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 3. Windows CLI Options: Usage (continued)
CLI Option CLI Task Description Command Syntax
Options /e and /c are not valid with this
option.
/s or /silent
Silent option
Executes the update silently without user
intervention. When /s is not specified, the
DUP is launched in GUI (interactive) mode.
The /s option is required when using
the /e, /f, /c, /l, and /u options.
NOTE: Using the /s option causes all
output to be written to log files.
packagename.exe /s /
l=c:\pkg.log
/u=<filename> or /
ulog=<filename>
Unicode Log option
Appends logged messages to a specified
Unicode file; creates a new file if one does
not exist. If the file name contains spaces,
use quotation marks around the <filename>
value.
The /s option is required with this option.
packagename.exe /s /
u=c:\pkg.log
packagename.exe /s /
u="c:\Update Log\pkg.log"
/su or /selectiveupdate
selectiveupdate
Allows you to apply the update for
updateable 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 /s option is required with this option.
NOTE: This command is supported
with hard drive DUPs only.
packagename.exe /s/
su=<updateable component list>
/qi queryinventory
This feature provides the inventory with
FQDD information when the device supports
selective updates
The /s option is required with this option.
NOTE: This command is supported
with hard drive DUPs only.
packagename.exe /s/qi
packagename.exe /s/
queryinventory
/installpath=<path>
DUP allows the user to install application DUP
to the desired defined location.
packagename.exe /s /
installpath=<Path>
/drivers=<path>
This feature extracts only driver contents
from the DUP.
Packagename.exe /s /
drivers=<Path>
/driveronly
This features installs only driver contents
from the DUP.
Packagename.exe /s /driveronly
Exit Codes for CLI
Exit codes help you determine and analyze the execution results after you run DUPs.
After running DUPs, see the exit codes described in the following table.
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Command Line Interface Reference