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November 9th, 2020 23:00
OME 3.5 - DRM
- For catalogs on a Network Share (NFS/CIFS/HTTP/HTTPS), OME can download DUPs from directly from Dell.com; downloading DUPs manually or via DRM is not longer required.
Can anyone enlighten me what does this improvement in OME 3.5 means? I am expecting this improvement will allow to download older version FW without using DR, but I don't see any changes in the firmware/driver compliance functionality.
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DELL-Marco B
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November 10th, 2020 06:00
Hello,
thanks for contacted us. This is a new feature of this release.
It means that now catalogs with base location pointing to 'https://dell.to/3khNVDp' can be used without the Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
while importing catalog in OpenManage Enterprise version 3.5 from a network share. During the firmware upgrade
process, the DUPs will be downloaded directly from https://dell.to/2GQA2P4.
Thanks
Marco
svram
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November 10th, 2020 19:00
@DELL-Marco B
Thank you for your reply. I was able to add a new catalog in the Catalog Management page, using Share Address as downloads.dell.com and Catalog File Path as catalog/Catalog.xml.gz. This was originally cannot be done in the old versions, right?
And one more question, can I know which Share Address / Catalog File Path can be used to download catalog files with older firmware versions (for Poweredge servers in particular)?
Note: The links 'https://dell.to/3khNVDp' , https://dell.to/2GQA2P4. are inaccessible anymore
DELL-Joey C
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November 10th, 2020 21:00
Hi,
Yes, you're right. The FTP site, Downloads.Dell.com can be used as share address on the new version 3.5. It's the new enhancement.
About the download catalog files for older firmware version cannot be done, as the catalog is updated with newest version only.
The links provided by Marco should be routing to Downloads.Dell.com, it's probably our reply tool here had some issues with the URL shortener.
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November 11th, 2020 02:00
@DELL-Joey C @DELL-Marco B
Thank you for the reply. Highly appreciate if you entertain my follow-up questions.
Does it meant that there is still no way to create a catalog baseline containing older firmwares, unless we use DRM?
If downloads.dell.com only contains catalog updated with the newest version, then might as well use the default 'Latest component versions on Dell.com' as catalog source when creating baseline since the former will also offer the newest version anyway. Am I missing an important point here? Please enlighten me.
DELL-Marco B
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November 11th, 2020 04:00
Hello,
yes the only way to create a catalog baseline with older firmwares is using DRM, i confirm.
Here the working link
https://dell.to/2IoKXQA
Thanks
Marco