Users Guide

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.

To run SUU from the CLI mode, you must be 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 perform 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 Shows this help message.

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

NOTE: On 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.