Older systems
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/DSU_16.05.00/bootstrap.cgi | bash
yum install dell-system-update srvadmin-all --enablerepo=base
/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start
ln-s /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/omreport /usr/bin/omreport
Newer systems
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/bootstrap.cgi | bash
yum install dell-system-update srvadmin-all --enablerepo=base
/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start
ln-s /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/omreport /usr/bin/omreport
Dell bumf – https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/
Updating Firmware
The below command will provide a command line interface to update firmware
#dsu
DSU utility version
dsu –version
Displaying the DSU utility version.
Getting System Inventory
#dsu –inventory
To see the System Inventory
Category based installation
DSU allows category based device updates
Listing supported categories
#dsu –get-categories
Gets the supported category values
Getting specific category updates
#dsu –category=
List only those updates belonging to categories
Non-interactive device updates
#dsu –non-interactive
DSU supports devices updates in a non-interactive way where all the updatable components will be selected automatically and apply those updates without user intervention.
Getting the Upgradable updates only
dsu –apply-upgrades-only
To get the list of only upgradable components
Getting the Downgradable updates only
dsu –apply-downgrades-only
To get the list of only downgradable components
Getting the Equivalent updates
dsu –apply-equivalent-updates
To get the list including equivalent components
Applying the updates specified in the file list
dsu –update-list=
To apply the updates specified in the file list, if available in configured repository.
Configuration file for DSU
dsu –config=
To provide the path of the configuration file for DSU.
Configure the type of repository
dsu –source-type=
To configure the source type of repository. The supported type is PDK (Partner Distribution Kit).
PDK is a format for the Dell Online catalog, such as catalog.xml or catalog.gz