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.
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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:
• What's new in this release
• Enhancements
• Prerequisites for installing DRM
• Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
• Other documents you may need
• DUP Dependencies
• Creating repository
• Creating deployment tools
• Configuring settings
• Comparing repository
What's new in this release
● Support for windows server 2022.
● Support for Virtual storage area network(vSAN) catalog.
Enhancements
This section describes the enhancements made in this release to DRM.
● Enhanced the security aspects.
● Enhanced the proxy connections.
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