Administrator Guide

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BIOS settings

ThinLinux shares the hardware platforms with other Dell Wyse thin clients. The standard BIOS features and boot options are common to all

platforms with the following boot options:

• Boot from HardDisk –Boots from the internal SSD storage.

• Boot from USB – Boots the USB storage from any of the USB ports (this option is disable by default).

• Boot from PXE – Boots from the network through PXE.

• Boot from CLOUD – Not supported by ThinLinux.

The following are the BIOS keyboard functions while booting:

• P-Key – The key redirects to the boot menu. It is used to select or alter the temporary boot order.

• Del-key – The key redirects to the BIOS settings. The BIOS settings is protected by a password and the default password is Fireport.

• BIOS Boot Splash – It is a BIOS feature.

Other BIOS features

• Wake-On-LAN – The default value is ON.

• Power-Loss Recovery – The default value is OFF.

• Power On PState – The default value is ON.

• Boot mode – Set the Boot mode to both (UEFI and Legacy). ThinLinux image is built for legacy mode and it does not support the UEFI

format. Hence, the device will not boot properly if the setting is changed to UEFI boot mode. The Secure Boot option is not supported,

because the image is built for legacy mode.

BIOS utility and BIOS upgrades

The BIOS Utility is used to extract the BIOS (along with its entire conguration) from the Thin Client. The extracted BIOS can be further

distributed for the purpose of BIOS password change or to upgrade the BIOS . ThinLinux provides a terminal command

createBiosCmos.sh which enables you to extract and export the BIOS.

Perform the following task to create the BIOS rpm:

1 You should switch to the Administration mode.

2 Start the Xterm window.

3 Run the following command in the Xterm window:

/etc/addons.d/BIOS_UTIL/createBiosCmos.sh

The command creates the thin client’s BIOS, including its conguration information and generates an RPM le at the following

location:/usr/src/packages/RPMS/<architecture>, where <architecture>is the device’s architecture.

For example, for Wyse 5060 thin client, the path is /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64

The RPM le’s name is generated in lower case, as follows:

<device model>_bioscmos_update-<BIOS version>-<sequence #>.<architecture>.rpm

where <sequence #> is an automatically generated sequence number, starting from 1, and increments by 1 every time user executes

createBiosCmos.sh on that device.

For example, on Wyse 5060 with 1.0A BIOS the extracted BIOS RPM le is termed as:

5060_bioscmos_update-1.0A-1-x86_64.rpm

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