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7 Update 1803 for Cloud Platform System (CPS) Standard
2.2 How to check which update package is installed
To check the version of the update package that is currently installed on the stamp, do the following:
1. On the Console VM, open the DeploymentManifest.xml file at the path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Cloud Solutions\DeployDriver\Manifests.
2. At the top of the file, look for the following entries:
 “Version=”: This is the version of the Dell-provided update package.
 “ MicrosoftVersion= ”: This is the version of the Microsoft-specific updates that were incorporated in the
Dell-provided update package, for example:
"MicrosoftVersion": "1.0.1603.21000"
The third value (1603 in the example) indicates the year and month of the Microsoft update package.
2.3 When to run the update package
Dell recommends that the package be running during a scheduled maintenance window, or when there is low activity.
There is associated downtime for the infrastructure VMs if the package installs updates that require a server restart on
the VMs.
The patch and update mechanism does not target tenant workloads for software updates, so tenant VMs should not
typically experience downtime. However, if an update package contains driver and firmware updates, there may be
associated downtime. Check the information that is provided with the update package.
Update 1803 contains three distinct phases:
 Performing prerequisites
 DHCS_Run_First
 Running the 1803 Microsoft P&U package
 Running the 1803 DellEMC P&U package
Run these phases sequentially in the same maintenance window, or in separate time blocks if needed. Each of these
procedures is described in the sections that follow.
CAUTION: The only supported sequence for running the packages is as follows:
1. Prerequisites
2. DHCS_Run_First
3. Microsoft P&U package
4. DellEMC P&U package
If you deviate from this sequence, the P&U process will fail.
If you receive an error when running one package, rerun that same package again. Do not run an earlier package.