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5 Update 1703b for Cloud Platform System (CPS) Standard

WARNING: You cannot run the 1703b Patch & Update framework—1.4—directly without first upgrading

your environment to 1611 (1.3). You can directly upgrade to 1703b only after the DHCS stamp is at the 1.3

version, P&U 1611. Also be advised that the addition of any non-DHCS hardware to your system will cause

the Patch & Update process to fail. For a workaround to this problem, see Troubleshooting the P&U

process, and follow the procedures detailed in Issue 2.

Overview of the Patch and Update

framework

The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft includes the Patch and Update (P&U) framework. This framework enables

you to easily update the infrastructure components of the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft stamp with minimal

or no disruption to tenant workloads. The framework automates the installation of software, driver, and firmware

updates on the physical hosts and the infrastructure VMs.

Note: The P&U framework does not update tenant VMs.

When the P&U framework runs, it does the following:

• Orchestrates the updates so that they are performed in the correct order.

• Automatically puts servers in and out of maintenance mode during servicing.

• Validates components when servicing is complete.

The P&U framework installs approved software updates on infrastructure hosts and VMs for various

combinations of the following products:

Note: Any given package may or may not contain updates from all the categories listed. For the specific

contents of any particular package, see the package Release Notes, which you can obtain from the same

download location as the package itself.

• Windows Server

• Windows Azure Pack

• System Center

• SQL Server

• Dell software

• Dell Deployment UI

• Drivers and firmware updates for Dell Hardware.

If the package also includes firmware and driver updates, the framework installs the approved firmware and driver

updates on the physical cluster nodes.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT install Windows Server, Windows Azure Pack, System Center, and SQL Server

updates by using any method other than the P&U framework. Install only update packages that Microsoft

and Dell have tested and approved for the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft.