User's Manual

• SUU 64–bit support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 8 x86_64
• SUU 64–bit support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 3 x86_64.
Feature Overview
This section describes the overview of the Server Update Utility (SUU) supported features.
DUP Support for PCIe-SSD firmware and driver
Dell PowerEdge Express Flash Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Solid State Device (SSD) is a high
performance storage device designed for solutions requiring low latency, high input output operations per second
(IOPS), and enterprise class storage reliability and serviceability. The Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD is based
on Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash technology with a high-speed PCIe 2.0 compliant interface. The high-speed PCIe
2.0 compliant interface helps improve the performance for I/O bound solutions.
NOTE: Firmware update for PCIe-SSD device is supported on RHEL5_x64, SLES10_x64 and windows operating
systems.
QLogic Network Interface Card
Added firmware and driver update support for QLogic NIC cards.
Intel Network Interface Card
Added firmware and driver update support for Intel NIC cards.
Emulex Network Interface Card
Added firmware and driver update support for Emulex NIC cards.
Daisy Chained SEP and Expander
For 7.0 and later releases, internal Backplanes are cascaded together to extended available Hard Disk Drive (HDD) on a
system. DUP now supports flashing upstream and downstream backplane, where upstream and downstream can be
Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) or Expander Backplane.
SWRAID 3.0
S110 is a new software Raid adapter supported in 7.0 release. DUP now supports updating of the S110 Driver.
Supported Operating Systems
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter and Web x64 Editions with
SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter and Web x86 and x64
Editions with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
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