** UPDATE ** - Content Manager has been replaced by Dell Repository Manager

Content Manager ships on the Dell OpenManager Systems Build and Update Utility CD. Content Manager allows you to download Dell Update Packages (DUPs) from the official Dell support website. These packages are then kept in Custom Repositories where you can choose which PowerEdge Servers and types of OS updates to store.

Content Manager also has a task to compare your custom repository to the latest downloads available from the official Dell support web site.

When the Custom Repositories are created, the Server Update Utility (SUU), both GUI and CMD versions, are included in the repository. This allows you to map a network drive from your servers to the repository and update the servers from a single location knowing that it contains the latest drivers from the official Dell support site.

Download Content Manager here -- http://ftp.dell.com/contentmanager

Example of Content Manager Use

Typically your Dell PowerEdge servers will be located on a network segment that does not allow HTTP or FTP access outside your corporate LAN. The Content Manager system can be located in the DMZ zone, or anywhere on your network with internet HTTP access. The downloads from the Content Manager machine can be stored on a network drive, or stored locally and then shared to the servers that are behind the corporate firewall.

Demo and Screenshots

Using Server Update Utility with Content Manager
By Scott Hanson
Download .WMV file ~8.4MB
This demo shows how Content Manager is used to keep a local repository of firmware/BIOS/driver updates from support.dell.com that can then be used to update your Dell PowerEdge Servers from a network share drive.

The following are screenshots of the product.

Figure 1 : Content Manager Main Screen


Figure 2 : Content Manager Selection Screen - options you select after choosing from the 3 main options in Figure 1.


Figure 3 : Summary screen from selecting to download the SUU ISO Image


Figure 4 : Options for building your Custom Repository : CTRL and SHIFT select works on this screen to pick multiple servers.


Figure 5 : Summary screen after selecting the systems from Figure 4.


Figure 6 : Results page from selecting the third option in Content Manager to compare your Custom Repository to the one stored on the support.dell.com official site.