Wyse Technology C90LE, R90L manual Introduction, About this Guide, Organization of this Guide

1 Introduction

Wyse® thin clients running Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded provide access to applications, files, and network resources made available on machines hosting Citrix™ ICA and Microsoft™ RDP session services. The thin clients contain a full featured Internet Explorer browser and thin client emulation software, Ericom – PowerTerm® TEC. Other locally installed software permits remote administration of the thin clients and provides local maintenance functions. Additional Addons are available that support a wide range of specialty peripherals and features for environments needing a secure Windows user interface with 32-bit Windows compatibility.

Session and network services available on enterprise networks may be accessed through a direct intranet connection, a dial-up server, or an ISP which provides access to the Internet and thus permits the thin client to connect to an enterprise virtual private network (VPN) server.

About this Guide

This guide is intended for administrators of Wyse thin clients running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded. It provides information and detailed system configurations to help administrators design and manage a Wyse thin client environment. Depending on your hardware and software configurations, the figures you see may be different than the example figures shown in this guide.

This guide supplements the standard Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded documentation supplied by Microsoft Corporation. It explains the differences, enhancements, and additional features provided by Wyse with the thin client. It does not attempt to describe the standard features found in Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded.

XP Embedded help can be accessed from the Microsoft Help and Support Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx.

Organization of this Guide

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 2, "Establishing a Server Environment," contains information on the network architecture and enterprise server environment needed to provide network and session services for Wyse thin clients running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded. It also includes information to help you address important considerations when configuring access to the server environment and when configuring the services to be provided by the server environment.

Chapter 3, "Getting Started," provides information to help you quickly get started using your thin client. It describes basic thin client functions and provides instructions on setting up the thin client for you and your users.