Owner's Manual

158 Software Updates
5 Clicks Compare to check the devices she selected against the contents of
the update package.
IT Assistant performs a comparison and generates a compliance report
that shows a graphical presentation of the differences, full version
information on the selected devices, and other information that can help
identify non-compliant systems or devices.
Jane can use the compliance report to find which systems on her network
are compliant, and accordingly run update packages on those systems. Or
she may just want to keep a record of what update packages were available
in a quarter/year.
6 If IT Assistant finds systems or devices that need updating, Jane can select
the devices she wants to update and click the
Update button. This action
automatically starts the
Software Updates task wizard.
For more information on the software updates task, see "Using Software
Updates" on page 173.
NOTE: Jane cannot apply updates on the system running IT Assistant. To apply
updates on this system, she should run the software updates from another system.
Software Update Using Unified Server
Configurator (USC) DUPs
The Dell Unified Server Configurator (USC) is a pre-installed configuration
utility that enables systems and storage management tasks from an
embedded environment throughout the server’s lifecycle. Residing on the
embedded flash storage space, the USC is similar to a BIOS utility in that it
can be started during the boot sequence and can function independently of
the operating system. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and
USC together provide an environment for Bare Metal Deployment (BMD).
DUPs support update of platform firmware in the UEFI environment to
enable BMD. For more information, see Dell Update Packages for Linux
Operating Systems User’s Guide and Dell Update Packages for Microsoft
Windows Operating Systems User’s Guide available at
support.dell.com/manuals