DELL EMC System Update Version 1.9.1.0 User’s Guide

Updating Server

DSU connects to remote systems for performing inventory and update operations on them. With update feature, user can perform the following use cases:

DSU provides methods for determining and applying updates in both interactive and non-interactive ways. DSU provides following facilities for applying updates in a non-interactive manner.

NOTE: By default DSU runs in interactive mode for local host and in non-interactive mode for remote host.

Upgrades Only
Downgrades Only.
Equivalent update
Updating specific components.
Updating components from specified categories. Click the hyperlink for more information.

See the below table for all the update use cases and respective mandatory and optional attributes along with format and an example.

For more details on optional attributes and its usage, click the hyperlink that is provided in the below table.

Table 1. Update on host server and single remote host serverFollowing are the list of actions a user can perform for updating servers:
Actions	Mandatory Attributes	Optional Attributes	Syntax/Example
Updating server using non-interactive method	--non-interactive	NA	Format: dsu --non-interactive Example: dsu --non-interactive
Update single remote server from host server through operating systems.	--remote	--config	Format: dsu --remote=<username:password@IP address> Example: dsu --remote=abc:abc_123@124.99.88.77 dsu --remote --config=C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\config.xml
Update through iDRAC for single server	--remote --rsystemtype --source-type	--component-type --category --list-critical-updates	Format: dsu --remote=<username:password@IP address> --rsystemtype --source-type=<Type> Example: dsu --remote=abc:abc_123@100.88.77 --rsystemtye=iDRAC --source-type=REPOSITORY dsu --remote=abc:abc_123@101.99.11.22 --rsystemtye=iDRAC --source-type=REPOSITORY --component-type=BIOS
Updating multiple servers
Updating multiple remote servers through operating systems	--config --remote	--component-type	Format: dsu --remote --config<file> Example: dsu --remote --config=C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\config.xml dsu --remote --config=C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\config.xml --component-type=BIOS
Updating multiple servers through iDRAC	--config --source-type --remote	--component-type --category --list-critical-updates	Format: dsu --config=<FILE> --source-type=<TYPE> --remote Example: dsu --config=C:\Dell \Dell EMC System Update \dell_dup\config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY --remote dsu --config=C:\Dell \Dell EMC System Update \dell_dup\config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY --remote --list-critical-updates
Updating remote servers through iDRAC passthrough	--use-idrac-passthrough --remote --config --source-type	--component-type --category	Format: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --remote --config=<file> --source-type=<type> Example: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --remote --config=C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY
Updating host server through iDRAC passthrough
Updating host server through iDRAC passthrough	--use-idrac-passthrough --source-type	NA	Format: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --source-type=<TYPE> Example: dsu --use-idrac-passthrough --source-type=REPOSITORY
Updating a server with types of updates
Applying updates using upgrade only	--apply-upgrades	--remote --config	Format: dsu --apply-upgrades Example: dsu --apply-upgrades dsu --apply-upgrades --remote=abc:abc_123@123.66.55.45
Applying updates using downgrade only	--apply-downgrades	--remote --config	Format: dsu --apply-downgrades Example: dsu --apply-downgrades dsu --apply-downgrades --remote=abc:abc_123@102.66.44
Applying updates using equivalent update	--apply-equivalent-updates	--remote --config	Format: dsu --apply-equivalents Example: dsu --apply-equivalents dsu --apply-equivalents --remote=abc:abc_123@100.11.123.77
Applying updates for critical updates only	--list-critical-updates	--remote --config	Format: dsu --list-critical-updates Example: dsu --list-critical-updates dsu --list-critical-updates --config=C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\config.xml
Updating a server with online or local repository and offline method
Updating server offline or local path	--catalog-location --source-location --ic-location --installer-location --source-type	--component-type --category --authentication	Format: dsu --catalog-location=<location> --source-location<Directory Path> --ic-location --installer-location --source-type=<TYPE> Example: dsu --catalog-location=C:\Dell\DELL EMC System Update\dell_dup\Catalog.gz --source-location=<C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\abc> --ic-location=<C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\invCol.exe> --installer-location --source-type=REPOSITORY dsu --catalog-location=C:\Dell\DELL EMC System Update\dell_dup\Catalog.gz --source-location=<C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\abc> --ic-location=<C:\Dell\Dell EMC System Update\dell_dup\invCol.exe> --installer-location --source-type=REPOSITORY --component-type=BIOS
Updating a server with different component types	--component-type	--remote --config	Format: dsu --component-type=<component type values> Example: dsu --component-type=BIOS,FRMW,APP,DRVR dsu --component-type=BIOS,DRVR,FRMW,APP --remote=abc:abc_123@100.188.22.99
Updating server with different filters
Updating a specific server component with category filter	--category	--remote --config	Format: dsu --category=<categories 1, categories 2> Example: dsu --category=AS,BI,ES dsu --category=BI,AS,ES --remote=abc:abc_123@111.22.12.23
Applying specific components	--update-list	--remote --config	Format: dsu --update-list=<update file list> Example: dsu --update-list= "Chipset_Driver_9V5VH_WN64_10.1.18243.8188_A04.EXE" dsu --update-list= "Chipset_Driver_9V5VH_WN64_10.1.18243.8188_A04.EXE" --remote=abc:abc_123@100.19.88.77

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Updating Server

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