Users Guide

Adding firmware repositories
1. On the Repositories page, click Add Firmware Repository.
2. In the Add Firmware Repository dialog, select one of the following options:
• Import ASM's recommended repository from ftp.dell.com — Select this option to import the
firmware repository that contains the firmware bundles recommended for ASM.
• Load repository from network path — Select this option to upload the repository from any one
of the following file shares NFS, CIFS, FTTP, and HTTP.
• Load repository from local drive — Select this option to upload the repository from local system..
3. If you selected Load repository from network path, perform the following:
• In the File Path box, enter the location of the catalog file. Use on of the following formats:
– NFS share for xml file: host:/share/filename.xml
– NFS share for gz file: host:/share/filename.gz
– CIFS share for xml file: \\host\share\filename.xml
– CIFS share for gz file: \\host\share\filename.gzb
– FTP share for xml file:ftp://host/share/filename.xml
– FTP share for gz file:ftp://host/share/filename.gz
– HTTP share for xml file:http://host/share/filename.xml
– HTTP share for gz file:http://host/share/filename.gz
• If using a CIFS share, enter the User Name and Password.
4. If you selected Load repository from local drive, click Browse, and select the catalog file.
5. Click Save.
Related Concepts
Adding Custom Bundle
Viewing firmware bundle details
Select a repository file on Repository page, under Firmware tab, click View Bundles to see available
firmware update packages in the repository.
After you click View Bundles, a window is displayed. Two sections are there:
• Packaged Bundles: Bundles which are from catalogue
• User Bundles: Bundles which are customised.
You get the information below regarding bundles:
• Name — Displays the name of the firmware update package.
• Version — Displays the version of the firmware update package.
• Date — Displays the date when the firmware update package was downloaded.
• Size — Displays the size of the firmware update package.
If you select a bundle under User Bundlessection, you get the option View Bundles Details , Edit and
Delete in the same row with the selected bundle. There you can view the detail of the bundle, edit the
bundle and delete bundles as per your requirement.
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