User's Manual

Upgrading System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the repository. If the

system components are older than the repository version, SUU enables the Upgrade button on the upper right corner of

the Comparison Report.

To upgrade repository components:

1. Select the components that you want to upgrade.

2. Click Upgrade to apply the components that you have selected.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

4. While upgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an Update

Complete dialog box.

5. Click OK.

The status of the upgrade is reflected in the Comparison Report.

NOTE: When you perform an upgrade, SUU copies all the update packages into a temporary directory on the

system: <%systemdrive%>:\dell\suu in case of Microsoft Windows operating system and /var/log/dell/suu in case

of Linux operating systems. SUU deletes this temporary directory after the upgrade process is complete. If a reboot

is required to complete the upgrade process, the directory is saved until the reboot process is complete.

CAUTION: Do not remove the Dell Server Updates DVD from the DVD drive when you are running SUU.

Downgrading System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the repository. If the

system components version is greater than the repository version, SUU enables the Enable Downgrade button on the

upper right corner of the Comparison Report.

To downgrade repository components:

1. Select Enable Downgrade.

SUU disables Enable System Set Update and selects only those components that are greater than the repository

version components that can be downgraded.

2. Select the components that you want to downgrade and click Downgrade.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

While downgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an Update

Complete dialog box.

4. Click OK.

The status of the downgrade is reflected in the Comparison Report.

Updating System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the repository. If some

system components are newer than the repository version and vice versa, SUU enables the Update button on the upper

right corner of the Comparison Report.

To upgrade and downgrade components in a single session:

1. Select Enable System Set Update.