Owners Manual

Overview

The Dell Repository Manager (DRM) ensures that the Dell systems are up-to-date with the latest BIOS,

driver, firmware, and software. DRM allows you to:

• Create repositories of customized component(s) and updates.

• Create groups of related updates for systems running the Microsoft Windows Operating System (32

and 64bits).

• Generate comparison reports and update baselines of custom repositories.

The customized repositories are made up of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) or Non-DUPs (such

as .exe, .msi, .bin or any other file formats) files. DUPs are software utilities provided by Dell to update

specific software and firmware components on Dell desktops, and Dell laptops. You can arrange these

components to group the related updates together. Every repository has a catalog.xml or catalog.cab file

that specifies the contents of that repository. The catalog.cab file, downloaded from ftp.dell.com, is

digitally signed by Dell to ensure system security.

Dell Repository Manager can run in two modes — Data Center version and Business Client version. The

Data Center version manages repositories for Dell servers and storage systems. The Business Client

version manages repositories for Dell Precision Workstations, Dell Inspiron, or Dell Optiplex systems. For

more information on the client version, see Dell Repository Manager Data Center User’s Guide at

dell.com/support/manuals.

NOTE: Dell Repository Manager can only be installed on systems running the Microsoft Windows

operating system.

What is new in this release

This release of Dell Repository Manager (DRM) supports the following new features:

• User readable log files — Now, you can view the user log files, such as, .svlog and .log files.

• Previous catalogs — Allows you to select the previous Dell catalogs.

• Download Optimization — DRM supports concurrent download of DUPs while creating update

packages. By default, you can concurrently download up to 5 DUPs and you may configure the

number up to 10.

• Significant overall performance improvement.

• Version 2.2 onwards DRM supports catalog files in .gz format. The file can be imported by using any of

the following methods:

– By accessing Source Repository from Application >Settings> Source Repository.

– By using the Import Repository from Catalog file option from the Help menu.