Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- DELL EMC System Update Version 1.9.1.0 User’s Guide
- Introduction to Dell System Update
- Support Matrix
- Installing DSU
- To install Dell System Update
- Install Dell System Update DUP on Linux operating systems
- Online method to install Dell System Update on SLES operating system
- Online method to install Dell System Update on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
- Install Dell System Update using the offline method on systems running supported Linux operating systems
- Install Dell System Update on systems running Ubuntu
- To install Dell System Update on the supported Ubuntu at command prompt
- Installing DSU DUP on Windows server operating systems on command prompt
- Dell System Update features
- Network share
- Index catalog
- Sample scripts using DSU
- Dell System Update Options
- DSU Help
- Utility version
- Non-interactive update
- System inventory
- Proxy
- Certificate
- Compliance
- Catalog location
- Catalog ID
- Category values
- Category list
- Upgrades only
- Downgrades only
- Updates list
- Equivalent version updates
- Inventory file path
- Output inventory information
- Preview updates
- Configuration file
- Destination type
- Path of the inventory collector binary file
- Source Location
- Destination location
- Bootable ISO log
- Source type
- Path to save the log file
- List only critical updates
- Log level
- Pushing updates to the remote system
- DSU installer file location
- Restarting system
- To ignore the optional dependency
- To import the Dell public key
- To ignore the signature verification
- Component Type
- Remote
- Providing the updates for remote system using iDRAC
- To use operating system to iDRAC, pass through interface
- Input inventory
- Output inventory
- Output format
- Uninstall
- Progress
- DSU Outputs and Options
- Uninstalling DSU
- Troubleshooting Dell System Update
- Frequently asked questions
- Sample
- Licenses
Table 2. Preview
Action Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
Example:
dsu --preview --
source-
location=C:\Dell\De
ll EMC System
Update\Dell_dup\abc
--source-
type=REPOSITORY
dsu --preview --
source-
location=C:\Dell\De
ll EMC System
Update\Dell_dup\abc
--source-
type=REPOSITORY --
authentication=Admi
nistrator:password1
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Compliance
To view the compliance report of the system
For more details on optional attributes and its usage, click the hyperlink that is provided in the below table.
Table 3. Compliance
Action Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
Viewing compliance on host
server
--compliance --component-type
--category
Format:
dsu --compliance
Example:
dsu --compliance
dsu --compliance --
component-type=BIOS
Viewing compliance on
remote server with Operating
System installed
--compliance
--remote
--component-type
--category
--config
Format:
dsu --compliance --
remote=<username:pa
ssword@IP address>
Example:
dsu --compliance
--
remote=abc:abc_@128
.99.88.100
dsu --compliance --
remote=abc:abc_@128
.99.88.100 --
component-type=BIOS
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