Users Guide

Deleting custom update groups

About this task

Consider the following points when you are deleting a custom update group in the following circumstances:

• You cannot delete an update group if it has a job that is scheduled, in-progress, or waiting. Hence, delete the scheduled jobs that are

associated with a custom update group before deleting the server group.

• You can delete an update group even if servers are present in that update group. However, after deleting such an update group, the

servers are moved to their respective predened update groups.

• If a device that is present in custom update group, is deleted from MSSC, and you synchronize OMIMSSC with enrolled MSSC, the

device is removed from the custom update group and is moved to the appropriate predened group.

Steps

1 In OMIMSSC, click Maintenance Center, and then click Maintenance Settings.

2 In Maintenance Settings, click Update Groups, select the update group, and then click Delete to delete the update group.

About update sources

Update sources have reference to the catalog les that contain Dell EMC updates (BIOS, driver packs such as management components,

network cards) and carry the self-contained executable le called Dell Update Packages (DUPs).

You can create an update source or a repository, and set it as a default update source for generating a comparison report, and receiving

alerts when new catalog les are available at the repository.

Using OMIMSSC, you can keep the devices rmware up-to-date using online or oine update sources.

Online update sources are repositories that are maintained by Dell EMC.

Oine update sources are local repositories and used when there is no Internet connection.

It is recommended that you create custom repositories and place the network share in the local intranet of OMIMSSC Appliance. This

would save the Internet bandwidth and also provide a secure internal repository.

Update rmware using one of the following update sources:

• DRM repository—is an oine repository. Export the inventory information of discovered devices from OMIMSSC Appliance to prepare

a repository in DRM. For information about integration with DRM, and creating an update source through DRM, see Integration with

DRM. After creating a repository in DRM, in OMIMSSC, select the update source that is created through DRM, relevant devices, and

initiate an update on the devices. For information about DRM, see Dell Repository Manager documents available at dell.com\support.

• FTP or HTTP—can be an online or oine repository. Update specic components of devices with respect to the latest update

provided on FTP or HTTP site. Dell EMC prepares a repository at a quarterly cadence and publishes the following updates through PDK

catalogs:

– Server BIOS and rmware

– Dell EMC certied operating system driver packs—for operating system deployment

NOTE

: If you select an online update source, while deploying the Operational Template, the latest rmware versions are

downloaded and applied on the managed devices. Hence, the rmware versions might dier between reference and

deployed device.

• Reference rmware inventory and comparison—can be converted to an oine repository through DRM. Create a reference inventory

le that contains the rmware inventory of the selected devices. The reference inventory le can contain inventory information of a

device of the same type or model, or can have multiple devices of dierent types or models. You can compare the inventory information

of devices present in OMIMSSC against the saved reference inventory le. To pass the exported le to DRM and create a repository,

see Dell Repository Manager documents available at dell.com\support.

Firmware update in OMIMSSC