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
The Create Repository window is displayed.
3. Type the Name and Description.
4. Click Next.
The Base Repository window is displayed.
NOTE: Click Cancel at any time to exit without creating a new repository.
5. Select a source for the repository.
NOTE: You can also click on Help menu and choose the option: Import Repository from Catalog file…
6. Select and open from the repository list displayed.
7. Click on the Components tab to view the list of DUPs available.
8. Choose any or all of the DUPs displayed.
9. Click on Download File. Provide the path and click OK.
10. The selected DUPs appear in the Job Queue.
11. Once completed the DUPs are available in path provided.
12. You can update the components using DUPs.
NOTE: See the
Dell Repository Manager User's Guide
for more information from dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Installing Device Drivers
DUPs update BIOS, firmware, drivers, and applications. If a device driver is not present in the system, DUPs allow you to perform fresh
installation of the driver. You can install the driver provided the supported hardware is present.
Interactive Mode
In an interactive mode, if a fresh installation is applicable, DUP displays a message to install the driver along with the version of the
package. Click Yes to install the package. Installation results are logged in the DUP Message Logs.
Non-Interactive Mode
When a fresh installation is applicable, executing DUPs with the /s switch installs the driver.
For example, packagename.exe /s and packagename.exe /s /r performs fresh installation of driver DUPs.
NOTE:
Not all driver DUPs support fresh installation. See the
Dell Update Packages for Microsoft Windows Operating
Systems
readme
file for the list of drivers that do not support fresh installation.
Installation Order of DUPs
If you are installing multiple DUPs, install the updates that require a reboot at the end. For recommended installation order see the
following table.
Table 1. Update Packages: Recommended Installation Order
Installation Order System Software Components
1
iDRAC with Lifecycle controller/iDRAC/Lifecycle controller
2 Diagnostics applications
3 Drivers for OS Deployment
4 Applications
5 Device Drivers
6 Device Firmware (RAID, NIC, PSU, CPLD)
7 BIOS
8 Getting Started