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 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
NOTE: If you have updated the BIOS, power supply firmware, PERC firmware, PCIeSSD firmware, Mellanox, Emulex
firmware and driver, chipset and video drivers, Intel, QLogic and Broadcom firmware the changes to the components take
effect only after you reboot the system. On 13G systems onwards, the SAS expander firmware does not require a reboot.
NOTE: For a single reboot, install the ESM firmware update before the BIOS update.
NOTE: On 12G systems onwards, the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller has common DUP update.
Best practices for using DUPs
● Open-source components that are used in Dell Update Package are listed on https://opensource.dell.com/.
● Prepare repair disks before you perform any updates.
● Download the currently installed version of drivers, BIOS, and firmware, so that you have a backup plan if there were any
issues.
● Ensure that you have a backup of operating system files or system configuration files that are stored on a system other than
the one you are updating.
● Ensure that the updates are planned for and performed by the system administrator who knows which applications could be
affected.
● Before updating all systems, perform the upgrade on one nonessential system to test the update.
● Do not run other applications while running DUPs.
● On a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine, while updating the host operating system components, ensure that the guest
operating systems are not running.
● Do not shut down the system while an update is in progress.
● Ensure that the system reboots without power interruption after performing a BIOS update.
● Do not close any terminal console windows that are used for performing the DUP CLI execution, while DUP executions are in
progress.
Other Documents You May Need
To access other documents go to dell.com/support/manuals and select the product or use the direct link on the Dell Systems
Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
● Dell OpenManage Legacy Compatibility Guide
NOTE: You do not need to install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on the system to run DUPs.
● Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility User's Guide
● Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) User's Guide
● Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide
● Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
● Glossary
● Dell Repository Manager Users Guide
● Dell OpenManage Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide
Getting Started
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