Owner's Manual

4 Contents
2 Using Dell Update Packages . . . . . . . . . . 19
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Develop Your System Update Plan
. . . . . . . . . 20
Acquiring DUPs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Executing DUPs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Verifying the Digital Signature
. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Compatibility Concerns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Meeting System Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating Non-English Operating
Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Effects of Applying the Updates on
a Running System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System Reboot Required
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Impact on Users and Applications
. . . . . . . . . 23
Specifying the Order of Multiple
Updates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Delivering DUPs to Your Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Software Distribution
Applications With Update Packages
. . . . . . . . 24
Updating Many Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote Terminal Sessions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Stand-alone Systems and Firewalls
. . . . . . . . 25
Confirming the Update
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Typical Usage Scenarios
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Scenario One — Firmware Update
During a Hardware Upgrade
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Scenario Two — Retasking a System
. . . . . . . 27
Scenario Three — BIOS Update
for 200 Systems
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