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
For more details on optional attributes and its usage, click the hyperlink that is provided in the below table.
Table 4. Update on host server and single remote host server
Actions Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
Updating server using non-
interactive method
--non-interactive
NA Format:
dsu --non-
interactive
Example:
dsu --non-
interactive
Update single remote server
from host server through
operating systems.
--remote --config
Format:
dsu --
remote=<username:pa
ssword@IP address>
Example:
dsu --
remote=abc:abc_123@
124.99.88.77
dsu --remote --
config=C:\Dell\Dell
EMC System
Update\dell_dup\con
fig.xml
Update through iDRAC for
single server
--remote
--rsystemtype
--source-type
--component-type
--category
--list-critical-
updates
Format:
dsu --
remote=<username:pa
ssword@IP address>
--rsystemtype --
source-type=<Type>
Example:
dsu --
remote=abc:abc_123@
100.88.77 --
rsystemtye=iDRAC --
source-
type=REPOSITORY
dsu --
remote=abc:abc_123@
101.99.11.22 --
rsystemtye=iDRAC --
source-
type=REPOSITORY --
component-type=BIOS
Updating multiple servers
Updating multiple remote
servers through operating
systems
--config
--remote
--component-type
Format:
dsu --remote --
config<file>
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