Specifications

A Establishing a Server Environment
This appendix contains information on the network architecture and enterprise server
environment needed to provide network and session services for your Wyse thin clients.
It includes:
• "Understanding How to Configure Your Network Services"
• "Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)"
• "Using FTP File Servers"
• "Using Domain Name System (DNS)"
• "Understanding Session Services"
• "Configuring ICA Session Services"
• "Configuring RDP Session Services"
• "Using VMware View Manager Services"
Understanding How to Configure Your Network Services
Network services used by the thin client can include DHCP, FTP file services, and DNS.
How you configure your network services depends on what you have available in your
environment and how you want to design and manage it.
The following topics in this appendix provide important information to help you configure
your network services:
• "Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)"
• "Using FTP File Servers"
• "Using Domain Name System (DNS)"
Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
A thin client is initially configured to obtain its IP address and network configurations from
a DHCP server (new thin client or a thin client reset to default configurations). A DHCP
server can also provide the IP address or DNS name of the FTP server and the FTP
root-path location of software (in Microsoft .msi form) for access through the DHCP
upgrade process. Using DHCP to configure and upgrade thin clients is recommended and
saves you the time and effort needed to complete these processes locally on multiple thin
clients (if a DHCP server is not available, fixed IP addresses can be assigned and must be
entered locally for each device). A DHCP server can also provide the IP address of the
Wyse Device Manager (WDM) server (for information on WDM, see "Using Wyse Device
Manager Software for Remote Administration").
The DHCP options listed in Table 1 are accepted by the thin clients. For more information
on configuring a DHCP server see documentation on the Microsoft Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com
.