Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Update Packages version 21.04 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
- Appendix
Table 3. Windows CLI Options: Usage (continued)
CLI Option CLI Task Description Command Syntax
NOTE: If the file name contains
spaces, use quotation marks around
the <filename> value.
The /s option is required with this option.
/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.
Options /e and /c are not valid with this
option.
packagename.exe /s /r /l=c:
\pkg.log
/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>
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