Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.2 Administrator’s Guide
- Introduction to Wyse Management Suite
- Getting started with Wyse Management Suite
- Wyse Management Suite dashboard
- Managing groups and configurations
- Adding a group
- Editing a group
- Removing a group
- Editing an unmanaged group
- Configuring global level policy
- Configuring group level policy
- Configuring device level policy
- Editing ThinOS policy settings
- ThinOS—Wizard mode
- ThinOS—Advanced mode
- Configuring general settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring general settings—ThinOS
- Configuring security settings—ThinOS
- Configuring keyboard settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring display settings— ThinOS
- Configuring visual experience settings—ThinOS
- Schedule shutdown or reboot settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring device information
- Configuring BIOS settings—ThinOS
- Configuring firmware upgrade
- Configuring global INI settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring central configuration settings—ThinOS
- Configuring advanced settings—ThinOS
- Configuring remote connections—ThinOS
- Configuring global session settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring USB redirection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring third party authentication settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring citrix broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring citrix HDX connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring VMware broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring VMware PCoIP connections—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring Microsoft broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring Microsoft RDP connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring vWorksapce broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring AWS broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring direct RDP connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring direct ICA connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring global printer settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring printer settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring WLAN global settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring WLAN connections—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Editing Windows Embedded Standard policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security and lockdown settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring Latitude mobile thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring Wyse 7040 thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring device information
- Configuring Wyse Easy Setup settings
- Configuring VNC settings
- Configuring domain settings
- Configuring BIOS settings for Wyse 5070 thin client with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
- Editing Linux policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring login experience settings
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security settings
- Configuring central configuration settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring VDI global settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring advanced settings
- Editing ThinLinux policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring login experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security settings
- Configuring central configuration settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring VDI global settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring advanced settings
- Configuring device information
- Configuring Wyse 3040 thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring BIOS settings for Wyse 5070 thin client with ThinLinux
- Editing Wyse Software Thin Client policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security and lockdown settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring device information
- Configuring VNC settings
- Configuring domain settings
- Managing devices
- Methods to register devices to Wyse Management Suite
- 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
- Renaming 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
- Configuring app inventory
- Deploying applications to thin clients
- Creating and deploying standard application policy to thin clients
- Creating and deploying advanced application policy to thin clients
- Adding Windows Embedded Standard operating system and ThinLinux images to inventory
- Managing ThinOS firmware inventory
- Managing Windows Embedded Standard and ThinLinux image policies
- Managing file repository
- Changing wallpaper for all devices belonging to marketing group
- Managing rules
- Managing Jobs
- Managing Events
- Managing users
- Portal administration
- Adding the Active Directory server information
- Alert classifications
- Creating an Application Programming Interface-API accounts
- Accessing file repository
- Configuring other settings
- 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
- Configuring Wyse Converter for PCs by using Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software thin client to Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Windows Embedded Standard thin clients 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
- Troubleshooting Wyse Management Suite
- Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agent
- Wyse Management Suite feature matrix
- Wireless profiles password editor
- Create and configure DHCP option tags
- Create and configure DNS SRV records
Steps
1. Copy the WDA.exe file to the thin client.
2. Double-click the WDA.exe file.
NOTE:
● Different Wyse Device Agent packages are available for each variant of Windows Embedded Standard.
● A warning message is displayed when an older version of Wyse Device Agent or HAgent is installed on the device.
3. Click Yes.
4. In the Group token field, enter a group token. This is an optional field. To skip this step, click Next. You can enter the group
token details later in the Wyse Device Agent User Interface.
5. From the Region drop-down list, select the region of the Wyse Management Suite public cloud server.
After successful installation, the Wyse Management Suite public cloud server automatically registers the device to the Wyse
Management Suite console.
Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agents on
ThinLinux and Linux clients
About this task
To upgrade Wyse Device Agent and platform utility packages on Linux and ThinLinux clients from Wyse Management Suite
server, do the following:
NOTE:
You can install or upgrade add-ons by using any of the following options:
● Wyse Device Manager
● Using INI parameters
● Add-ons Manager
● RPM commands
Steps
1. If you are using a public cloud or a remote repository on a private cloud, copy the RPM files to the thinClientApps folder
of the repository. By default, the latest Wyse Device Agents and platform utility RPMs for Linux and ThinLinux clients are
available in local repository.
2. Go to the Apps and Data page, and create two application policies—for platform utility add-on and Wyse Device Agent
add-on.
NOTE:
● To upgrade these add-ons, use a normal policy. This is because the Advanced App policy function is supported only
for Wyse Device Agent version 2.0.11 and 2.0.24 onwards on Linux and ThinLinux clients.
● You must install platform utility add-on and Wyse Device Agent add-on for Linux thin clients. You can install
wda_x.x.x.tar file for ThinLinux thin clients.
● To install Wyse Device Agents on Dell Wyse 3040 thin clients with ThinLinux version 2.0, image version 2.0.14,
and Wyse Device Agent version 3.0.7, you must install wda3040_3.0.10-01_amd64.deb file, and then install
wda_3.2.12-01_amd64.tar file.
3. Go to the Jobs page and schedule a job to upgrade the platform utility add-on.
You must wait until the platform utility add-on is successfully installed on your thin client.
NOTE:
Install a platform utility add-on first, and then install a Wyse Device Agent add-on. You cannot install the latest
Wyse Device Agents before installing the latest platform utility add-on.
4. On the Jobs page, schedule a job to upgrade Wyse Device Agent on the client.
NOTE: Linux client restarts after installing the Wyse Device Agent add-on version 2.0.11.
Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agent 173