Administrator Guide

Use the SHA256 hash to verify the catalog

Optionally, when the download is complete, use the SHA checksum value in the Download Catalog dialog to verify the catalog.

1. Open Windows PowerShell.

2. Navigate to the folder containing the .zip file downloaded from Cloud Repository Manager.

3. To check the SHA256 hash of the file, type the following command, replacing <.zip> with the name of your .zip file, and

press <Enter>:

Get-FileHash <.zip>

4. Confirm the result against the hash provided at the bottom of the Download Catalog dialog when you clicked Download.

If the output matches, then the file is authentic and not corrupted.

For example, in the image below, the value

3F19E37B95A7A9FE11015C1F8933C706C5377F9BD8C0898C94BC44EC1F24E353 is the checksum result after running

the Get-FileHash command.

It matches the value provided at the bottom of the Download Catalog dialog when you clicked Download.

Extract the .zip file to download and cache the DUPs

1. Extract the .zip file to the location where it will be installed locally.

The .zip file contains the following:

● <catalog-name>.xml – reference of the Dell Update Packages (DUPs) that you enabled for this update.

● Dell.Command.Repository.Maker.exe – an .exe file that reads the <catalog name>.xml file, then downloads and

caches the DUPs.

○ It then downloads and caches the DUPs to the location of the folder with this .exe file and creates the directory

structure.

○ Optionally, to change the target folder to download and cache the DUPs, you must create a folder before you run

the .exe. See Use the command line.

NOTE:

Dell.Command.Repository.Maker.exe is only required if you want to download and host the source files

locally and change the repository location.

● README.txt file

2. In Command Prompt, use the following options with Dell.Command.Repository.Maker.exe to create a custom repository

folder:

● -c command to specify the .xml file.

NOTE: If no catalog file is specified, <catalog name>.xml is searched in the current folder.

● -t parameter to specify a target folder for the downloads. You must create a folder before you run the .exe.

NOTE: If this option is not provided, the location of the Dell.Command.Repository.Maker.exe is chosen by default.

It then reads the <catalog-name>.xml file and downloads and caches the DUPs from downloads.dell.com to the location that

you set on the command line.

Use the command line

Command-line reference

This table lists the arguments to use with Dell.Command.Repository.Maker.exe.

Download a Catalog