User's Manual

4 Contents
2 Using Dell Update Packages . . . . . . . . . 15
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Develop Your System Update Plan
. . . . . . . . . 15
Acquiring DUPs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Update Packages Component and
System Compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Executing DUPs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Verifying the Digital Signature
. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Compatibility Concerns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Effects of Applying the Updates on
a Running System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Delivering DUPs to Your Systems
. . . . . . . . . . 24
Updating Many Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Confirming the Update
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Update and Roll Back in the Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
environment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Typical Usage Scenarios
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scenario One — Retasking a System
. . . . . . . 28
Scenario Two — BIOS Update
for 200 Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3 Command Line Interface
Reference
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CLI Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Exit Codes for CLI
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