Automating Dell Server Updates (Windows host OS)
Dell Server Automatic Driver/Utility installer?
How to update Dell server drivers/firmware/BIOS now that Dell Command Update doesn't work on servers?
Automate Dell laptop driver updates for video and audio without disrupting users' day to day
Videos
From what I understand, you can update a Dell server via the Lifecycle Controller (iDRAC or otherwise) or the Dell Server Update Utility (DSUU), either in GUI or command line.
The DSUU is an ~11GB ISO, and extracted, looks to be about 20 GB.
This seems kinda crazy to me, like surely you can just extract the suu.exe and whatever dependencies it has, and have it work in a similar fashion to Dell Command Update?
I'd like to automate through our RMM rather than schedule through the Lifecycle Controller/iDRAC (I think you can do that), so we have visibility in the RMM dashboard.
How are you automating your Dell server updates (firmware, drivers, BIOS, etc.)?
I have been using Dell Command Update for as long as I can remember to update Dell PowerEdge servers. I was setting up a client's new server and ran DCU like I normally would and it said no updates found. But when I go to the support page for the server's service tag, it shows a newer BIOS. It looks like Dell removed servers from being able to use DCU to do updates.
What is the preferred way to keep the servers updated these days?
Thanks!