Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Update Packages User's Guide
- Getting Started
- What’s new in this release
- DUP event viewer
- Zip pack elimination
- Slot information for hard drive
- Dependency
- Supported Operating Systems
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites And Features For Systems Running Linux
- Prerequisites and Features for Systems Running Windows
- Downloading DUPs
- Downloading DUPs through Repository Manager
- Installing Device Drivers
- Installation Order of DUPs
- Best practices for using DUPs
- Other Documents You May Need
- Contacting Dell
- Using Dell Update Packages
- Update and Rollback in Lifecycle Controller Enabled Server
- Command Line Interface Reference
- Linux Troubleshooting
- Known Issues
- Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending
- Abnormal Termination of a DUP
- Error While Loading Shared Libraries
- Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image
- Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages
- Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs
- DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System
- DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode
- Messages
- DUP Message Logs
- Known Issues
- Troubleshooting for Systems Running Windows
- Trusted Platform Module and BitLocker Support
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 User Account Control
- Frequently Asked Questions
Table 2. Linux CLI Options: Usage (continued)
CLI Option CLI Task Description Command Syntax
-r
Reboot option
Reboot the system, if required, after
performing the update. The reboot does not
occur:
• If the DUP fails or is not applicable to
the target system.
• If the DUP does not require the target
system to be rebooted.
NOTE: The -q option is required
with this option.
./packagename.bin -r ‑q
-v,--version
Display version option
Display the version, fixes, enhancements,
and release date; lists systems to which the
DUP can be applied.
NOTE: This option exits after
displaying the requested
information; no DUP verification or
updates occur.
./packagename.bin -v
./packagename.bin --version
--extract=<path>
Extract all files contained in the DUP to the
path you specify. If the directory specified
in the path does not exist, it is created.
If the path contains spaces, use quotation
marks around the <path> value.
NOTE: This option exits after
extracting the requested files; no
DUP verification or updates occur.
./packagename.bin --extract /
update
./packagename.bin --extract "/
update files"
-su
Allows you to apply the update for
updatable components specified. For
firmware, the updateable components are
identified by the device FQDD. The available
FQDD on the system can be obtained by
performing the inventory. Multiple
updateable components can be specified
using comma or semicolon as separator.
The -q option is required with this option.
NOTE: This command is supported
with hard drive DUPs only.
./packagename.bin -su=<device
list>./packagename.bin --
selectiveupdate=<device list>
-qi
This feature provides the inventory with
FQDD information when the device
supports selective update.
The -q option is required with this option.
NOTE: This command is supported
with hard drive DUPs only.
./packagename.bin -qi ./
packagename.bin --
queryinventory
--installpath=<path>
DUP allows the user to install application
DUP to the desired defined location.
./packagename.bin --
installpath=<path>
Windows CLI Options
For a list of the CLI options for systems running Windows, a description of each option, and the command syntax see the following table.
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Command Line Interface Reference