Users Guide

• Services Affected — Displays the services in which the firmware catalog is used.

From this page, you can:

• Add new repository

• Select a repository from the list, and click the delete icon in the same row to remove the repository.

NOTE: If you remove a repository, the repository is deleted from the appliance not from the file share.

NOTE: The embedded repository may not be removed

• Select a repository from the drop-down list, to set a repository as the default firmware repository

• Select a repository from the list, in the right pane, click View Bundles to view the firmware and software bundles available in the

repository.

• Select a repository from the list, in the right pane, click Add Custom Bundle to add custom firmware file to the repository.

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Adding firmware repositories

Viewing firmware and software bundles details

Adding firmware repositories

1. On the Repositories page, click Add Firmware Repository.

2. In the Add Firmware Repository dialog, select one of the following options:

• Import ASM's recommended repository from ftp.dell.com — Select this option to import the firmware repository that

contains the firmware bundles recommended for ASM.

• Load repository from network path — Select this option to upload the repository from any one of the following file shares

NFS, CIFS, FTP, and HTTP.

• Load repository from local drive — Select this option to upload the repository from local system.

3. If you selected Load repository from network path, perform the following:

• In the File Path box, enter the location of the catalog file. Use on of the following formats:

– NFS share for xml file: host:/share/filename.xml

– NFS share for gz file: host:/share/filename.gz

– CIFS share for xml file: \\host\share\filename.xml

– CIFS share for gz file: \\host\share\filename.gzb

– FTP share for xml file:ftp://host/share/filename.xml

– FTP share for gz file:ftp://host/share/filename.gz

– HTTP share for xml file:http://host/share/filename.xml

– HTTP share for gz file:http://host/share/filename.gz

• If using a CIFS share, enter the User Name and Password.

4. If you selected Load repository from local drive, click Browse, and select the catalog file.

5. Click Save.

Types of firmware repositories

There are three types of firmware repositories:

NOTE: Only devices validated against the embedded or default repository are displayed on the Resources page.

• Embedded ASM Firmware Repository — ASM ships with an Embedded Firmware Repository that contains a subset of the

minimum firmware versions that are supported by ASM for the management interfaces of Dell hardware.

This embedded catalog is not a full catalog. If a full catalog is not downloaded, the firmware level of all devices discovered in

ASM are validated against the firmware level listed in the embedded firmware repository. Compliance to this Repository can be

viewed on the Resources page.