Users Guide

Select updates
On the Welcome screen, Click CHECK, to run the Checking for updates task. 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):
Based on importance, the updates are described as follows:
● ‘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.
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Security Updates—These updates improve the security of the system.
● 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 the Dell docking solution.
If the 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 (Security, 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 message is displayed if:
● An update that is to be installed requires an interim version of the utility. If there are multiple dependencies for an update,
Dell Command | Update attempts to install the latest version. This task may require multiple update cycles to be completed.
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 (continued)
User interface Description
Security Updates (x of y; z MB) View the security updates available for the system. You can also modify the
selection of security 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.
● Release date of the update.
● An information icon provides additional details. Hover over the icon to view
the information.
● Based on the update type and installation requirements, an icon may appear
on the left side of the update.
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A link to the complete documentation of the updates is available on the
support site.
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.
● Release date of the update.
Features of Dell Command | Update 9