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Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.3 Administrator’s Guide

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Managing groups and configurations

Prerequisites

The Groups & Configs page enables you to define policies that are required to configure your devices. You can create sub groups of the global group policies and categorize devices based on your requirements. For example, devices may be grouped based on job functions, device type, and so on.

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Figure 1. Groups and configuration
Groups and configuration

For each group, you can define policies for the following operating systems:

  • ThinOS
  • WES
  • Linux
  • ThinLinux
  • Teradici
  • Wyse Software Thin client

Devices inherit policies in the order that they are created. The settings configured in a default policy group are applied as default settings in all the policies listed in the Default Policy Group. In a group, all users and devices present in that group have Default Policy Group as their default setting.

On the Device Details page, you can create an exception for a device in the group to have a subset of policies that are different from the group default.

The configuration for a particular asset with details of where configurations are set—Global, Group, and the Device levels—are displayed on the page. The option to create exceptions is available on the page. The Exception settings are applicable only for that selected devices. For more details, see Configuring device level policy.

NOTE:

  • When you modify the lower-level policies, a bullet symbol is displayed next to the policy. This symbol indicates that the policy is an override to a higher-level policy. For example, System Personalization, Networking, Security, and so on.

  • When you modify policies, an asterisk (*) is displayed next to the policy. This symbol indicates that there are unsaved or unpublished changes. To review these changes before publishing them, click the View pending changes link.

If a policy configuration has to be prioritized between the different levels, then the lowest-level policy takes precedence.

After you configure the policy settings, thin clients are notified about the changes. Changes take effect immediately after configuring the thin clients.
NOTE: Certain settings, such as BIOS configuration for Windows Embedded Standard require a restart for the changes to take effect. However, most of the settings on ThinOS, you must restart the device for the changes to take effect.
The policies are enforced in the following precedence:
  • Global
  • Group
  • Device

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