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
Table 1. Inventory Use cases (continued)
Actions Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
remote=
abc:abc_123@100.88.
66.100
dsu --inventory --
use-idrac-
passthrough --
remote=
abc:abc_123@100.88.
66.100 --component-
type=BIOS
View inventory from offline
repository
--inventory
--use-idrac-
passthrough
--remote
--source-type
--source-location
--component-type
Format:
dsu --inventory --
use-idrac-
passthrough
--
remote=Username:pas
sword@OS_IP
address --source-
location=<location>
--ic-
location=<location>
--catalog-
location=<location>
--source-
type=<Type>
Example:
dsu --inventory --
use-idrac-
passthrough --
remote=abc:abc_123@
100.88.66.100 --
source-location=
C:\Dell\DELL EMC
System
Update\dell_dup --
ic-location=
C:\Dell\DELL EMC
System
Update\dell_dup\inv
Col.exe --catalog-
location=C:\Dell\DE
LL EMC System
Update\dell_dup\Cat
alog.xml --source-
type=REPOSITORY
dsu --inventory --
use-idrac-
passthrough --
remote=abc:abc_123@
100.88.66.100 --
source-location=
C:\Dell\DELL EMC
System
Update\dell_dup --
ic-location=
C:\Dell\DELL EMC
System
Update\dell_dup\inv
Col.exe --catalog-
Dell System Update features
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