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 3. Compliance (continued)
Action Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
\192.168.10.24\Shar
e\inventory.xml
dsu --compliance --
catalog-loction=\
\192.168.10.24\Shar
e\Catalog.gz --
input-inventory-
file=\
\192.168.10.24\Shar
e\inventory.xml --
authentication=abc:
abc:abc_
compliance output using
offline source (when the
internet connection is not
available)
--compliance
--source-location
--source-type
--catalog-location
--remote
--config
--authentication
--dsu-lin64-
installer-location
--dsu-win64-
installer-location
Format:
dsu --compliance --
source-
location=<location>
--source-
type=<type>
Example:
dsu --compliance --
source-
location=C:\Dell\De
ll EMC System
Update\Dell_dup\abc
--source-
type=REPOSITORY
dsu --compliance --
source-
location=C:\Dell\De
ll EMC System
Update\Dell_dup\abc
--source-
type=REPOSITORY --
authentication=Admi
nistrator:password1
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Updating Server
DSU connects to remote systems for performing inventory and update operations on them. With update feature, user can
perform the following use cases:
DSU provides methods for determining and applying updates in both interactive and non-interactive ways. DSU provides
following facilities for applying updates in a non-interactive manner.
NOTE: By default DSU runs in interactive mode for local host and in non-interactive mode for remote host.
● Upgrades Only
● Downgrades Only.
● Equivalent update
● Updating specific components.
● Updating components from specified categories. Click the hyperlink for more information.
See the below table for all the update use cases and respective mandatory and optional attributes along with format and an
example.
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Dell System Update features