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

Command Line Interface Reference 31
5
Command Line Interface Reference
You can display information about CLI options by typing the DUP name and
either -h or --help at a command line prompt.
The console displays all of the command line options and provides help for
each choice.
Linux CLI Options
Table 5-1 provides a list of the CLI options for Linux, a description of each
option, and the command syntax.
Table 5-1. Linux CLI Options: Usage
CLI Option CLI Task Description Command Syntax
(no option; run
command without
options)
Run commands in
interactive mode.
Apply the DUP in interactive
mode; if the DUP is valid and
can be applied, interacts with
the user, asking questions.
./packagename.bin
-h or --help
Help option
Display command line options
and help information.
The
--help option executes
before all other -- options.
NOTE: This option exits after
displaying the requested
information; no DUP verification
or updates occur.
./packagename.bin
-h
./packagename.bin
--help
-c
Check option
Determine if the update can be
applied to the target system.
./packagename.bin
-c