Users Guide

Overview

DELL EMC System Update (DSU) is an application used to distribute Dell updates for Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating

Systems. The DSU distributes:

• OpenManage Server Administrator

• BIOS and rmware updates for dierent servers

DSU for Linux:

DSU extensively uses Yum and Zypper.

• Yellowdog Updater, Modied

Yellowdog Updater, Modied (YUM) is an open source command line package management utility used for Linux Operating

Systems. Yellowdog Updater, Modied (YUM) primarily helps to perform automatic updates, package and dependency

management, mainly for RedHat Package Manager (RPM) based distributions. Yellowdog Updater, Modied (YUM) has a

command line interface and it is implemented in the Python programming language and it also has a good informational output

syntax.

• Zypper

Zypper is used for installing, removing, updating, and querying software packages of local and remote networked media. It has

been extensively used for the openSUSE Operating Systems. It is a package management engine that powers Linux applications

like Yet another Setup Tool (YaST). Zypper can download several update packages, and install them at once. Zypper is one of the

fastest and powerful package manager for the Linux environment.

DSU for Microsoft Windows:

DSU supports the Microsoft Windows Operating System from 1.4.0 release onwards.

What is new in this release

This release of DSU supports the following new features:

• Support for Microsoft Windows Operating System

• Ubuntu Operating System

NOTE: Ubuntu OS is pre-enabled on DSU and the support is limited. For more information, see Support for Ubuntu

operating systems.