EFFICIENT UPDATES OF INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS WITH LOCALIZED AGGREGATED TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF UPDATE PACKAGES

A method for managing information handling system updates includes identifying topological groups within a managed domain of information handling system devices and identifying one or more homogeneous subgroups, each of which corresponds to a single device type, within each of the identified topological groups. Device updates may then be performed for the managed domain based on the homogeneous subgroups. All instances of a particular device type within the managed domain are updated by performing subgroup-aware update operations that include transmitting a single update image for the particular device type to each topological group that includes a homogeneous subgroup corresponding to the particular device type. The single update image is then distributed to each instance of the particular device type within the topologic group.