Users Guide

Select updates
On the Welcome screen, when you click CHECK, the Checking for updates task is run and if updates are available for the
system, the Selected Updates screen is displayed.
The update summary is displayed next to the heading in the format — update type <x of y; z MB> in megabytes (MB):
● ‘x’ is the number of updates to be downloaded
● ‘y’ is the total number of updates available
● ‘z’ is the size of the available updates
Based on importance, the updates are described as follows:
● Critical Updates—These updates are important for improving the reliability, security, and availability of the system.
● Recommended Updates—These updates are recommended for installation on the system.
● Optional Updates—These updates are optional updates.
● Dell Docking Solution—These updates are for Dell docking solution.
NOTE:
If Dell Docking Solution option is selected, then:
○ The updates for the Dell Docking Solution cannot be cleared from Customize Selection screen.
○ The Automatically restart the system (when required) option is selected and cannot be cleared.
○ The system may restart multiple times and continue the installation.
○ One or more categories (Critical, Recommended, Optional) are selected and cannot be cleared if there are updates
that are part of the Dell Docking Solution.
○ The Dell Docking Solution option is not displayed if there are no updates available for Dell Docking Solution.
A warning messages are displayed if:
● An update that is to be installed requires an interim version of the update. If there are multiple intradependencies for an
update, Dell Command | Update installs the latest possible version. However, this may not be the latest version. This task
requires more than one update cycle for installing the latest version of the update. For more information, see Dependency
Installation.
● Certain updates cannot be installed until a power adapter is plugged into the system.
Customize selection
On the Selected Updates screen, click View Details to view the Customize Selection screen. This screen lists detailed
information of all available updates such as name, size, and release date of the component along with other information, which
helps you to choose the updates you want to apply to the system. The updates are grouped based on assigned criticality.
Table 1. Customize Selection options
User interface Description
Critical Updates (x of y; z MB) View the critical updates available for the system. You can also modify the
selection of critical updates. The updates contain the following information:
● Name of the update.
● Size of the update which displays the approximate number of bytes that are
required to download the update.
● The release date of the update.
● Information icon provides additional details about the update. Hover over
the icon to view more details.
● A link to the complete documentation of the updates are available on the
support site.
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Based on the update type and installation requirements of that particular
update, an icon may appear on the left side of the update.
Recommended Updates (x of y; z MB) View the recommended updates available for the system. The updates contain
the following information:
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