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
NOTE: DUPs for Microsoft Windows operating systems cannot display output at the command line because they are
Windows GUI applications. All output information is written to a log file. For information on log files, see DUP Message
Logs.
Table 3. Windows CLI Options: Usage
CLI Option CLI Task Description Command Syntax
/? or /h or /help
Help option
Displays command line options and help
information.
packagename.exe /?
packagename.exe /h
/c or /check
Check option
Determines if the update can be applied to
the target system.
The /s option is required with this option.
Options /f, /e, and /r are not valid with this
option.
When you click Install in the graphical user
interface (GUI) mode, the same checking
process is performed.
packagename.exe /s /c /
l=c:\pkg.log
/e=<path> or /extract=<path>
Extract option
Extracts 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.
The /s option is required with this option.
Options /f, /c, and /r are not valid with this
option.
packagename.exe /s /e=c:\update
packagename.exe /s /
e="c:\update files"
/f or /force
Force option
Allows downgrade of the software to a
previous (older) version.
The /s option is required with this option.
Options /e and /c are not valid with this
option.
NOTE: Before downgrading the
software to a previous version, see
the documentation for the previous
version.
packagename.exe /s /f /
l=c:\pkg.log
/l=<filename> or /
log=<filename>
Log option
Appends logged messages to a specified
ASCII file; creates a new file if one does not
exist.
NOTE: If the file name contains
spaces, use quotation marks around
the <
filename>
value.
The /s option is required with this option.
packagename.exe /s /
l=c:\pkg.log
packagename.exe /s /
l="c:\Update Log\pkg.log"
/r
Reboot option
Reboots 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 a reboot.
The /s option is required with this option.
packagename.exe /s /r /
l=c:\pkg.log
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