Users Guide

To upgrade repository components:

1. Select the components that you want to upgrade.

2. Click Upgrade to apply the components that you have selected.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

4. While upgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an

Update Complete dialog box.

5. Click OK.

The status of the upgrade is reflected in the Comparison Report.

NOTE: When you perform an upgrade, SUU copies all the update packages into a temporary

directory on the system: <%systemdrive%>:\dell\suu in case of Microsoft Windows operating system

and /var/log/dell/suu in case of Linux operating systems. SUU deletes this temporary directory after

the upgrade process is complete. If a reboot is required to complete the upgrade process, the

directory is saved until the reboot process is complete.

CAUTION: Do not remove the Dell Server Updates DVD from the DVD drive when you are running

SUU.

Downgrading System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the

repository. If the system components version is greater than the repository version, SUU enables the

Enable Downgrade button on the upper right corner of the Comparison Report.

To downgrade repository components:

1. Select Enable Downgrade.

SUU disables Enable System Set Update and selects only those components that are greater than the

repository version components that can be downgraded.

2. Select Downgrade on the SUU GUI , all downgradeable components are automatically selected.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

While downgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays

an Update Complete dialog box.

4. Click OK.

The status of the downgrade is reflected in the Comparison Report.

Updating System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the

repository. If some system components are newer than the repository version and vice versa, SUU

enables the

Update button on the upper right corner of the Comparison Report.

To upgrade and downgrade components in a single session:

1. Select Enable System Set Update.

SUU disables Enable Downgrade and Upgrade changes to Update. All the components that can be

updated are selected in the Comparison Report.

2. Click the Update button.

The Confirm Update dialog box with a list of components to be updated is displayed.