APC Essential Guide for Upgrading Your Switched Rack PDU Models

Switched Rack PDU

USER’S GUIDE

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See Release Notes: ini File Utility, version 1.0

(.\doc\en\ininotes.pdf) on the APC Rack PDU Utility CD that See also came with your Rack PDU.

Use FTP or SCP to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs. To upgrade multiple Switched Rack PDUs using an FTP client or using SCP, write a script which automatically performs the procedure. For FTP, use the steps in Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Rack PDU.

Use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU

You cannot upgrade the AOS firmware module of any APC device directly from firmware version 1.x.x to 2.1.0 or later. The upgrade attempt will fail.

To upgrade the AOS firmware module of an APC device from version 1.x.x to 2.1.0 or later, first upgrade the module to the latest available version 2.0.x AOS firmware module. Then upgrade it again, this time from version 2.0.x to the 2.x.x version you want.

If your APC device is running a 2.0.x of the AOS firmware module already, you can upgrade directly to version 2.1.0 or a later version.

To use XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a single Switched Rack PDU that is not on the network:

1.Obtain the individual firmware modules (the AOS module and the application module) from the support section of the APC web site www.apc.com/tools/download.

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