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DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER UPDATE UTILITY 2.0.0 README
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This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage Server
Update Utility version 2.0.0.
Release Date: December 2009
This file also contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage
Server Update Utility User's Guide" and any other technical
documentation that is included with Server Update Utility (SUU).
See the Dell Support website located at "support.dell.com" for more
information and to download the latest version of SUU.
Note: For information on Dell Update Packages (DUP), see the DUP
Readme files present on the SUU DVD.
This file contains the following sections:
* Criticality
* Compatibility/Minimum Requirements
* Release Highlights
* Installation
* User Notes
* Known Issues
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CRITICALITY
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3 - Optional
It is recommended that you review the update procedure to determine if
it applies to your system. The update contains changes that may impact
only certain configurations, or provides new features that may/may not
apply to your environment.
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COMPATIBILITY/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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This section provides information about the minimum requirements for
SUU 2.0.0.
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SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
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The following operating systems are supported by SUU 2.0.0:
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
* Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 R2 Web, Standard and Enterprise
Editions with SP2 (32-bit x86)
* Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
x64 Editions with SP2
* Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard and Premium
Editions with SP2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Web, Standard, and Enterprise
Editions (32-bit x86) with SP2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
Editions (x64) with SP2
* Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium
Editions
* Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium
Editions
* Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Express, Workgroup, Standard,
and Enterprise Editions
* Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2008 Workgroup, Standard,
and Enterprise Editions
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition and Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition
* Microsoft Windows Server™ 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions
Linux Operating Systems
* SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 11
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
* Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 server (Update 3) (x86_32)
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server (Update 3) (x86_64)
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 server (x86_32)
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 server (x86_64)
Virtualization Operating Systems
* VMware(R) ESX Version 4.0 U1
* VMware ESX Version 3.5 Update 5
* Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
See the 'Dell Systems Software Support Matrix' for the latest list of
supported Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems and operating systems. The 'Dell Systems
Software Support Matrix' is available on the Dell Support website at
"support.dell.com/manuals."
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SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS
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SUU 2.0.0 supports the following Web browsers:
* Internet Explorer 8.0, Internet Explorer 7.0,
Internet Explorer 6.0 with SP2, and Mozilla(R)
Firefox(R) 3.0 for Windows 2003 Professional
* Internet Explorer 8.0, Internet Explorer 7.0,
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 for Windows® 7 Professional Edition
* Internet Explorer 6.0 with SP2
* Internet Explorer 7.0
* Internet Explorer 8.0
* Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for :
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
* Mozilla Firefox 3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4.8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.3
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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
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SUU 2.0.0 supports the following PowerEdge systems running
the Windows operating systems listed in the "Supported Operating
Systems" section:
PE T410, PE R410, PE T710, PE T310, PE R610, PE R710, PE T610, PE M610,
PE M710,PE T110, PE R210, PE R510
PE T100, PE 105, PE M600, PE R805, PE R900, PE T605, PE M605, PE R905v,
PE T300, PE R300, PE R200,PE M805, PE 905,
NX 1950, NX 3000,
PE 1950, PE 2900, PE 2950, PE 1955, PE 1900, PE 840, PE 860, PE 6950,
PE 2970,
PE 1800, PE 1850, PE 2800, PE 2850, PE 1855, PE 800, PE 6800, PE 6850,
PE 830, PE 850
PE SC1425, PE SC1435
SUU 2.0.0 supports the following PowerEdge systems running the supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux operating systems:
PE T410, PE R410, PE T710, PE T310, PE R610, PE R710, PE T610, PE M610,
PE M710,PE T110, PE R210, PE R510
PE M710,PE T110, PE R210, PE R510
PE T100, PE 105, PE M600, PE R805, PE R900, PE T605, PE M605, PE R905v,
PE T300, PE R300, PE R200,PE M805, PE 905,
PE1950, PE2900, PE2950, PE1955, PE1900, PE840, PE860, PE6950, PE2970,
PE 1800, PE 1850, PE 2800, PE 2850, PE 1855, PE 800, PE 6800, PE 6850,
PE 830, PE 850
PE SC1425, PE SC1435
SUU 2.0.0 supports the following Dell PowerVault(TM) systems running
on the Windows operating system:
PV500, PV 600, PV/NF/DP 100, DL2000
SUU 2.0.0 supports the following Dell PowerVault systems running
on the Linux operating system:
PV500, PV600, PV/NF/DP 100, DL2000
Note: Other systems and operating systems may be supported in this
release. See the 'Dell Systems Software Support Matrix' for the
latest list of supported PowerEdge systems and operating
systems. The 'Dell Systems Software Support Matrix' is available
on the Dell Support website at "support.dell.com/manuals."
Note: Running SUU 2.0.0 on an unsupported system may produce unexpected
results.
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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Added support to the following systems:
PE T110, PE R210, PE R510, PE T310
Note: For a detailed table of supported Dell systems and operating
systems, see the 'Dell Systems Software Support Matrix' available
on the Dell Support website at "support.dell.com/manuals."
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INSTALLATION
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SUU is a stand-alone application that runs directly from a DVD. For
more information on installing SUU, see the "Dell OpenManage
Server Update Utility User's Guide."
Note: Only users with administrator (Microsoft Windows) or root (Linux)
privileges can perform updates with SUU.
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USER NOTES
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This section provides information to help enhance your experience with
SUU in specific implementations and environments.
* If you launch SUU from a command shell and then press <Ctrl><c>, the
SUU procedure, as well as any running updates, will terminate.
(137862)
* When you launch SUU, the utility inventories the targeted system.
Depending on the system configuration, this process may take several
minutes to complete. (138439)
* The figures and examples in the "Dell OpenManage Server Update
Utility User's Guide" are used as examples only and may not be
identical to the SUU GUI. (137294, 136624)
* When you verify the SUU return codes, use the operating system-
specific commands to view the exit codes. (137296)
For example:
Microsoft Windows: echo %ERRORLEVEL%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: echo $?
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KNOWN ISSUES
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This section provides information about known issues with this release
of SUU.
* If you have multiple PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC)
cards installed on a system, you may be required to run the SUU
update procedure several times to update the firmware on all the
installed cards.
* If your CERC ATA RAID controllers are configured with the H661
firmware, SUU cannot update the firmware to the latest version.
To update the firmware, use the "-force" option to manually apply
the DUP with the latest firmware version. (134775)
* When updating multiple, identical devices on the same system, SUU
applies the latest update to all instances of all devices. For
example, if your system is configured with three controllers
configured with firmware/driver versions 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4,
and the repository version is 1.4, SUU applies version 1.4 to all
instances of all devices. (136620)
* When you run SUU using the "-p" option, SUU reports the current
instance log location ("suu -p") instead of the SUU instance log
location ("suu -u") that is performing the update. (135925)
* SUU uses DUPs to update various system components. During a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux update, the DUPs create a "/var/lock/.spsetup"
file using the Linux lockfile utility during the initial execution
procedure. Kernel panics or sudden reboots during DUP execution
(reboots where TERM signals are not sent to running processes or
where running processes do not have time to catch these signals)
can generate a "/var/lock/.spsetup" lock file that cannot be
deleted. SUU reports the update as successful and prompts you
to reboot the system. When you run SUU again on the same system,
the comparison reports no change in device status. If this
situation occurs and no update is in progress, remove
"/var/lock/.spsetup" before running another update on the system.
(137287)
* If a NIC teaming application is installed on the system, SUU updates
the NIC base driver only if the driver is compatible with the
teaming application. To verify driver compatibility, run DUP on the
system to update the driver and read the generated messages.(138648)
* Devices that are disabled in the operating system are not
inventoried or updated by SUU. To update or inventory these devices,
enable the devices in the operating system and then relaunch SUU.
(142111)
* Do not use the RAC virtual media to run SUU remotely on a system.
This procedure breaks the virtual media connection, causing the SUU
update procedure to fail. (144487)
* SUU fails if it is run from a pathname that contains special
characters. For example, ",:,/,\,$, etc. It is recommended to use
a directory name without any special characters for running
SUU. As an example, a case where you can get directory name
with special characters is:
In the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system, when a
USB DVD-ROM or USB disk is attached, it may by default, mount
to a directory name that contains special characters. For
example, /media/USB:1:2/ (42279)
* If a RAC DUP package (RAC 4/P or RAC 4/i) is running and SUU is
started, the RAC package may fail. To resolve this issue, run SUU
only after the RAC package has completed execution. (23184)
* In Linux, if there is not enough space in the var partition or tmp
folder, SUU displays the following error message:
"Not enough space available in the /var or /tmp folder. Please make
sure you have at least x MB." The value ‘x’ is the minimum amount
of space required to apply the selected updates.
This value varies according to the selected updates. Ensure that
you have sufficient space in the var partition or tmp folder and
restart SUU to start the system inventory. (66118).
* In some cases where the latest Intel NIC driver (Intel(R) PRO
PCIE Gigabit Family of Adapters 9.5, base driver version 9.6.31.0)
is installed as part of Dell Systems Build and Update Utility
(SBUU) install, SUU may not be able to inventory the respective
NIC. This may happen because SBUU would not have installed the
umbrella software. In these cases, install the umbrella with the
umbrella installer (available at support.dell.com or in the SERVICE
directory on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD) to get the Intel NIC inventoried by SUU (DF130363).
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