User's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Dell OpenManage Server Update
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Key Features and Functionalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 About GUI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Performing Prerequisites Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prerequisites Failure Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software Prerequisite Failure Message
. . . . . . 10
Hardware Prerequisite Failure Message. . . . . . 10
Software and Hardware Prerequisite Failure
Message
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fixing the Software Prerequisite Failure
. . . . . . . . 11
Fixing the Hardware Prerequisite Failure
. . . . . . . 11
Creating a Prerequisites media
. . . . . . . . . . 11
Comparison Report
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Criticality Levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Comparison Report Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Upgrading System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Downgrading System Components
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