Users Guide

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.

The log instance provides details of dierent performance parameters like Exit Code, DUP log location and name details.

Zip pack elimination

DUP facilitates you to extract the contents of the DUP payload and other contents in an existing folder or a dened location.

Slot information for hard drive

DUP provides specic information about the hard drive location detail with the slot number, storage controller, enclosures and other

particulars. The details of the slot information are also captured in the DUP log les.

Dependency

DUP supports the following dependencies:

• Soft Dependency — Dependency(s) that needs to be applied in order to use certain new features coming with the update. For

example, when the features of BIOS 1.7 are enabled only when iDRAC is at 2.3 then the dependency on iDRAC version is a soft

dependency and the BIOS update would be applied but the specic features would not be available till iDRAC is at least 2.3.

• Hard Dependency — Dependency(s) that must be applied in order to apply the correct update. For example, the update for upgrading

BIOS to 1.7 might require iDRAC version to be at least 2.0. Then user needs to update iDRAC version to 2.0 before updating BIOS 1.7.

NOTE

: In certain scenarios, for a complete update or upgrade, you have to install two and more DUPs. In such scenarios,

sometimes you have to restart the system to complete the update of previously installed DUPs.

Supported Operating Systems

For detailed information on various Dell systems and operating systems on which DUP is supported, see the Dell Systems Software

Support Matrix at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

Prerequisites

Before you install and use DUPs, ensure that:

• The system and operating system is supported by DUPs. See Supported Operating Systems for more information.

• You have administrator privileges.

Prerequisites And Features For Systems Running

Linux

This section lists all the prerequisites and features for systems running the Linux operating system.

Getting Started