OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

Catalogs are bundles of firmware and drivers based on device types. All the available catalogs (update packages) are validated and posted to Dell.com. You can use the catalog directly from the online repository or it can be downloaded to a network share.

Using these catalogs, you can create firmware/driver baselines for the discovered devices and check their compliance. This reduces the extra effort of administrators and device managers and also reduces the overall updating and maintenance time.

Administrator users can view and access all the catalogs in OpenManage Enteprise, however, device managers can only view and manage catalogs that they created and own. See, Role and scope-based access.

For field definitions on the Catalog Management screen, see Catalog Management field definitions. The sources of catalog that you can currently access are:

• Latest component versions on Dell.com: Lists the latest firmware and driver (64-bit Windows) versions of devices. For example, iDRAC, BIOS, PSU, and HDDs that are rigorously tested and released and posted to Dell.com. See Creating a firmware catalog by using Dell.com.
• Network Path: Location where the firmware and driver catalogs are downloaded by the Dell Repository Manager (DRM) and saved on a network share. See Creating a firmware catalog by using local network.