Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.1 Administrator’s Guide
- Introduction to Wyse Management Suite
- What’s new in this release
- Getting started with Wyse Management Suite
- Wyse Management Suite dashboard
- Managing groups and configurations
- Configuring global level policy
- Configuring group level policy
- Configuring device level policy
- Group tree hierarchy
- Unmanaged group
- Configuring 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
- Configuring 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 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
- Configuring 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
- 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 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
- Using filters
- Registering devices into Wyse Management Suite
- Registering ThinOS thin clients through WDA User Interface
- Registering Windows Embedded Standard thin clients through Wyse Device Agent User Interface
- Registering Linux thin clients through Wyse Device Agent User Interface
- Registering devices by using DHCP option tags
- Registering devices by using DNS SRV record
- Viewing and managing device details
- Pulling Windows Embedded Standard or ThinLinux image
- Pulling log file
- Renaming thin client
- Configuring remote shadow connection
- Apps and data
- Configuring app inventory
- Deploying applications 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
- Events
- Managing users
- Portal administration
- Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agent
- Wyse Management Suite feature matrix
- Supported thin clients on Wyse management Suite
- Wireless profiles password editor
- Creating and configuring DHCP option tags
- Creating and configuring DNS SRV records
Prerequisites to deploy Wyse Management Suite on
private cloud
Table 1. Prerequisites
Properties Wyse Management Suite server Wyse Management Suite
software repository
For 10,000 or less devices For 50,000 or less devices
Operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016
Supported language pack—English, French, Italian, German,
and Spanish
Windows Server 2012 R2 or
Windows Server 2016
Minimum disk space 40 GB 120 GB 120 GB
Minimum memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
Minimum CPU
requirements
4 cores 4 cores 4 cores
Network communication
ports
The Wyse Management Suite installer adds Transmission
Control Protocol (TCP) ports 443, 8080, and 1883 to the
firewall exception list. The ports are added to access the
Wyse Management Suite console and to send the push
notifications to the thin clients.
● TCP 443—HTTPS communication
● TCP 8080—HTTP communication (optional)
● TCP 1883—MQTT communication
● TCP 3306—MariaDB (optional if remote)
● TCP 27017—MongoDB (optional if remote)
●
TCP 11211—Memcache
● TCP 5172, 49159—EMSDK (optional for Teradici
devices)
The Wyse Management Suite
repository installer adds TCP
ports 443 and 8080 to the
firewall exception list. The
ports are added to access
the operating system images
and application images that are
managed by Wyse Management
Suite.
Supported browsers
● Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11
● Google Chrome 58.0 and later versions
● Mozilla Firefox 52.0 and later versions
● Microsoft Edge browser on Windows—English only
NOTE:
● WMS.exe and WMS_Repo.exe must be installed on two different servers. You must install the Wyse Management Suite
remote repository for the public cloud. For private cloud, you must install the Wyse Management Suite remote repository
and local repository.
● The software can be installed on a physical or a virtual machine.
● It is not necessary that the software repository and the Wyse Management Suite server have the same operating
system.
Functional areas of management console
The Wyse Management Suite console is organized into the following functional areas:
About this task
● The Dashboard page provides information about each functional area of the system.
● The Groups & Configs page employs a hierarchical group policy management for device configuration. Optionally,
subgroups of the global group policy can be created to categorize devices according to corporate standards. For example,
devices may be grouped based on job function, device type, and so on.
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Getting started with Wyse Management Suite