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
Certificate
Cacert option is used in Dell System Update along with catalog location or source location to have a secured connection using
certificate. Following are the limitations to adhere while using cacert option:
● Cacert option dos not support for remote systems.
● For host systems, only catalog location and source location is supported with Cacert option. Cacert option should
be provided immediately after source location or catalog location. For example, dsu --inventory --source-
location=https://"location" --cacert=C:\custom_https.cer --source-type=repository
● Cacert does not support network share but supports only local path. Hence it is recommended to provide URL while making
a secured connection
● Cacert should be used separately for both catalog-location and source-location, even if same https location is used in both
the locations.
Command for Linux:
dsu --source location=<HTTPS URL path of the repository> --cacert=<Certificate file
Local Path> --source-type=REPOSITORY
Command for Windows:
dsu --source location=<HTTPS URL path of the repository> --cacert=<certificate file
Local Path> --source-type=REPOSITORY
NOTE: When user tries to establish unsecured connection, the following message is shown "The certificate chain is issued
by a non trusted authority". It is recommended not to have any unsecured connection. For example, for Windows:
dsu --source-location=https://10.110.200.11/location/catalog.xml --cacert=C:
\Cacert\https_cert.crt --source-type=REPOSITORY
For Linux:
dsu --source location=https://10.102.200.11/location/catalog.xml --cacert= /root/
https_cert.crt --source-type=REPOSITORY
Compliance
Provides compliance report for inventory and catalog.
Command for Linux:
dsu --compliance
Command for Windows:
dsu --compliance
Catalog location
Path of catalog file used.
File format supported: .xml, .gz and cab
Command for Linux:
dsu --catalog-location=<catalog filepath>
Command for Windows:
dsu --catalog-location=<catalog filepath>
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