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Using the Command Line Interface 37
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Using the Command Line Interface
The Command Line Interface (CLI) in the Server Update Utility (SUU)
allows you to run commands to perform comparisons and updates.
To run SUU from the CLI, you must be in the Dell Server Updates DVD root
directory. If you are running SUU on a network share, copy the Dell Server
Updates DVD contents to a shared directory and run the CLI from the shared
directory.
When you run SUU, a warning message is displayed if you are not using the
latest SUU version and if an SUU version newer than your current version is
available.
Figure 3-1. Warning Message
NOTE: You will see the warning message only if you are running an older version of
the SUU.
You can download an updated version of SUU from the Dell Support site at
support.dell.com.
All CLI commands begin with the suu string followed by a space and then
the short or long form of the command. If you type suu -? or suu -help
or suu -h, the command line interface displays the syntax for SUU CLI
commands:
Usage: suu [<command>] [-d | -directory
<directory_name>]