Troubleshooting

Using Dell™ Repository Manager to Create a Deployment Media (Bootable ISO) to Perform Systems

Updates

Executive summary

Executive Summary

This technical white paper describes the techniques for updating Dell Systems using Dell

Repository

Manager (DRM) in a pre-operating system environment as well as how to change the vital system

configuration settings (like BIOS, RAID, RAC and so on) during this operation. These configuration

settings are exclusive to each system or uniform settings across systems, depending on your

requirements. This white paper provides an overview of the system update process using the

deployment media created by Dell

Repository Manager. This white paper describes the steps that you

should follow to:

1. Import the Dell Catalog containing system updates into Dell

Repository Manager

2. Create a bootable ISO image containing the selected updates and customized script

3. Deploy the updates to the Dell systems along with the script

Introduction

In the enterprise environment, change management is a time-consuming activity yet important and

necessary. Dell

Repository Manager is a Microsoft Windows-based application that eases tedious

change management tasks for administrators. Dell

Repository Manager facilitates the download,

filter, and conversion of updates into various convenient deployable formats.

Dell

Repository Manager, through the deployment media, assists IT administrators with updating Dell

systems with the latest Dell BIOS, firmware, as well as configuring the system settings at the same time

within a pre-operating system environment, which simplifies the systems management process.

NOTE: Deployment media uses the Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) engine at the backend and supports

system configuration.

How to create a customized deployment media (bootable ISO)

for pre-operating system update using Dell Repository Manager

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required for the creation of deployment media:

 Install Dell

Repository Manager on a system with Internet access.

 Download the latest version of Dell

Repository Manager from the Dell Support Site -

http://support.dell.com/ or at http://DellTechCenter.com/RepositoryManager.

 Launch Dell

Repository Manager in Server Mode (double click the Dell

Repository Manager

icon for servers to open the application).

1. Click the X button (top right corner) to close the welcome window splash screen.

2. Click Open > Dell FTP Catalog link.