Users Guide

Network le shares also are an eective method of making DUP accessible in a distributed environment. When a DUP begins execution, it

rst copies the contents of the package to a temporary location on the local drive of the system. This process ensures that the update can

be completed even if the connection to the network share is lost for any reason.

Remote Terminal Sessions

In today's highly distributed environment, it is common for IT organizations to use remote access solutions, such as Microsoft Terminal

Services, to gain access to their remote systems. You may use this type of solution to run DUPs.

NOTE: If the terminal session is disconnected during a NIC driver update, you will need to re-connect and verify that the update

has completed successfully.

Stand-Alone Systems and Firewalls

For systems that are not connected to the Internet or that have rewall which block user downloads, you need to download DUP from

dell.com/support by using a system that has Internet access, such as desktop or portable computer. You can make DUP available to the

system by copying them onto removable media that the system supports.

Conrming the Update

To ensure that the DUPs were applied to the system, review the console output that was generated during execution. For detailed

information about the messages, see Linux Troubleshooting.

If you want to revert to a previous (older) version of the software after updating to a newer version, you must download the appropriate

DUP from dell.com/support/manuals and install it.

For Systems Running Linux:

To install the previous version from a script, use -q (unattended) mode. In addition, you must use the CLI -f option, which forces the

downgrade.

NOTE

: If the system loses power during the update process, you must perform the updates again.

NOTE: DUPs for Linux can also be found in the repository on the

Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility ISO

that contains the

updated BIOS, and rmware components for Dell systems. For more information, see the

Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility

User's Guide

available at dell.com/support/manuals.

For Systems Running Windows:

To install the earlier version from a script, use the /s (unattended) mode. In addition, you must use the CLI /f option, which forces the

downgrade. You are prompted to ensure that you want to install an earlier version.

Using Dell Update Packages