User's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Dell OpenManage Server Update
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Key Features and Functionalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What’s New in This Release
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 About GUI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Performing Prerequisites Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Prerequisites Failure Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software Prerequisite Failure Message
. . . . . . 12
Hardware Prerequisite Failure Message
. . . . . . 12
Software and Hardware Prerequisite Failure
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixing the Software Prerequisite Failure
. . . . . . . . 13
Fixing the Hardware Prerequisite Failure
. . . . . . . 13
Creating a Prerequisites media
. . . . . . . . . . 13
Comparison Report
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Criticality Levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comparison Report Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Upgrading System Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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