User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1
- Active System Manager Overview
- Chapter 2
- Getting Started
- Chapter 3
- Account Management
- Chapter 4
- User Profile Management
- Managing Security Functions
- Managing Groups
- Defining Permissions
- Modifying Permissions
- Managing Authentication Repositories
- Chapter 5
- Inventory Management
- Understanding Resource Modeling
- Building a Standard Active System Manager Inventory
- Configuring Discovery Setup
- Running Discovery
- Using Resource Types
- Using Resource Instances
- Building Resource Instances
- Modifying Core Properties for Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Instance Resource Availability Dates
- Modifying Resource Instance Interfaces
- Displaying the Resource Availability Calendar View
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Setting Inventory Parameter Values
- Resolving Resource Dependencies
- Using Resource Interface Types
- Linking Resources
- Importing Inventory
- Importing Connectivity
- Exporting Connectivity
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Maintenance Windows
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 6
- Firmware Management
- Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
- Updating Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
- Updating Dell Server Firmware
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from the Operation Center
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from an Active Session
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Virtual Operation
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware through an Orchestration
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Custom Operation
- Minimum Firmware Versions for Active System Manager Components
- Chapter 7
- Server Template and Profiles
- Creating a Server Template
- Editing a Server Template
- Adding or Editing BIOS Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing RAID Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Firmware Settings on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Networks Settings on a Server Template
- Naming Conventions when using Orchestrations
- Server Profiles
- Chapter 8
- Using Inventory
- Chapter 9
- Repository Management
- Chapter 10
- Network Management
- Chapter 11
- Template Management
- Template Types
- Working with Templates
- Creating New Templates
- Saving Templates
- Changing Template Ownership and Permissions
- Opening Templates
- Closing Templates
- Deleting Templates
- Managing Template History Details
- Filtering Templates
- Validating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Attaching a Template Image
- Scheduling Templates
- Archiving Templates using the Templates View
- Restoring Archived Templates
- Updating Templates using the Template Editor
- Viewing and Modifying Template Properties
- Adding Resource Types
- Setting Resource Type Properties for Scheduling
- Deleting Resource Types
- Adding Resource Types Based on Manufacturer Only
- Adding Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Properties
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Defining Provisioning Policies
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Using Annotations
- Updating Templates using the Link Editor
- Associating an Orchestration Workflow with Templates
- Chapter 12
- Session Management
- Introducing the Sessions Perspective
- Working with Running Sessions
- Scheduling a Session Using Templates
- Creating an Instant Session
- Opening Sessions
- Opening the Session Editor
- Using the Sessions Calendar
- Viewing Session Properties
- Editing Default Session Properties
- Assigning and Changing Session Ownership
- Canceling Sessions
- Deleting Sessions
- Purging Sessions
- Rescheduling Sessions
- Managing Session Links
- Handling Link Preemption
- Managing Session Resources
- Associating Scripts to Sessions
- Archiving Sessions
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Saving Sessions
- Configuring Session Notifications and Reminders
- Starting and Stopping ASAP Rescheduling
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 13
- Orchestration Management
- Chapter 14
- Working with Test and Script Execution
- Chapter 15
- Reports
- Chapter 16
- Settings
- Chapter 17
- Dashboard
Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
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c. On the Active System Manager toolbar, click the New icon, select Other > Active System
Manager > Repositories.
2. The wizard displays a new dialog box for you to create a new repository.
3. Click Next to create a new repository.
4. Select Software Repository.
5. Select the Dell Chassis Firmware Repository from the New drop-down list.
6. Click Next to display and enter information about the new repository.
7. Enter a Name and Description for the repository.
8. In the Repository Properties, enter the correct TFTP host in the Host field to access the repository The
host must be accessible from the Chassis to be updated.
9. Enter the TFTP Root path in the Linux machine where the TFTP server is hosted. Active System
Manager will perform a SSH to this machine to access this folder. The Chassis to be updated directly
accesses the update binaries using TFTP and BaseDirPath.
10. Make sure the update files are present in <TFTP Root Path>/<BaseDirPath>/ and enter the SSH
username and SSH password for Active System Manager to access and discover the update binaries.
11. Press Next to continue.
12. Click Discover to start the browsing and discovery process and to view the associated file elements.
This could take a few minutes. The discovery will only show the update binaries which can be applied
on a Chassis.
13. Select the elements to be associated with the repository and click Finish to complete setting up the
repository.
Creating Repository with Dell Server Firmware Repository Type
Prerequisites
Following are the pre-requisites before creating a repository with Dell server repository type:
• Software repositories must be created to contain the firmware Dell Update Packages.
• The following procedure creates a HTTP based repository. Server firmware update also supports
repositories of type FTP/TFTP. If you need to create a FTP or TFTP based repository, see the repository
section of the Active System Manager User Guide.
• The repository server where the firmware Dell Update Packages are hosted must be a Linux server.
• Firmware Update images must be windows based (.exe files). However, it can be either 32 bit or 64 bit
versions.
Steps to Create a Repository with Dell Server Firmware Repository Type
1. In the Setup perspective, perform one of the following options to display the New Repository dialog
box:
a. On the File Servers view, right-click an element and select Repositories.