User's Manual

For more information, see the Dell OpenManage Legacy Compatibility Guide, the Dell Systems Software Support

Matrix, and Other Documents You May Need.

4. Create a directory structure for performing the updates.

5. Determine a methodology for performing the updates. The first method is Single update method. In this method,

Run DUP from the command line in interactive mode to perform the update. The other method is Script method. Use

this method if you want to run one or more updates from a script in non-interactive mode.

NOTE: DUPs for Windows can also be found in the repository on the Dell Server Updates DVD that contains the

updated BIOS, drivers, and firmware components for Dell systems.

Downloading DUPs

You can download DUPs from support.dell.com.

NOTE: DUPs are also available in the repository folder in the Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility DVD, along

with the Catalog.xml (that contains information about both Windows and Linux DUPs) and

DellSoftwareBundleReport.html files.

To download DUPs from support.dell.com:

1. Go to support.dell.com and select Support for Work.

2. Type the Service Tag and click submit.

3. Select Drivers and Downloads.

4. Select the operating system, category, and the update importance.

The list of applicable updates are displayed.

5. Click Download.

6. To complete downloading the file, follow the instructions on the screen.

NOTE: You can also download a different file format from the File Title column by selecting a file format for the DUP

and clicking it. In case you want to download more than one file type, you must do it one at a time.

NOTE: You can also download a DUP or group of DUPs using Dell Repository Manager. See the

Dell Repository

Manager User's Guide

for more information.

Feature Overview

This section provides a brief description of the Dell Update Package (DUP) supported features.

DUP Support for PCIe-SSD Firmware and Driver

Dell PowerEdge Express Flash Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Solid State Device (SSD) is a high

performance storage device designed for solutions requiring low latency, high input -output operations per second

(IOPS), and enterprise class storage reliability and serviceability. The Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD is based

on Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash technology with a high-speed PCIe 2.0 compliant interface. The high-speed PCIe

2.0 compliant interface helps improve the performance for I/O bound solutions.

NOTE: Firmware update for PCIe-SSD device is not supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5(x64) and SLES10(x64)

bit operating systems.