Users Guide

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Conguring a local USB drive

If you are using a private network that does not have access to external sites such as ftp.dell.com, you can provide updates from a

locally‑congured USB drive.

The USB drive used as a repository must have at least 8 GB free space.

NOTE: A USB drive is not required for users, who have access to ftp.dell.com through a proxy server.

For the latest updates, download the most recent Dell Server Updates ISO images for your system from dell.com/support.

NOTE: Lifecycle Controller supports internal SATA optical drives, USB drives, and Virtual Media devices. If the installation media

is corrupt or not readable, then Lifecycle Controller may be unable to detect the presence of a media. In this case, an error

message is displayed stating that no media is available.

Copying repository to a local USB drive from the Dell Server

Updates DVD

To copy a repository:

1 Download the latest Dell Server Updates ISO image le from dell.com/support.

2 Copy the repository folder of the DVD to the root directory of the USB drive.

3 Use this USB drive for rmware update.

Using Dell Repository Manager to create the repository and

copy to a USB drive

To create and copy the repository:

1 Copy the repository created using the Dell Repository Manager to the root directory of the USB drive.

2 Use this USB drive for rmware update.

NOTE

: For information on creating a repository for your system, see the

Dell Repository Manager User’s Guide

dell.com/support/home.

Conguring NFS and CIFS servers

If you are using a private network that does not have access to external sites such as ftp.dell.com, you can provide updates from a

locally‑congured NFS and CIFS servers.

Conguring NFS servers

To congure an NFS server, perform the following tasks:

1 Open the /etc/exports conguration le and add an NFS entry.

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