Using Dell Repository Manager to Create Bootable ISO

Instructions

  • Download DRM from Dell's website
  • I'm setting this up on Rocky Linux so I downloaded the Linux .bin file
  • Copy and past the following into your command line:
# 1. Install required GTK libraries for GUI support (optional but recommended)
sudo dnf install -y gtk2 gtk2-devel

# 2. Make the installer executable
chmod +x DRMInstaller_3.4.7.970.bin

# 3. Run the installer in CLI/console mode
sudo ./DRMInstaller_3.4.7.970.bin -i console
  • Launch DRM with /opt/dell/dellrepositorymanager/drm.sh
  • Click Add Repository
  • Name the repository
  • Under select systems, click custom, select the systems applicable to your environment
  • Click all operating systems in the base catalog
  • If you only want certain components, click custom, select the applicable components
    • For example, if you only want drives, iDRAC, network, and BIOS, you would click:
    • BOSS
    • Network
    • BIOS
    • SAS Drive
    • Express Flash PCIe SSD
    • SAS RAID (if applicable)

  • Finally, click Add to create the repository. The repository will appear in the main UI.

  • Select the repository and click download. This will pull the firmware/BIOS from the Dell catalog
  • I usually download to /home/drmuser

  • Under Repository Manager - Jobs, you can see the Download progress

  • When the job is complete you can export a bootable ISO or repository. Select the repository and click export:

  • Select Click to Configure:

  • Select Dell Bootable ISO Plug-in and click UPDATE. It will say

Plug-in update job submitted- Dell Bootable ISO Plug-In

  • You can track the job for the plugin install in the jobs page.

  • Go back to export and you can now click smart bootable ISO. Click reboot system automatically.

  • When you have configured the job click export. You can then track the job as usual in the jobs page. It should only take a few seconds if you have a single system with only a few components

  • In my case, for just the R7625, with drives, networking, iDRAC, and BIOS, the ISO is 2.11GB.
[root@patches SmartBootableISO_03_14_2025_150111]# ls -al
total 2061140
drwxr-xr-x. 2 drmuser drmuser         26 Mar 14 15:01 .
drwx------. 4 drmuser drmuser      24576 Mar 14 15:01 ..
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 drmuser drmuser 2110578688 Mar 14 15:01 linuxISO.iso
  • Now, mount the ISO in iDRAC via virtual media, and boot from it

  • After it boots, you will eventually see the SUSE splash screen, and after that the updates will kick off: