Owner's Manual

Using Dell Update Packages 25
Remote Terminal Sessions
In today's highly distributed environment, it is quite common for
IT organizations to use remote access solutions, such as Microsoft Terminal
Services, to gain access to their remote systems. You may use this type of
solution to run DUPs.
NOTE: If your terminal session is disconnected during a NIC driver update, you will
need to re-connect and verify that the update has completed successfully.
Stand-alone Systems and Firewalls
For systems that are not connected to the Internet, you need to download
your DUPs from support.dell.com by using a system that does have access to
the Internet, such as your desktop or portable computer. You can make DUPs
available to your system by copying them onto removable media that your
system supports (such as CD, USB devices, tape, and so on).
Confirming the Update
To ensure that DUPs were applied to your system, review the log files that
were generated during execution. See "DUP Message Logs" for detailed
information about the logging feature.
If you want to revert to an earlier (older) version of the software after
updating to a newer version, you must download the appropriate Update
Package from support.dell.com and install it. To install the earlier version
from a script, use the /s (unattended) mode. In addition, you must use the
CLI /f option, which forces the downgrade. To install the earlier version from
the GUI, you will be prompted to ensure that you want to do so.
If your system loses power during the update process, you must perform the
updates again.