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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 systemUpdate LocalUpdate RemoteLocal RepositoryRemote RAID Configuration
Microsoft Windows 10/11 Pro for Workstations (21H2/22H2)YesnoteYesYesYes
Microsoft Windows Server 2016YesYesYesYes
Microsoft Windows Server 2019YesYesYesYes
Microsoft Windows Server 2022YesYesYesYes
Microsoft Windows Server 2025YesYesYesYes
Note
The server models supporting Microsoft Windows 10/11 Pro for Workstations (21H2/22H2) can also access to its update local feature.

Linux​

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

Table 2. Supported Linux operating systems
Operating systemUpdate LocalUpdate RemoteLocal RepositoryRemote RAID Configuration
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x (Up to U10)YesYesYesYes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x (Up to U4)YesYesYesYes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.x (Up to SP6)YesYesYesYes
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 4.4.1 instead:

    • RedHat 7.6/7.7/7.8/7.9

  • For the following operating systems, users can use UpdateXpress 4.3.0 instead:

    • SUSE 12.5

  • For the following operating systems, users can use UpdateXpress 4.1.0 instead:

    • RedHat 7.5

    • SUSE 12.4

  • For the following operating systems,users can use UpdateXpress 3.4.0 instead:

    • RedHat 7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3/7.4

    • SUSE 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3

    • Windows 7/8

    • Windows server 2008R2/2012/2012R2