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Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.3.1 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
- Thin clients
- 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

Table 162. Configuring system personalization

Option Description

● Span Mode—Display is spanned. From the drop-down list,

select one of the options:

○ On Left

○ On Right

○ Bottom

○ Top

Layout Select this option to set the keyboard layout of the thin client.

From the drop-down menu, select your preferred option.

System Language Select this option to set the language for the system. From

the drop-down list, select your preferred option.

Mouse Speed Select this option to specify the speed of the mouse pointer

when moving the mouse. The range of mouse speed is 0–6.

Left-handed Mouse Select this option to set the mouse orientation to the

left position. If this check box is not selected, the mouse

orientation is set to the right position.

Time Zone Select this option to set the time zone based on your location.

From the drop-down menu, select your preferred time zone.

Time Format Select this option to choose the time format. From the drop-

down menu, select either 12–hour or 24-hour format.

Time Servers (NTP Servers) Select this option to list the time servers. Time severs allow

the NTP server to synchronize the time.

Audio Volume Select this option to set the audio volume of the thin client.

The range of the audio volume is 0–100.

Audio Mute Select this option to set the thin client to mute mode.

Microphone Volume Select this option to set the microphone volume of the thin

client. The range of the microphone volume is 0–100.

Microphone Mute Select this option to set the microphone to mute mode.

Configuring desktop experience

Use the Desktop experience page to configure the desktop settings, such as desktop wallpaper, wallpaper layout, and the

desktop shortcut keys.

Table 163. Configuring desktop experience

Option Description

Desktop Wallpaper Select this option to change the default wallpaper.

Wallpaper File Select this option to choose your preferred wallpaper. Images

uploaded to the file repository are displayed.

Wallpaper Layout Select this option to set the wallpaper Layout. From the

drop-down menu, select your preferred wallpaper layout. The

default wallpaper layout is center.

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