Owner's Manual

Software Updates 149
Using Software Updates in IT Assistant
Let us look at how Jane might use this feature in her enterprise.
Jane has a small-to-medium size business (50 servers, plus over 200 client
systems). She does not have network bandwidth for large downloads. Instead, she
chooses to get the update packages periodically using the Server Updates media.
Using the Server Updates Media
To use the Dell Update Packages from within IT Assistant, Jane performs the
following steps:
1
Inserts the Server Updates media into the media drive
2 On the IT Assistant UI, Jane navigates to Manage  Software Updates .
3 Right-clicks the root node ( Software Update Repositories ) and selects
Open Repository (Update CD)… .
4 Navigates to the DVD location and locates the repository directory.
5 Selects catalog.xml and clicks Open .
The contents of the
Server Updates media will be displayed on the
IT Assistant user interface. Jane can then perform operations such as
importing packages, performing compliance checks, and performing
software updates.
Jane sometimes manually downloads individual update packages from the
Dell FTP site at ftp.dell.com. She knows that some of her systems need the
firmware upgrade that the update package contains, but she wants to
determine which ones without manually checking each of her 50 servers. She
can use IT Assistant to quickly find out.
Here is how she would find out how many systems need an update:
1
Selects Manage  Software Updates from the menu bar.
2 Right-clicks IT Assistant Repository in the left navigation pane and
chooses
Add .
Jane navigates to the location on her system where she downloaded the
Update Package. When she selects the package and clicks
Open , the
selected package is added to the repository tree as a child node of the
IT Assistant Repository.