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About Dell OpenManage Server Update
Utility
Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility (SUU) is an application available in ISO for identifying and applying updates to the
system. SUU is no longer DVD-based application, copy the ISO onto a USB drive or on the network drive.
You can use SUU to update the Dell PowerEdge system or to view the updates available for system that supports SUU. SUU
compares the versions of components currently installed on the system with the versions of the components packaged on the
Dell PowerEdge Server Update Utility media.
SUU displays a comparison report of the versions and provides various options for updating the components.
NOTE: Only users with administrator (Microsoft Windows) or root (Linux) privileges can perform updates using SUU.
NOTE: SUU carries updates only for Dells 10th generation to Dells 13th generation of PowerEdge servers. The SUU ISO is
split into four for Microsoft Windows 32bit and 64 bit and Linux 32bit and 64bit operating system.
Topics:
Key features and functionalities
What's new in this release
Supported operating systems
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
Key features and functionalities
This section describes key features and functionalities of Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility (SUU).
Table 1. Features and Functionalities
Feature Description
Prerequisite Failure Messages List of error messages displayed when the prerequisite conditions are not met. For
more information, see Prerequisite Failure Messages.
Fixing Prerequisite Failures Allows you to fix the hardware or software prerequisite failures. For more
information, see Fixing the Software Prerequisite Failure and Fixing the Hardware
Prerequisite Failure.
Comparison Report Displays a list of component versions installed on the system that do not match
the versions on the repository. For more information, see Comparison Report.
Upgrading or Downgrading or Updating
System Components
Allows you to upgrade, downgrade, or update the system components if the
versions vary from the repository version. For more information, see Upgrading
System Components, 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 Corequisites. For more
information, see Comparison Report.
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