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Your system does not meet the required prerequisites for some of the hardware component(s).
Therefore, all the rows for the hardware component(s) are disabled in the Comparison Report.
Click Continue to update the applicable Dell OpenManage software component.
Software and Hardware Prerequisite Failure Message
Prerequisite Failure Message:
Your system does not meet the required prerequisites for some of the hardware component(s) and
for installing the Dell OpenManage software component. Therefore, all the rows will be disabled
in the Comparison Report.
Fixing the hardware prerequisite failure
When you launch SUU in the GUI mode and the prerequisites check for the hardware component fails, install the hardware prerequisites
before proceeding with the upgrade, downgrade, or update of the components. DUP HDD firmware update utility, related to system
memory utilization, requires minimum of 8GB to 16GB RAM in the server.
To install the hardware prerequisites:
1. Use the Prerequisites media to bring the system up to meet the prerequisite levels.
NOTE: Set the boot order in the system BIOS such that the media drive is placed ahead of the system hard-drive.
2. If the system fails to meet the prerequisites, restart the system with the Prerequisites media.
NOTE: An additional restart may be required to complete the prerequisite update. Do not remove the media until the
information on the screen prompts you to do so.
3. When prompted, replace the Prerequisites media with the DSU media and restart the system.
Creating a prerequisites media
To create the Prerequisites media:
1. Go to dell.com/support.
2. On the support page, browse the available products, View Products > Servers, Storage, & Networking > PowerEdge.
3. Select the Product Model.
4. Click Drivers & Download.
5. From the Category drop-down list, select Systems Management. You can also select the importance of the drivers. The available
options are [All], Urgent, Recommended, Optional.
6. From the table of results displayed, click CD ISO - PowerEdge Updates Prerequisites v1.0 in the File Title(s) column.
7. Click Download Now to save the PE Updates prereq cd.iso file on the system. Copy this file to a system that has a media-burning
program and create a bootable media from the provided .iso file.
This bootable media is the Prerequisites media.
Comparison report
SUU compares the version of the component installed on the system with the versions available in the repository and displays the results
in a Comparison Report. The following are the fields that are displayed in the Comparison Report:
• Select — Select a component.
• Status — Displays the status as icons, where each of the icons represents different status: upgrade, downgrade, only pre-requisites
update, both pre-requisites and co-requisites updates, only co-requisites.
• Criticality — Denotes the importance of the update.
• Package Name — Displays the package name from the inventory.
• Component — Displays the name of the component.
• Type — Displays the type of devices listed from the inventory.
• Current version — Displays the current version of the systems.
• Latest version — Displays the latest available version to be updated in the repository.
• Pre-requisites — Displays the list of pre-requisites that must be applied.
• Co-requisites — Displays the list of co-requisites to be applied for the device, which are optional.
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