Users Guide

Feature Description
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
The new features for this release include:
• Support for a new feature, dependency, which displays the available updates for the device present in
the comparison report. For more information, see Key Features and Functionalities.
• Support for Dell PowerEdge VRTX systems.
Supported Operating Systems
For Windows:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Essentials, Enterprise, datacenter and Foundation x64 Editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, and data center and web x64
Editions with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, and data center and web x86
and x64 Editions with SP2
For Linux:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (32 and 64 - bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (32 and 64 - bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 9 (32 and 64 - bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 5 (64 - bit)
• VMware ESX 4.1 U3
• Citrix XenServer 6.2
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:
• From the following links:
– For all Systems Management documents — dell.com/softwaresecuritymanuals
– For Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals
– For Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals
– For Serviceability Tools documents — dell.com/serviceabilitytools
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