Users Guide

Related tasks

Delete a firmware baseline

Topics:

• Manage firmware Catalogs

• Create a firmware baseline

• Delete a firmware baseline

• Check the compliance of a device firmware against its baseline

• Edit a firmware baseline

• Delete a firmware baseline

Manage firmware Catalogs

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

You can create firmware baselines which downloads these catalogs and act as a local repository for your devices. This reduces the extra

effort of administrators and device managers to frequently access Dell.com, and also reduces the overall updating and maintenance time.

For field definitions on the Catalog Management page, see Catalog Management field definitions. The sources of catalog that you can

currently access are:

• Latest component firmware versions on Dell.com: Lists the latest firmware 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 firmware catalogs are downloaded by the Dell Repository Manager (DRM) and saved on a network

share. See Creating a firmware catalog by using local network.

Create a firmware catalog by using Dell.com

NOTE:

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

OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.

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 and Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers for more information.

1. On the Catalog Management page, click Add.

2. In the Add Firmware Catalog dialog box:

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

b) For the Catalog Source, select the option Latest component firmware 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 page, click Back to Firmware.

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