User's Manual

26 Using Dell Update Packages
NOTE: DUPs for Linux can also be found in the repository on the Dell Server
Updates DVD that contains the updated BIOS, and firmware components for
Dell systems. The Dell OpenManage™ Server Update Utility (SUU) is an application
for identifying and applying updates to your system. You can use SUU to update your
Dell system or to view updates available for any system supported by SUU.
It compares the versions of components currently installed on your system with
update components packaged on the Dell Server Updates DVD and then displays
a comparison report of the versions and provides the option of updating the
components. See the Server Update Utility User's Guide available on the
Dell Support website at support.dell.com or on the Dell Systems Management Tools
and Documentation DVD for more information.
Update and Roll Back in the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) environment
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), the service processor
embedded in every Dell PowerEdge™ xx1x system, has a large server
provisioning flash storage space. This storage space carries various tools and
firmware images that are required for provisioning, and is divided into several
partitions with each partition carrying images which are used by several
software services and the BIOS. The partitions are made available by iDRAC
whenever a service running on the host CPU or an application requests
through IPMI commands, availability of that partition. The provisioning
components within this storage space include UEFI tools, server diagnostics,
firmware images including rollback images, deployment drivers, and the life
cycle log (LCL) partition.
The Dell Unified Server Configurator (USC) is a preinstalled configuration
utility that enables systems and storage management tasks from an embedded
environment throughout the system’s lifecycle. Residing on the embedded
flash storage space, the USC is similar to a BIOS utility in that it can be started
during the boot sequence and can function independently of the operating
system. UEFI and USC together provide an environment to deploy your
current (
"bare–metal") system. DUPs support update of platform firmware in
the UEFI environment to enable deployment of
"bare–metal" systems.