Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- DELL EMC System Update Version 1.9.2.0 User’s Guide
- Contents
- 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
Dell System Update features
In this chapter you will learn about Dell System Update features such as inventory, preview, compliance, update and bootable
ISO along with their usage and command lines.
About this task
These features provide updates for BIOS, applications, firmware and driver for various devices to the end customer. The
updates are provided to the customer by gathering and adding all the device and dependency details together by providing
a consistent and easy to execute user interface. Also publishes inventory collector application for inventorying the updatable
components and also the metadata about the updates in the form of catalogs and hosts repositories. Dell Repository Manager
provides the capability to customize these catalogs
DSU provides following basic features:
1. Inventory
2. Preview
3. Compliance
4. Update
5. Bootable ISO
In this release, Dell System Update provides user an option to get details or updates securely. Following are the options:
1. --proxy is used when user wants a secure connection to repository to get details of inventory, to get details on updates,
to generate compliance report for both remote and host system. Dell System Update gets proxy details by user configured
proxy.
2. --Cacert is a certificate option provided by Dell System Update to have a secured connection to repository using https
protocol.
NOTE:
Updatable components names are inconsistent when any of these features are performed for remote hosts,
remote-iDRAC, and remote operating system to iDRAC Passthrough.
NOTE: IPV4 is the default IP compatibility.
NOTE: The sample IP Address, Username and Password provided in this document are only for reference purposes.
NOTE: A SSH connection to remote systems without password is not supported through certificate.
Topics:
• Inventory
• Preview
• Compliance
• Updating Server
• Bootable ISO
Inventory
Inventory is a basic feature which provides list of system components. With inventory feature, user can perform the following
use cases:
1. View Inventory: User can view inventory list from the console for remote single and multiple servers, iDRAC, and iDRAC
passthrough.
2. Export Inventory: User can export inventory list in JSON format from the location for remote single and multiple servers,
iDRAC, and iDRAC passthrough.
3. View system inventory using an inventory file: User can view inventory file from the location for remote Host/single servers,
iDRAC, and iDRAC passthrough.
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