In Connect and manage, you can create, manage, edit, and deploy customized catalogs for the latest BIOS, driver, firmware, and Dell application software updates. These custom catalogs streamline the process of identifying and applying essential PC updates, ensuring that your PCs remain secure and up-to-date.
If your PCs connect to Dell and if the PCs have an active ProSupport Plus or ProSupport Flex for Client service plan, you can create a Product series, Fleet, or Model catalog.
No, you must manually edit and update the catalog to include the latest updates.
Yes, the PCs are updated with the latest version.
No, redeployment of the catalog is not required. However, if the option is disabled later, then the subsequently edited catalog must be redeployed.
No, this option is only applicable for the production catalog.
Both catalogs are applied to the PC in the order they were deployed, and the result depends on the PC state and the catalog applied.
For example:
If Catalogs 1 and 2 are deployed in order, the PC is updated with the Audio Driver v1.0 first and then with v2.0.
If Catalogs 1 and 3 are deployed in order, the PC is updated with the Audio Driver v1.0 from Catalog 1, and the Audio Driver with the same version from Catalog 3 is ignored as it is the same version.
If Catalogs 2 and 3 are deployed in order, the PC is updated with the Audio Driver v2.0 from Catalog 2, and the Audio Driver with the same version from Catalog 3 is ignored as the PC already has the higher version installed.