DELL EMC System Update Version 1.7 User's Guide
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DELL EMC System Update Version 1.7 User’s Guide Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 2019 - 05 Rev. A00 Contents 1 Introduction to Dell System Update................................................................................................................5 How does Dell System Update work............................................................................................................................... 5 What is Remote DSU feature..................................................................................................................................... 6 What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................7 Other documents you might need................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Installing and upgrading the DSU...................................................................................................................8 Installing DSU DUP on Linux operating systems in the command line interface .......................................................8 Installing DSU DUP on Linux operating systems in the graphical user interface..................................................8 Installing DSU DUP on Microsoft Windows operating systems from command line interface................................ 9 Installing DSU on Microsoft Windows from DUP from graphical user interface..................................................9 Installing OpenManage Server Administrator................................................................................................................. 9 3 Supported platforms for DSU........................................................................................................................11 Supported hardware..........................................................................................................................................................11 Supported Operating Systems.........................................................................................................................................11 Prerequisites for installing to remote systems......................................................................................................... 11 Support for Ubuntu operating systems................................................................................................................... 12 4 Updating the system using DSU................................................................................................................... 13 DSU Outputs and Options...............................................................................................................................................19 Using DSU ISO............................................................................................................................................................19 DSU Return Codes.................................................................................................................................................... 20 5 Sample options usage..................................................................................................................................22 Sample Config file with Authentication Sequence and Remote System options.................................................... 22 Sample config file with only Apply Sequence option...................................................................................................25 Command to perform firmware updates via iDRAC (Remote System).................................................................... 25 Sample config file for performing firmware updates via iDRAC (Multiple Remote system) ................................. 25 Command to perform firmware update via operating system to iDRAC using Passthrough interface. ...............25 Sample Config File to perform firmware update via operating system to iDRAC Passthrough using OAuth Authentication .................................................................................................................................................................26 Sample Config file to perform firmware update via operating system to iDRAC passthrough using Basic Authentication.................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Command to import the public keys for Signature Validation on Linux operating system......................................26 Command to ignore the signature Validation on Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems ....................26 Command to use the installer option.............................................................................................................................27 Command to use reboot options....................................................................................................................................27 Command to use push remote updates........................................................................................................................ 27 Use with custom offline repository created with Dell Repository Manager..............................................................27 Command to update from the provided repository..................................................................................................... 28 Command to create bootable DSU ISO........................................................................................................................ 28 Contents 3 Command to create bootable non-interactive DSU ISO.............................................................................................28 Command to create bootable interactive DSU ISO..................................................................................................... 28 Command to package the selected updates to a folder using existing bootable ISO............................................. 28 6 Sample scripts using DSU............................................................................................................................30 Sample usage with script.................................................................................................................................................31 Command to create ISO using custom catalog...................................................................................................... 31 Command to create ISO by the available repository.............................................................................................. 31 Command to customize the working directory...................................................................................................... 32 Command to create ISO with offline network and local repository..................................................................... 32 Command to create ISO for particular platform.................................................................................................... 32 Command to create ISO with the action for components....................................................................................32 Command to create ISO with the given custom-script........................................................................................ 32 Using kickstart files..........................................................................................................................................................32 7 Troubleshooting DSU................................................................................................................................... 33 The repository setup is fine, however OMSA (srvadmin) is failing to install.............................................................33 The repository setup is fine, OMSA (srvadmin) is installed but won’t start or you can’t access it....................... 33 Repository conflicts for updates having different version.The DSU commands are not working even after the successful installation of the software................................................................................................................... 33 Failure message is observed while creating a bootable ISO through DSU................................................................34 8 Frequently asked questions......................................................................................................................... 35 4 Contents 1 Introduction to Dell System Update DELL EMC System Update (DSU) is an application used to distribute Dell updates for Linux, Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and updates through iDRAC and operating systems to iDRAC passthrough. DSU is a software designed to facilitate the application of updates on various Dell systems. Using DSU you can: • Identify the available updates, select the relevant updates, and deploy the updates on