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
Table 233. Registering device by using DHCP option tags
Option Tag Description
Name—WMS
Data Type—String
Code—165
Description—WMS Server FQDN
This tag points to the Wyse Management Suite server URL. For example,
wmsserver.acme.com:443, where wmsserver.acme.com is fully qualified
domain name of the server where Wyse Management Suite is installed. For
links to register your devices in Wyse Management Suite in public cloud, see
Getting started with Wyse Management Suite on public cloud.
NOTE: Do not use https:// in the server URL, or the thin client will not
register under Wyse Management Suite.
Name—MQTT
Data Type—String
Code—166
Description—MQTT Server
This tag directs the device to the Wyse Management Suite Push Notification
server (PNS). For a private cloud installation, the device gets directed to
the MQTT service on the Wyse Management Suite server. For example,
wmsservername.domain.com:1883.
To register your devices in Wyse Management Suite public cloud, the device
should point to the PNS (MQTT) servers in public cloud. For example,
US1:us1-pns.wysemanagementsuite.com
EU1:eu1-pns.wysemanagementsuite.com
Name—CA Validation
Data Type—String
Code—167
Description—Certificate Authority
Validation
This tag is required if Wyse Management Suite is installed on your system
in your private cloud. Do not add this option tag if you are registering your
devices with Wyse Management Suite on public cloud.
Enter True, if you have imported the SSL certificates from a well-known
authority for https communication between the client and Wyse Management
Suite server.
Enter False , if you have not imported the SSL certificates from a well-known
authority for https communication between the client and Wyse Management
Suite server.
Name—GroupToken
Data Type—String
Code—199
Description—Group Token
This tag is required to register the ThinOS devices with Wyse Management
Suite on public or private cloud.
This tag is optional to register the Windows Embedded Standard or ThinLinux
devices with Wyse Management Suite on private cloud. If the tag is not
available, then the devices are automatically registered to the unmanaged
group during on-premise installation.
Registering devices by using DNS SRV record
DNS based device registration is supported with the following versions of Wyse Device Agent:
● Windows Embedded Systems—13.0 or later versions
● Thin Linux—2.0.24 or later versions
● ThinOS—8.4 firmware or later versions
You can register devices with the Wyse Management Suite server if DNS SRV record fields are set with valid values.
NOTE:
For detailed instructions on how to add DNS SRV records on the Windows server, see Creating and configuring DNS
SRV record.
The following table lists the valid values for the DNS SRV records:
Table 234. Configuring device by using DNS SRV record
URL/Tag Description
Record Name—_WMS_MGMT
Record FQDN—_WMS_MGMT._tcp.<Domainname>
This record points to the Wyse Management Suite server
URL. For example, wmsserver.acme.com:443, where
wmsserver.acme.com is fully qualified domain name of the
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