Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 Administrator’s Guide

Dell Standard BIOS management

This section describes how to configure and manage the ThinOS clients with Dell Standard BIOS.

Supported devices

The following Dell BIOS configurations are supported by using file server (INI parameters):

Table 1. BIOS configuration optionsThe following table lists the options available to configure BIOS using INI parameter:
Parameters	Settings
System Configuration	Audio
Security	Admin Setup Lockout Admin Password Enable/Disable Admin Password Update Admin Password
USB Configuration	Enable Front USB Ports Enable Rear-Left Dual USB 2.0 Ports
Power Management	Wake-On-LAN Disabled LAN Only LAN with PXE Boot AC Recovery Power Off Power On Last Power State Auto-On Time Disabled Every Day Weekdays Select Days

For information about INI parameters and their usage, see the latest Dell Wyse ThinOS INI Reference Guide.

The following are examples of INI parameters:

Device=DellCmos newpassword=1234567 or newpasswordenc=encrypted strings—Use this INI parameter to create the admin password when password is not set.
Device=DellCmos currentpassword=1234567 newpassword="" or currentpasswordenc=encrypted strings—Use this INI parameter to clear the existing password.