Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6.2 Administrator's Guide Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 2019 - 09 Rev. A00 Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 7 About this guide..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Technical support.............................................................................................................................................................7 What is new in this release?.................................................................................................................................................7 2 Before working on ThinOS............................................................................................................ 8 Firmware installation and package deployment.................................................................................................................8 Firmware installation using FTP server......................................................................................................................... 9 Firmware installation using HTTPS................................................................................................................................9 Firmware upgrade using Wyse Management Suite................................................................................................... 10 Firmware installation using Dell Wyse USB Imaging Tool...........................................................................................11 Upgrade BIOS on the Wyse 5470 Thin Client...................................................................................................................11 Upgrade BIOS on the Wyse 5470 All-in-One Thin Client................................................................................................12 System configuration and deployment..............................................................................................................................12 Automating updates and settings using central configuration.......................................................................................12 How to set up automatic updates and configurations.............................................................................................. 13 Using DHCP options...................................................................................................................................................... 13 3 Getting started...........................................................................................................................15 Configuring ThinOS using the First Boot Wizard.............................................................................................................15 Connecting to a remote server.......................................................................................................................................... 19 Connecting a remote server manually......................................................................................................................... 19 Connecting to a printer.......................................................................................................................................................20 Connecting to a display...................................................................................................................................................... 20 Using your desktop..............................................................................................................................................................20 Locking the thin client.........................................................................................................................................................20 Signing off and shutting down............................................................................................................................................21 Battery information..............................................................................................................................................................21 Sleep mode............................................................................................................................................................................21 Enable sleep manually....................................................................................................................................................22 Enable automatic sleep................................................................................................................................................. 22 Additional getting started details............................................................................................................................... 23 Zero interactive desktop guidelines.............................................................................................................................23 Zero toolbar....................................................................................................................................................................23 List of connections........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Using Zero theme.......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Classic desktop features.................................................................................................................................................... 25 Classic interactive desktop guidelines.........................................................................................................................25 Using the Shortcut menu............................................................................................................................................. 25 Using the desktop menu...............................................................................................................................................25 Using the Connection Manager...................................................................................................................................26 Login dialog box features....................................................................................................................................................27 Accessing system information........................................................................................................................................... 27 ENERGY STAR compliance................................................................................................................................................28 Contents 3 IPv6 certification................................................................................................................................................................. 28 4 Global Connection settings......................................................................................................... 29 5 Configuring connectivity.............................................................................................................34 Configuring the network settings......................................................................................................................................34 Configure the general settings.....................................................................................................................................34 Configure the DHCP options....................................................................................................................................... 36 Configuring the ENET settings.................................................................................................................................... 37 Configure the WLAN settings......................................................................................................................................40 Configuring the proxy settings.....................................................................................................................................42 Configuring the remote connections................................................................................................................................ 43 Configure the broker setup.......................................................................................................................................... 43 Configure the visual settings........................................................................................................................................45 Configure the general options......................................................................................................................................47