Dell EMC Linux Repository (v19.05.00)

Dell EMC Linux Repository is a repository used to distribute Dell updates for Linux Operating Systems. It distributes:

• BIOS and firmware updates for different servers
• OpenManage Server Administrator
• For OMSA Install and Upgrade:

• Please re-run repository setup command (curl -s https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/bootstrap.cgi | bash) to import the updated signature keys

What is new in this repository release

• Latest updates.ChangeLog from previous repository: Here
• Dell EMC System Update v1.7.0

What is Dell EMC System Update (DSU v1.7.0)

Dell EMC System Update (DSU) is a script optimized update deployment tool for applying Dell Update Packages (DUP) to Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
DSU 1.7.0 extends the capability of deploying updates remotely to servers.
From a single script a command can be sent to make a secure connection to a number of servers, deploy DSU to the remote machines, perform update tasks
and then remove DSU from the remote machine allowing for unprecedented flexibility.

DSU User Guide can be found here

What is new in DSU 1.7.0

The release of DSU 1.7 signals a significant advancement in the update process. DSU 1.7 extends the revolutionary methods of applying remote updates to include updating through iDRAC.
This technology allows DSU 1.7 and future versions to perform comprehensive updates without requiring persistent installation on the target system
This is an important feature, because it provides all the benefits of remote updates to 1 or more systems, without the need to install and maintain DSU on each system.

• Connecting to remote systems (either in-band through Windows/Linux, or Out-of-Band through iDRAC)
• Copying content to remote systems
• Executing applications/tools
• Retrieving status/results
• And removing downloaded content once the update is complete

Known Issues:

• In Platforms with OS Collector (version OSC_1.1) installed, DSU Comparison report will show as Downgrade to OS Collector 2.0
  Advice: Apply the OS Collector 2.0 update through DSU, though DSU shows it as Downgrade.
• If connection failure is observed on SLES machine while trying to remotely update the system
  Please set field: PasswordAuthentication to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restart the sshd service on remote sytsem.
• To allow root login for Ubuntu machine in case of remote connection
  Please update the field PermitRootLogin to yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restart the sshd service on remote system.
• Refer DSU User Guide for more details

Note:

1) The OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) upgrade using DSU utility is temporarily disabled. To upgrade OMSA directly using yum, use the instructions in this page (Here)

2) To install OpenManage Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows operating systems, refer the latest Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide.

Supported Operating Systems

• Refer DSU User Guide

Support for Ubuntu operating systems is pre-enabled and the support is limited. All the DSU commands may function as usual without any issues. For more information
on the catalog that has the updates for Ubuntu operating system, refer Ubuntu Catalog

Note:

1) "rebuilt" versions of the above such as CentOS or ScientificLinux and community distros like Fedora and OpenSUSE are not tested with this repository.

2) Support for Ubuntu is pre-enabled only on 12th and 13th generation of PowerEdge systems.

Preferred Installation method for Dell EMC System Update

Installation method using DUP

• Download Dell EMC System Update Dell Update Package (DUP) available for both Windows and Linux operating systems from support site.
• For more instructions on installing DUP, please refer to DSU User Guide.
• You must have administrative privileges (for Windows) or Root/Super User (for Linux) in the system to install Dell EMC System Update.
• DSU installation wizard is displayed with the release title, release date, description, and supported devices information.
• Click Install to begin the installation
• If any of the previous versions is not installed, a pop-up is displayed, asking the confirmation that you want to install this particular version of DSU. Click Yes to continue.
• The installation process takes several minutes. A success message is displayed after installation is completed.
• Open the command prompt in Windows of Terminal in Linux.
• Type the following command in the command prompt or terminal:
  • dsu /h (Windows) or dsu –h (Linux) displays command line options and help information.

Installation method using Linux repository

• Setup the repository
• curl -s https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/bootstrap.cgi | bash
• Installing DSU
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Servers
• #yum install dell-system-update
• SUSE Enterprise Linux Servers
• #zypper install dell-system-update

Note: If signature keys are not available, please run below command to update the signature keys
• curl -s https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/bootstrap.cgi | bash

Return codes

• Refer DSU User Guide

Install OMSA

To install OMSA using this repository, use the following commands:


Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers

#yum install srvadmin-all

• Please re-run repository setup command (curl -s https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/bootstrap.cgi | bash) to import the updated signature keys

SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers

#zypper install srvadmin-all

OMSA services should be manually started after installing/upgrading OMSA using DSU repository

Install DTK New

To install DTK using this repository, use the following commands:


Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers

#yum install syscfg

#yum install raidcfg

SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers

#zypper install syscfg

#zypper install raidcfg

Upgrade OMSA

To upgrade OMSA using this repository, where an OMSA version is already installed in the system, use the following commands.


Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers

#yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=dell-system-update_dependent upgrade

SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers

#zypper mr -da; zypper mr -e "dell-system-update_dependent" ; zypper update; zypper mr -ea;

Note:-To update from local repository (custom), use the OMSA repository name instead of dell-system-update_dependent in the commands.
          In case of zypper upgrade, if there are repositories disabled by you, this command sequence will enable the repositories. You have to disable the repositories again manually.

Other supporting documents and links

In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at dell.com/support/manuals.

• Dell Systems Management - OpenManage Software Support Matrix
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide
• Previous Dell Linux Repository : Click Here
• Supported Platforms : Click Here
• Note: DSU Ubuntu enablement is only available for 12G and 13G systems
• Sample Kickstart Files : Click Here
• ISO Generator Script : Click Here

To get the complete list of options of DSU (On Microsoft Windows and Linux), use #dsu --help

Support

A good place for support for this repository is the linux-poweredge mailing list.




File list

Use the following links to browse the contents of the repository

OS independent
OS dependent