User's Manual
Setting Up The Firmware Repository
To set up the firmware repository and credentials:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Settings → Firmware Repository and then click Edit.
2. On the Firmware Repository page, to choose the default repository for firmware updates, select one of the
following:
– Dell Online
This uses the default firmware update repository of Dell online (ftp.dell.com) with a required staging folder.
The Dell Management Plug-in downloads selected firmware updates and stores them in the staging folder,
and then they are applied as necessary.
– Local/shared repository
These are created with the Dell Repository Manager application. These local repositories should be
located on Windows-based file shares.
3. If you selected Local/shared repository, do the following:
a) Enter the Catalog File Location using the following format:
* NFS share for xml file: host:/share/filename.xml
* NFS share for gz file: /share/filename.gz
* CIFS share for xml file: \\host\share\filename.xml
* CIFS share for gz file: \\host\share\filename.gz
b) If using a CIFS share, enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password; the passwords must match. These
fields are only active when entering a CIFS share.
NOTE: The @ character is not supported for use in shared network folder user names/passwords.
c) To validate your entries click Begin Test.
4. Click Apply.
Server Security Settings For Deployment
Restrict the set of deployable servers using a white list. If a server is in the white list, it is provided with credentials
during the Auto-Discovery and handshake process and is displayed in the list of servers that are used for deployment.
The white list is maintained by manually adding server service tags, deleting service tags, or importing a list of service
tags from a CSV file.
NOTE: Use a CSV-delimited file to import servers. This contains multiple records on different lines where each
record has one or more service tags separated by commas.
To set up and manage white lists choose from the following:
• Enabling A Server White List
• Adding Servers To A White List
• Deleting Servers From A WhiteList
Enabling A Deployable Server White List
For information about security settings for deployable servers, see Server Security Settings For Deployment.
To enable a server white list:
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