Users Guide

Feature Description
Downgrading System Components, and Updating System
Component.
Launching SUU in a GUI mode or
from Network Location
Enables you to run SUU, upgrade, downgrade, update components
on multiple systems. For more information, see Launching SUU in a
GUI mode.
CLI Commands Displays the list of commands to perform comparisons and updates
in the CLI mode. For more information, see List of CLI Commands.
Dependency Feature which provides information about the available updates for
a device. SUU enables certain tools and applications to determine if
a set of conditions or requirements are met. These conditions or
requirements are called dependencies. Following are the types of
dependency: Pre-requisites and Co-requisites. For more
information, see Comparison Report.
What's new in this release
• Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit).
Supported operating systems
For Windows:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Essentials, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Foundation x64 bit editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions with
SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter and Web x86 and
x64 bit editions with SP2
For Linux:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (64-bit)
• Citrix XenServer 6.5
For detailed information on various Dell systems and operating systems on which SUU is supported, see
the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Accessing documents from Dell support site
You can access the required documents in one of the following ways:
• Using the following links:
– For all Enterprise Systems Management documents — Dell.com/SoftwareSecurityManuals
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