Users Guide

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6. Click OK to save changes or click CANCEL to discard the settings and return to the Welcome screen.

Updating source location

Update Source Location displays the list of all configured update source locations.

The default location is downloads.dell.com. However, you can add multiple source locations for Dell Command | Update to

attempt access and check for updates.

To add a source location:

1. Click BROWSE

2. Navigate to the file location, and then select the catalog.cab file

3. Click + to add the new source location

4. Prioritize these locations by clicking the up and down arrows that are associated with the source location entry

5. Click x to remove the source location path from the list

NOTE: Dell Command | Update uses the first source location or catalog it successfully loads. Dell Command | Update

does not load each source location that is listed and aggregate the contents together. Dell Command | Update does not

check for signatures on any source location that is not available in the Dell.com site.

Update settings

You can configure Dell Command | Update to automatically check for system updates on a given schedule.

Perform the following steps to configure the schedule for checking updates:

1. On the title bar, click Settings.

2. On the Settings screen, click Update Settings.

3. Under Automatically check for updates > Check for updates, select one of the following:

● Manual Updates Only— If you select this option, Dell Command | Update does not run scheduled updates and all the

other fields on this page are hidden. To check for updates manually, on the Welcome screen, click CHECK.

● Automatic Updates — If you select this option, Dell Command | Update runs automatic updates on the system. A check

for updates run every three days. If new updates are found, the settings under When updates are found, determines the

actions which take place.

● Weekly Updates — If you select this option, Dell Command | Update runs the updates on the system once in a week.

You have the option to Select the time and Select the day of the week to run the updates.

● Monthly Updates — If you select this option, Dell Command | Update runs the updates on the system once in a month.

You have the option to Select the time and Select the day of the month to run the updates.

NOTE:

If the selected day for a specific month is not available, then the updates get executed at the last day of that

particular month.

You have the option to select the action to perform and the notification to display When updates are found. The options

are:

a. Notify Only - When updates are available

b. Download Updates - Notify when the updates are ready to install

c. Download and install updates - Notify after the updates are complete

If you select Download and install updates (Notify after complete) option, select the time interval that you

want the system to wait before restart automatically.

4. Click OK to save changes, or click CANCEL to revert the settings and return to the Welcome screen.

After you schedule the check for updates activity and if updates are available, the list of updates is displayed in the Ready

for install screen.

Configure Dell Command | Update