FAQ

Overview

The Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) ensures that the Dell systems are up-to-date with the latest BIOS, driver, firmware, and

software. DRM allows you to:

• Create repositories of customized component(s) and updates.

• Create groups of related updates for systems running the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating system.

• Generate comparison reports. Update baselines of custom repositories and generate deployment tools.

The customized repositories are made up of Dell EMC Update Packages (DUPs) or Non-DUPs (such as .exe, .msi, .bin or any other file

formats) files. DUPs are software utilities provided to update specific software and firmware components. You can arrange these

components to group the related updates together. Every repository has a catalog.xml file and it specifies the content of the repository.

DRM also has

catalog.xml.gz and catalog.gz files. You can import the repository content in two formats, however, you can export the

repository content in catalog.xml format only. The file downloaded from downloads.dell.com/catalog is digitally signed to ensure

system security.

NOTE: In order to provide better security, the ftp.dell.com site has been removed, and will be redirected to http://

downloads.dell.com However, the most secure option we recommend is to use https://downloads.dell.com.

Topics:

• New in this release

• Prerequisites for installing DRM

• Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site

• Other documents you may need

• DUP Dependencies

• Creating repository

• Creating deployment tools

• Configuring settings

• Comparing repository

New in this release

This release of Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) supports the following new features:

• Support for Ubuntu 18.04.

• Included support for dependency DUPs.

Enhancements

• Extended Command Line Interface (CLI) support for Repository creation for all supported integration types.

• Extended Command Line Interface (CLI) support for Repository Edit operations, including import of DUPs, Scheduling Repository

Update.

• Extended Command Line Interface (CLI) support for configuration of Application preferences such as plugins, catalogs, proxy, and

store path.

• Enhanced update and delete features using filters category, component types, criticality, change type.

• Extended Command Line Interface (CLI) support for asynchronous support for update and deployment operations.

• Improved UI experience in Application preferences

• Improved UI experience and bug fixes

4 Overview