Concept Guide

You can use DUPs to:

• Apply an individual update to a system by using an interactive command line interface (CLI).

• Install device drivers in interactive and non-interactive modes.

• Execute multiple updates on the system by using a script comprised of non‑interactive commands

that you write using the CLI feature.

• Leverage the scheduling of your operating system and software distribution utilities to apply updates

remotely to any number of systems.

You can apply the updates using the operating system, iDRAC Web interface, RACADM CLI, or Web

Services API interface.

For complete information, see Dell Update Package User’s Guide available at dell.com/

openmanagemanuals .

Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility

The Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) is an application (available in both DVD or .iso format) for identifying

and applying updates to your system. You can use this utility to update managed system or to view the

updates available for systems that it supports. The application compares the versions of components

currently installed on the system with the available updates for those components. You can download

SUU from dell.com/support/manuals or order it as part of the OpenManage Subscription Kit.

Additionally, use Dell Repository Manager to create a customized SUU that contains only the updates

available for the systems that are managed.

For complete information, see Dell Server Update Utility User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/

manuals.

Dell OpenManage Linux Repository

The Dell OpenManage Linux Repository (DLR) provides updates in RPM package Manager format, which

is commonly used by the opensource tools such as Yellodog Update Modified (YUM), Zypper, Red Hat

Satellite Network, and so on. Additionally, Dell has enhanced the Dell Linux Repository with Dell System

Update (DSU). DSU is an improved version of DLR to distribute Dell updates for Linux systems. For more

information, see http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/.

Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit

The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying Dell

PowerEdge systems. It is designed for customers who want to build scripted installations to deploy large

numbers of servers without making many changes to their current deployment process.

In addition to the command-line utilities used to configure various system features, the Deployment

Toolkit also provides sample scripts and configuration files to perform common deployment tasks. These

files and scripts describe the use of Deployment Toolkit in Microsoft Windows Pre-installation

Environment (Windows PE), and embedded Linux environments. It helps to:

• Provide the tools necessary to automate the pre-operating system configuration tasks and the

unattended operating system installation tasks when deploying PowerEdge systems.

• Scale to support one-to-many system deployment efforts.

• Facilitate consistent system configurations across multiple systems.