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
</System>
</RemoteSystem>
</DSUConfig>
Sample Config file to perform firmware update via operating system to
iDRAC passthrough using Basic Authentication
<DSUConfig>
<RemoteSystem>
<System Address="192.168.10.1" >
<AuthenticationSequence>
<Authentication ExecProto="WMI" Password="ospassword" Type="PLAIN"
Username="username"
Domain="domain"/>
</AuthenticationSequence>
<UseiDRACPassThrough>
<Authentication ExecProto="REDFISH" Password="idracpassword " Type="PLAIN"
Username="idracusername"/>
</UseiDRACPassThrough>
</System>
</RemoteSystem>
</DSUConfig>
Command to import the public keys for Signature Validation on Linux
operating system
On Host System: dsu -u --import-public-key
On Remote System: dsu -u --remote=username:password@SystemOSIP --import-public-key
Command to ignore the signature Validation on Linux and Microsoft
Windows operating systems
Host system: dsu -u --ignore-signature
Remote system: dsu -u --remote=username:password@SystemOSIP --ignore-signature
Command to use the installer option
dsu --dsu-lin64-installer-location="<location>"
dsu --remote --config=/home/dsu/config.xml --dsu-lin64-installer-location=/home/dsu/
Systems-Management_Application_7PMM2_LN64_1.8.0_A00.BIN
--dsu-win64-installer-location=C:\dsu\ Management_Application_7PMM2_WN64_1.8.0_A00.EXE
--dsu-lin64-installer-location=/home/dsu/ Systems-
Management_Application_7PMM2_LN64_1.8.0_A00.BIN
To pick the location provided and install at remote system if DSU is not installed. Alternatively if uselatestdsu attribute is
true then following DUP will be used to replace the DSU at remote system.
Command to use reboot options
dsu --reboot
Restarts the system for updates to take effect.
While reboot option is used on host the DSU needs to be triggered manually after restart to check the status of updates.
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