Users Guide

Command for Windows:
dsu --remote
NOTE: For the usage of remote option, root account only can be used. Sudo users cannot be used. The remote system
must have default PermitRootLogin preenabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
NOTE: Remote option that is mentioned in the system prompt takes precedence over the config file options.
Providing the credentials of the remote system
To enable the remote system with the credentials provided along with the hostname. Multiple remote destinations can be
configured using the input config file.
Command for Linux:
dsu --remote=<credentials@hostname>
Command for Windows:
dsu --remote=<Domain\credentials@hostname>
NOTE: When domain is used, only single-label DNS names are supported that do not contain a suffix such as .com,
Corp, .net, .org, or company name. For example, "host" is a single-label DNS name.
To push updates to the remote system.
To push the required updates to the remote system.
Command for Linux:
dsu --push-remote-updates
Command for Windows:
dsu --push-remote-updates
Providing the updates for remote system using iDRAC
To provide the remote system type. The value that is supported is iDRAC. This option performs the iDRAC Update (Out-of
band) without any operating system.
Command for Linux:
dsu --rsystemtype=<value>
Command for Windows:
dsu --rsystemtype=<value>
To use operating system to iDRAC, pass through
interface
To push the updates by operating system IDRAC Passthrough using the USB-NIC interface.
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Dell System Update Options