Users Guide

Sample options usage

The following are some of the sample options with DSU:

Sample Cong le

To point to a repository hosted at http://<ip_address>/<directory>(for example, http://192.168.10.11/16.08.00), the cong XML le is:

</Repository>

</DSUConfig>

Table 3. Cong le options usage

Options Usage Description

IP="<ipaddress>"/

Directory="<directoryaddress>"

The attributes provides the location of repository for the update of

IP and Directory as: [IP + '/' + Directory]. If the Type is YUM,

location provided in the [IP + '/' + Directory] is expected to carry

updates in rpm format. If the Type is REPOSITORY, location

provided by the [IP + '/' + Directory] should contain catalog le

.gz format and same will be used to fetch updates.

Type="YUM|REPOSITORY"

When type is YUM, the command specic to the OS will be used to

install updates. Updates are fetched from IP + '/' + Directory using

YUM.

When type is REPOSITORY, the updates will be downloaded from

location provided in the IP + '/' + Directory.

UseLatestDSU="True|False"

This options is ignored in case type is REPOSITORY.

When type is YUM, DSU'S version is compared from the location

provided in the

IP + '/' + Directory to the version carried

by DSU bootable plug-in.

Command to create bootable non-interactive DSU ISO

Linux Operating System:

dsu --non-interactive --destination-type=ISO --destination-location=/root/home/output.iso --

config=/root/home/config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location="ftp.dell.com/catalog"

Microsoft Windows Operating System:

dsu --non-interactive --destination-type=ISO --destination-location= C:\output.iso –—config=C:

\config.xml

16 Sample options usage