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
NOTE: The Dell’s PowerEdge 10G and 11G servers have reached end of support life. Version 16.12.01 is the last version of
repository or catalog with support for 10th generation updates.
Possible outcomes for PowerEdge systems
Table 8. Possible Outcomes for PowerEdge systems
Scenarios Outcomes
DSU on 10th generation of PowerEdge system pointing to
the newest Linux Repository (on linux.dell.com) and the
Repository no longer has 10G content.
Platform not supported message is displayed.
DSU 1.5 RPM (sourced from linux.dell.com) on a 10th
generation of PowerEdge system pointing to the newest
Linux Repository that no longer has 10G content.
Platform not supported message is displayed.
DSU 1.4 RPM on a 10th generation of PowerEdge system
pointing to an older Linux Repository that still has 10G
content.
All commands work as usual.
DSU 1.4 DUP (sourced from downloads.dell.com) pointing to
catalog.xml file that no longer has 10G content.
There may be two possible outcomes:
● If the DUP doesn’t support 10G platform, then DSU is not
installed.
● If DUP supports 10G platform, DSU is installed. When dsu
command is invoked Platform not supported message is
displayed.
I am running DSU 1.4 DUP and pointing at a legacy
catalog.xml that has 10G content.
There may be two possible outcome:
● If the DUP doesn’t support 10G platform, then DSU is not
installed.
● If DUP supports 10G platform, DSU is installed. dsu
command works as usual.
On Ubuntu operating system, I see a message
“genisoimage: command not found. Please install
genisoimage to create bootable iso”. What am I supposed
to do?
To troubleshoot the issue, execute the following command: sudo apt-get install genisoimage. By executing the
command, you are installing the genisoimage to generate the ISO.
On Linux operating system, I see a message “mkisofs:
command not found. Please install mkisofs to create
bootable iso”. What am I supposed to do?
To troubleshoot the issue, execute the following command: yum install mkisofs on RHEL operating systems and zypper
install mkisofs on SLES operating systems.
Frequently asked questions
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