Owner's Manual

142 Dell Patch Management Solution
Compliance Assessment Task
Compliance assessment task for Lifecycle controller enabled servers compares
the available updates from the update catalog to the currently installed
updates on the server and determines the applicable updates for various
components in the target server. This task relies on the information gathered
during inventory and the information present in the updates catalog. As a
result, running inventory task against the target server and downloading
catalogs are the prerequisites for the compliance assessment task.
The compliance assessment task can be scheduled by clicking the link on the
Getting started Web part and selecting the schedule and target server
information. After the compliance assessment task is successful, users can
look at various hardware compliance reports which display the installed
version and available version of updates for various components in the server.
Manage Dell Hardware Updates
The Manage Dell Hardware Updates page enables you to view and stage all
system update sets. You can download the DUP catalog file (.cab) from
ftp.dell.com or the Dell Server Updates DVD in the DUP Catalog Import
task. When you stage a system update set, associated DUPs are downloaded
to the Dell Management Console system. After all DUPs for the system
update set are downloaded, the DUPs are ready to be distributed in the
bundle rollout jobs. The Manage Dell Hardware Updates page lets you create
a Stage and Distribute task. See “Stage and Distribute Wizard.”
Options Available on the Manage Dell Hardware Updates Page
Option Description
Manage Bundles
Manage Updates
Enables you to choose to distribute bundles of DUPs
(Manage Bundles), or individual DUPs (Manage Updates).
Filter by Enables you to filter by system model or name.
OS Type Enables you to filter by Windows, Linux, or all operating
system types.
Group Enables you to search in an organizational group.
Updates Enables you to view all updates by default, or view applicable
updates only.
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