Users Guide

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Getting Started
A Dell Update Package (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a
single software element on the system.
Using DUPs, you can update a wide range of system components and apply scripts to similar sets of Dell
systems to bring the system components to the same version levels.
NOTE: On Dell’s 12th and 13th generation of PowerEdge servers, iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller
has common DUP update.
NOTE: OS Collector inventory and update support available with Dell’s 12th and 13th generation of
PowerEdge servers.
You can use DUPs to:
• Apply an individual update to a system by using an interactive command line interface (CLI).
• Install device drivers in interactive and non-interactive modes.
• Execute multiple updates on the system by using a script comprised of non‑interactive commands
that you write using the CLI feature.
• Leverage the scheduling of your operating system and software distribution utilities to apply updates
remotely to any number of systems.
What’s new in this release
This release of Dell Update Package (DUP) supports the following features:
• Using DUP you can view in the event viewer on systems running Microsoft Windows and systems
running Linux operating systems.
• DUP facilitates to extract the content in the ZIP pack elimination feature.
• DUP provides the information about the hard drive using slot information for hard drive.
DUP event viewer
The event viewer log captures the DUP execution status along with the details of that particular
component which updated.
For Windows operating systems DUP generates the event log in the event viewer <application logs>
folder and the corresponding instances get generated.
For the Linux operating systems DUP generates the event log in the </var/log/messages> folder.
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