Owner's Manual

About Command Line Interface Mode

The Command Line Interface (CLI) mode allows you to run commands from a command prompt to

perform comparisons and updates.

Run SUU in CLI mode, in the Dell Server Updates DVD root directory. If you are running SUU from a

network share, copy the Dell Server Updates DVD contents to a shared directory and run the CLI from the

shared directory.

You can use the CLI to:

• To perform comparisons and updates. For list of commands, see List of CLI Commands.

• View the progress of the update.

Launching SUU in a CLI Mode

You can run SUU from the directory where the SUU DVD is mounted. To update components on multiple

systems in the CLI mode:

1. Access the system on which SUU is installed or choose the path where the DVD is loaded.

2. Run commands suu — c or suu — u, displays the comparison report and updates all the components.

List of CLI Commands

Table 4. CLI Commands List

CLI Command Syntax Command Description

— ? | — h | — help Displays the help message.

— g | — gui Launches the SUU Graphical user Interface.

NOTE: On systems running Linux operating

systems this option can be used only from the

X Window system.

— u | — update Update the system components to the repository

level. Components in your system that are of a

higher version than the components in the

repository are downgraded without prompting you

for confirmation. Not recommended always.

— e | — upgradeonly Upgrades all components repository versions that

are greater than the current versions installed on

the system. You cannot upgrade individual

components using CLI. To do this, use the GUI.

— n | — downgradeonly Downgrades all the system components greater

than the repository components to the repository

versions.