Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

Types of firmware repositories

There are three types of firmware repositories:

NOTE: Only devices validated against the embedded or default repository are displayed on the Resources page.

Embedded ASM Firmware Repository — ASM ships with an Embedded Firmware Repository that contains a subset of the minimum firmware versions that are supported by ASM for the management interfaces of Dell hardware.
This embedded catalog is not a full catalog. If a full catalog is not downloaded, the firmware level of all devices discovered in ASM are validated against the firmware level listed in the embedded firmware repository. Compliance to this Repository can be viewed on the Resources page.
- NOTE: Devices with firmware levels below the minimum firmware listed in the embedded ASM firmware repository are marked as Upgrade Required.

Default Firmware Repository — This is the Default Firmware Repository. This repository is applied to all devices that are either not in a Service or are part of Services that do not have a Service Level Firmware Repository.
To set a default firmware repository, you must download a catalog either from Dell.com or from an internal share through the ASM User Interface. The Embedded Repository is no longer used if a Default Firmware Repository is set. Compliance to this Repository can be viewed on the Resources page.
- NOTE: Devices with firmware levels below the minimum firmware listed in the default repository are as Non-Compliant (out of compliance).

Service Level Firmware Repository — This repository is applied only to Servers that are in Service and to which the Service Level Firmware Repository is assigned.
- NOTE: Devices with firmware levels below the minimum firmware level listed in service level repository are marked as Non-Compliant. When a Service Level Firmware Repository is assigned to a Service, the firmware validation is checked only against the Service Level Firmware Repository and the Default Firmware Repository checks are no longer applied to the devices associated with this Service.