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Integrating Server Update Utility

With Dell Management Console

Dell Management Console is the next generation one-to-many systems

management application that provides similar functionality as the

Dell OpenManage IT Assistant along with enhanced discovery, inventory,

monitoring, and reporting features. It is a Web-based graphical user interface

(GUI), that is installed on a management station in a networked

environment.

Dell Management Console allows you to import Dell Update Packages

(DUPs) into a local repository of your management station. The Dell

Management Console then compares the packages with the versions of the

components currently present on the managed systems in your network. You

can decide to update systems that are not in compliance, either immediately

or according to a schedule you define. You can use Server Update Utility

(SUU) with the Dell Management Console to update multiple systems in

a single session.

Getting Started

The Patch Management feature in the Dell Management Console enables you

to update the hardware and software components of your managed system.

You can install the Dell Management Console application from the

Dell Management Console DVD or download and install from the

Dell website at www.dell.com/openmanage. For more information on

installing the Dell Management Console, see the Dell Management Console

User’s Guide.

Using the Patch Management Feature

To use the Patch Management feature, perform the following steps:

Insert the

Dell

Server Updates

DVD into the DVD drive.

Double-click the

Dell Management Console

icon on your desktop to

start the application.