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
Chapter 1: Getting Started............................................................................................................ 5
What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................5
DUP event viewer............................................................................................................................................................... 5
Zip pack elimination.............................................................................................................................................................6
Slot information for hard drive......................................................................................................................................... 6
Dependency.......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Supported Operating Systems......................................................................................................................................... 6
Prerequisites......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Prerequisites And Features For Systems Running Linux........................................................................................... 6
Dell-Qualified and Dell-Enabled Packages............................................................................................................... 6
Prerequisites and Features for Systems Running Windows......................................................................................7
Downloading DUPs.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Downloading DUPs through Repository Manager....................................................................................................... 8
Installing Device Drivers..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Interactive Mode............................................................................................................................................................8
Non-Interactive Mode.................................................................................................................................................. 8
Installation Order of DUPs.................................................................................................................................................8
Best practices for using DUPs......................................................................................................................................... 9
Other Documents You May Need....................................................................................................................................9
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 2: Using Dell Update Packages........................................................................................ 11
Updating Packages Component and System Compatibility..................................................................................... 11
Executing DUPs in Linux Environment.......................................................................................................................... 11
Interactive Mode........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Non-Interactive Mode..................................................................................................................................................11
Verifying the Digital Signature.................................................................................................................................. 12
Executing DUPs On Systems Running Windows........................................................................................................13
Verifying the Digital Signature On Systems Running Windows........................................................................ 13
Compatibility checking......................................................................................................................................................13
Information while applying the Updates on a Running System...............................................................................13
System Reboot Required............................................................................................................................................14
Saving Console Output for Linux............................................................................................................................. 14
Delivering DUPs to the Systems.................................................................................................................................... 14
Updating Multiple Systems........................................................................................................................................ 14
Remote Terminal Sessions......................................................................................................................................... 14
Stand-Alone Systems and Firewalls.........................................................................................................................14
Confirming the Update..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 3: Update and Rollback in Lifecycle Controller Enabled Server....................................... 16
Update in Lifecycle Controller........................................................................................................................................ 16
Rollback in Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 4: Command Line Interface Reference............................................................................ 18
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