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Using the Graphical User Interface 11

Using the Graphical User Interface

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides an interactive approach to

perform comparisons and updates using Server Update Utility (SUU).

To launch the GUI, insert the Dell Server Updates DVD into the DVD drive.

If SUU does not launch automatically, navigate to the Dell Server Updates

DVD root directory and launch suulauncher.exe (for Windows systems) or

type suu -g (for both Windows and Linux systems) in a command window.

In the GUI, you can start with a comparison of the components in your

Dell system and the components in the repository. You can then proceed to

upgrade, downgrade, update components, or you can browse the repository

for components.

Whenever SUU inventories your system for the list of components installed,

a progress bar that shows the progress of the inventory collection is displayed.

After the progress bar completes 100%, SUU displays the Comparison Report.

In the Comparison Report, SUU provides the option of updating the

components. In the SUU GUI, for each listed update, a link is provided.

When you click the link, a browser window opens and navigates to the URL

of that component on support.dell.com if you have Internet connectivity.

NOTE: If you do not have network connectivity, the links are not displayed on the

SUU GUI.

NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server version 5 operating system, DVDs are

auto-mounted with the

-noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to

use the autorun feature or run any executable from the DVD. You need to manually

mount the DVD and then run the executables.

NOTE: Ensure that the path from which you run SUU does not exceed

260 characters on the Windows operating system. On Linux systems, ensure that

the path from which you run SUU does not exceed 4096 characters.

Prerequisites

When you start SUU, SUU performs a prerequisites check. In the

prerequisites check, SUU scans your system to determine if a hardware or

software update is required. When the scan is complete, SUU displays the list