client.............................................................................................................................19
Log in as a guest user................................................................................................................................................. 19
Log in as a domain user using Active Directory credentials..............................................................................20
Log in as a domain user using a smart card...........................................................................................................21
Configure the date and time...........................................................................................................................................22
Desktop overview..............................................................................................................................................................22
Using the top bar...............................................................................................................................................................23
Using the taskbar.............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Applications overview screen.........................................................................................................................................23
Shut down, log off, or restart........................................................................................................................................ 24
Lock your desktop.............................................................................................................................................................25
Managing the Dell Hybrid Client policy settings........................................................................................................ 25
Viewing system information............................................................................................................................................27
Reset the Dell Hybrid Client to factory default settings..........................................................................................27
Enable or disable access to desktop shortcuts..........................................................................................................28
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