Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Getting Started With Dell Update Packages
- Using Dell Update Packages
- Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository
- Update and Rollback in Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled
- Command Line Interface Reference
- Linux Troubleshooting
- Known Issues
- Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending
- Abnormal Termination of a DUP
- Error While Loading Shared Libraries
- Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image
- Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages
- Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs
- Yum and Up2date Repository Management Software Caches Incorrect Repository Metadata
- Use Dell Linux Repository with yum and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4
- DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System
- DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode
- Messages
- DUP Message Logs
- Known Issues
- Windows Troubleshooting and FAQs
- Index
12 Getting Started With Dell Update Packages
Installation Order of DUPs
If you are installing multiple DUPs, install the updates that require a reboot at the
end. Table 1-1 provides the recommended installation order.
NOTE: If you have updated the BIOS, the changes to the BIOS take effect only after
you reboot your system.
NOTE: To ensure a single reboot, you must install the ESM firmware update before
the BIOS update.
Important Tips to Remember for Using DUPs
• Prepare repair disks before you perform any updates.
• Download the currently installed version of drivers, BIOS, and firmware,
so that you have a backup plan in case any issues arise.
• Ensure that you have a backup of operating system files or system
configuration files stored on a system other than the one you are updating.
• Ensure that the updates are planned for and performed by the system
administrator who knows which applications could be affected.
• Before updating all systems, perform the upgrade on one nonessential
system to test the update.
• Do not run other applications while executing DUPs.
• Do not shut down the system while an update is in progress.
• Ensure that the system reboots without power interruption after
performing a BIOS update.
• Do not close any terminal console windows used for performing the
DUP CLI execution, while DUP executions are in progress.
Table 1-1. Update Packages: Recommended Installation Order
Installation Order System Software Components
1 Device driver
2 Device firmware
3ESM firmware
4BIOS