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Overview
Dell Repository Manager (RM) is an application that allows you to create
repositories of customized bundles and updates, and groups of related
updates for systems running supported Microsoft
Windows or Linux
operating systems. This facilitates generating comparison reports and
establishing update baselines of repositories. The customized bundles and
repositories are made up of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) based on operating
systems supported, update types, form factor and line of business. DUPs are
software utilities provided by Dell to update specific software components on
Dell PowerEdge systems, Dell desktops, and Dell laptops. By using RM, you
can ensure that your Dell PowerEdge system, Dell desktop or Dell laptop is
equipped with the latest BIOS, driver, firmware, and software updates. The
DUPs are modified periodically to indicate the latest updates for your
systems. You can arrange these components in bundles to group the related
updates together. Every repository has a catalog.xml file that specifies the
contents of a repository.
You can deploy the repository through bootable ISO images, raw driver packs,
deployment scripts, or Server Update Utilities (SUU).
RM can run in two modes — Server and Client.
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