Users Guide

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Getting Started
A Dell Update Package (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a
single software element on the system.
The naming convention for DUP is: yy.mm.version , where yy, mm, and version represent year, month,
and version of the release.
DUPs are available for the following software components:
System BIOS
System firmware, also known as the Embedded Systems Management (ESM) firmware
Network firmware and drivers
Remote Access Controller (RAC) firmware
RAID controller firmware and device drivers
Software RAID 3.0 (S130) driver
Hard-disk drives (HDDs), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS),
and solid-state drives (SSDs)
Lifecycle Controller
Dell Diagnostics and Driver Pack
Backplane and Expander
Tape drives
Enclosures (MD12xx, MD14xx)
OS Collector
Chipset Drivers
NOTE: On Dell’s 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller has
common DUP update.
NOTE: OS Collector inventory and update support available with Dell’s 13
th
generation of
PowerEdge servers.
Using DUPs, you can update a wide range of system components and apply scripts to similar sets of Dell
systems to bring the system components to the same version levels.
You can use DUPs to:
Apply an individual update to a system by using an interactive command line interface (CLI).
Install device drivers in interactive and non-interactive modes.
Execute multiple updates on the system by using a script comprised of noninteractive commands
that you write using the CLI feature.
Leverage the scheduling of your operating system and software distribution utilities to apply updates
remotely to any number of systems.
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