Users Guide

To build a generic inventory file:

1. Locate the inventory file for the desired Dell Server(s) from support.dell.com.

2. Download the SUU image from support.dell.com. Mount the ISO image virtually on the server which

must be updated. For example:

K:\bin\Windows.

3. Install the latest Inventory Collector executable file, for example: invCol.exe.

4. From the command prompt, for example, type the following to run the Dell Inventory Collector:

invCol.exe -outc=H:\Dell_Generic_Inv.xml.

5. A Dell_Generic_Inv.xml is generated and the file can be used by the Dell Repository Manager to

create generic Inventory.

NOTE: Similar procedure needs to be followed for Linux, except that the invCol is located

inside the Linux folder.

Creating an empty repository

To create an empty repository:

1. In the Dell Repository Manager window, click My Repositories → New → Empty (no inventory).

2. In the Create Empty repository window, edit the Name: or Description: information.

3. Click OK to create the empty repository or click Close to exit without making any changes.

4. The new empty repository is created and added under the My Repositories tab.

By default the name of the empty repository appears in the following format:

Repository <number of the repository>

You can add bundle(s) and component(s) to the empty repository.

Dell Console integration

DRM 2.2 onwards, DRM supports Dell Console Integration. You can connect to different consoles using

respective Representational State Transfer Application programming interfaces (REST APIs provided by

respective consoles). You need to provide the details of the API in an URL format. The URL acts as a web

service. For example, https://aa.bb.yy.ss/xyz/. Where aa.bb.yy.ss represents the IP address for the console

and xyz represents the console specific web service.

You can create new repository through Dell Console Integration using the following method:

• Creating a Repository with DLCI for SCVMM

NOTE: After the console incorporates the required web Services, DRM is ready to integrate.

Creating a repository with Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for System

Center Virtual Machine Manager (DLCI for SCVMM)

To create an update repository for Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for System Center Virtual Machine

Manager (DLCI for SCVMM):

1. In the My Repositories tab in the Dell Repository Manager, click New → Dell Console Integration.

The Connect to Console window is displayed.