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
<Category Value="BI" OrderID = "2"/>
</Sequence>
<Sequence Type="ApplyLast">
<Category Value="SV" OrderID = "0"/>
</Sequence>
</ApplySequence>
</DSUConfig>
Command to perform firmware updates via iDRAC (Remote System)
Inventory:
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY -i --remote="idracuser:idracpassword@iDRAC IP" --
rsystemtype=iDRAC
Preview:
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --preview --remote="idracuser:idracpassword@iDRAC IP" --
rsystemtype=iDRAC
Update:
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY -u --remote="idracuser:idracpassword@iDRAC IP" --
rsystemtype=iDRAC --reboot
Sample config file for performing firmware updates via iDRAC
(Multiple Remote system)
<DSUConfig>
<RemoteSystem>
<System Address="192.168.1.10" RSystemType="iDRAC">
<AuthenticationSequence>
<Authentication Password="idracpassword" Type="PLAIN" Username="username"
ExecPort="443"/>
</AuthenticationSequence>
</System>
</RemoteSystem>
</DSUConfig>
Command to perform firmware update via operating system to iDRAC
using Passthrough interface.
Host System: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --source-type=REPOSITORY -u
Remote System: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --source-type=REPOSITORY -u --remote="OS
Username:OSPassowrd@OSIP
Sample Config File to perform firmware update via operating system to
iDRAC Passthrough using OAuth Authentication
<DSUConfig>
<RemoteSystem>
<System Address="100.100.200.131" >
<AuthenticationSequence>
<Authentication ExecProto="WMI" Password="ospassword" Type="PLAIN"
Username="username" Domain="domainname"/>
</AuthenticationSequence>
<UseiDRACPassThrough>
<Authentication ExecProto="REDFISH" Type="PLAIN" />
</UseiDRACPassThrough>
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