Take control of change.
Proactive adjustment of your IT infrastructure in alignment with your organization's latest priorities is a measure of business success. To help you efficiently manage change, Dell provides tools to update hardware systems, operating systems (OS) and application software.
Dell Repository Manager
Dell Repository Manager is a standalone GUI based planning tool that simplifies the process of managing downloads and baselines of BIOS, firmware, and driver updates. System administrators now can create their own baseline configuration and local repository within their corporate firewall. Dell Repository Manager supports the following features:
User Query - Enables administrators to define profiles of their desired updates
Custom Baseline - Enables administrators to define their own custom baseline configurations
Flexible Output - Provides multiple output options to simplify BIOS and firmware updates and driver provisioning during OS deployment and post- OS updates
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Dell System Build and Update Utility
Dell Systems Build and Update Utility provides 1:1 and multi-server deployment as well as single server update functionality.
- Includes all necessary tools and the latest drivers to help speed setup, configuration and optimization of Dell PowerEdge systems and software
- Helps provide quick, easy configuration of multiple servers from bare metal all the way through to OS and application setup
- Helps simplify single server updates with the latest system software features-including inventories, reports, and prerequisite checks
- Applies updates, manages re-boot and produces a final report
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Dell Management Console
Dell Management Console powered by Altiris from Symantec delivers a single view into the deployment, inventory, monitoring, and update of your IT infrastructure as well as a foundation for more advanced management functionality. Click here for more information.
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Embedded Management
Embedded Management delivers "Instant On" integrated manageability through a single access point for infrastructure management functions that is more secure, efficient and user-friendly for IT administrators. Click here for more information.
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Certified Partner Products to Update Servers and Software
Dell continues to drive standardization into the server configuration process and enables multiple management applications to support delivery of updates to Dell servers. Organizations that already deploy a leading configuration management application can use their existing management console and process to update Dell server firmware and drivers.
Dell ISV Basic and ISV Advanced Certified products can inventory Dell server firmware and drivers, compare inventory results with the latest updates from the Dell website, alert administrators about available upgrades, and retrieve and install the updates.
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