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 4. Update on host server and single remote host server (continued)
Actions Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
Example:
dsu --remote --
config=C:\Dell\Dell
EMC System
Update\dell_dup\con
fig.xml
dsu --remote --
config=C:\Dell\Dell
EMC System
Update\dell_dup\con
fig.xml --
component-type=BIOS
Updating multiple servers
through iDRAC
--config
--source-type
--remote
--component-type
--category
--list-critical-
updates
Format:
dsu --
config=<FILE> --
source-type=<TYPE>
--remote
Example:
dsu --
config=C:\Dell
\Dell EMC System
Update
\dell_dup\config.xm
l --source-
type=REPOSITORY --
remote
dsu --
config=C:\Dell
\Dell EMC System
Update
\dell_dup\config.xm
l --source-
type=REPOSITORY --
remote --list-
critical-updates
Updating remote servers
through iDRAC passthrough
--use-idrac-
passthrough
--remote
--config
--source-type
--component-type
--category
Format:
dsu --use-idrac-
passthrough
--remote --
config=<file> --
source-type=<type>
Example:
dsu --use-idrac-
passthrough --
remote --
config=C:\Dell\Dell
EMC System
Update\dell_dup\con
fig.xml --source-
type=REPOSITORY
Updating host server through iDRAC passthrough
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