Supported operating systems

The UpdateXpress application is supported on Linux and Windows operating systems.

Windows

The UpdateXpress application is supported on 64-bit operating systems. Use the information in the following table to identify operating systems that are supported by the UpdateXpress application.

Table 1. Supported Windows operating systems
Operating system Update Local Update Remote Local Repository Remote RAID Configuration
Microsoft Windows 10/11 Desktop Editions No Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 10/11 Pro for Workstations (21H2) Yes1 Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. The update local feature of Microsoft Windows 10/11 Pro for Workstations (21H2) is only supported in SR655/SR645 V3/SR665 V3.

Linux

The UpdateXpress application is supported on the following versions of Linux operating systems.

Table 2. Supported Linux operating systems
Operating system Update Local Update Remote Local Repository Remote RAID Configuration
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.X (7.5 and later versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.X (8.1 and later versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.X Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.X (12.4 and later versions) Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.X Yes Yes Yes Yes
Note:
  • 500 MB of free disk space is recommended when running the UpdateXpress application on a Linux operating system.
  • The UpdateXpress application supports fuzzy operating system check. If the current operating system does not support the firmware packages in a UXSP, the firmware packages might also be listed in the comparison result of the UpdateXpress application.
  • Depending on the ifconfig command on Linux OS, UpdateXpress might not be installed on RHEL 7.0 or later versions. To update the firmware on RHEL 7.0 or later versions, users should install net-tools.
  • Linux device driver updates require specific packages. The following packages are required to be installed:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux: rpm-build, perl, and bash
    • SUSE Enterprise Linux: perl and bash
  • For the following operating systems,users can use UpdateXpress 3.4.0 instead:

    • RedHat 7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3/7.4/8.0

    • SUSE 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3

    • Windows 7/8

    • Windows server 2008R2/2012/2012R2