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• Manage firmware and driver Catalogs

• Create a baseline

• Delete baselines

• Edit a baseline

• Check the compliance of a device firmware and driver

Manage firmware and driver Catalogs

Catalogs are bundles of firmware and drivers based on device types. All the available catalogs (update packages) are validated

and posted to Dell.com. You can use the catalog directly from the online repository or it can be downloaded to a network share.

Using these catalogs, you can create firmware/driver baselines for the discovered devices and check their compliance. This

reduces the extra effort of administrators and device managers and also reduces the overall updating and maintenance time. For

field definitions on the Catalog Management page, see Catalog Management field definitions on page 159. The sources of

catalog that you can currently access are:

● Latest component versions on Dell.com: Lists the latest firmware and driver (64-bit Windows) versions of devices. For

example, iDRAC, BIOS, PSU, and HDDs that are rigorously tested and released and posted to Dell.com. See Creating a

firmware catalog by using Dell.com.

● Network Path: Location where the firmware and driver catalogs are downloaded by the Dell Repository Manager (DRM)

and saved on a network share. See Creating a firmware catalog by using local network.

NOTE: Firmware catalog management using Dell.com or a local network path is limited to only the Enterprise Server

Catalog.

Add a catalog by using Dell.com

NOTE:

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have the necessary user privileges. See Role-based

OpenManage Enterprise user privileges on page 14.

NOTE: Ensure to enable SMBv1 in the SMB Settings before you begin any firmware tasks which need communication with

any chassis or the PowerEdge YX2X and YX3X servers that have iDRAC version 2.50.50.50 and earlier. See Manage

Console preferences on page 141 and Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers on page 160 for more

information.

1. On the Catalog Management page, click Add.

2. In the Add Update Catalog dialog box:

a. In the Name box, enter a firmware catalog name.

b. For the Catalog Source, select the option Latest component versions on Dell.com.

c. In the Update Catalog box, select either Manually or Automatically.

d. If Automatically is selected in the Update Catalog box, Update Frequency need to be selected as either Daily or

Weekly followed by time in the 12-hour format with AM/PM.

e. Click Finish.

The Finish button appears only after you have entered all the fields in the dialog box

A new firmware catalog is created and listed in the Catalog table on the Catalog Management page.

3. To go back to the Firmware/Driver Compliance page, click Return to Firmware/Driver Compliance.

Add a catalog to the local network

Catalog containing the firmware and drivers (64-bit Windows) can be downloaded using the Dell Repository Manager (DRM)

and saved on a network share.

1. On the Catalog Management page, click Add.

2. In the Add Update Catalog dialog box:

a. In the Name box, enter a catalog name.

b. For the Catalog Source, select the option Network Path.

The Share Type drop-down menu is displayed.

c. Select one of the following:

Manage the device firmware and drivers