User's Manual

60 Glossary
Inventory List of components, such as the BIOS versions, firmware,
and drivers installed on your system.
Prerequisite Minimum version requirement of components and
dependencies that a system must meet before any updates
can be performed.
Repository Database on the Dell Server Updates DVD that contains the
updated Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), firmware, and
driver components for Dell systems. The repository organizes
these components into sets of updates for each supported
system. When these updates are applied, all system
components that require updates, are updated. Alternately,
you can browse the repository for systems and components
that can be updated without running the update application.
Update Operation that can include an upgrade or a downgrade.
For example, you perform an update if you click the Upgrade
button and apply a newer version of a component from the
repository. You can also select the Enable Downgrade check
box and downgrade from a newer version of a component in
your system to the version of the component available in the
repository. You can also perform an update by selecting the
Enable System Set Update check box and clicking the
Update button. For more information about the System Set
Update feature, see "Upgrading and Downgrading
Components in a Single Session".
Upgrade Operation by which SUU applies a newer version of a
component from the repository. An upgrade begins when you
click the Upgrade button. The Upgrade button is enabled
only when SUU finds newer version of the components in the
repository as compared with those installed on the systems.
Table A-1. Terms and Definitions (Continued)
Term Definition