SCP. To use Secure CoPy (SCP) to upgrade firmware for the Rack PDU, follow these steps (this procedure assumes bootmon does not need upgrading, it is always necessary to upgrade the other two though):

1.Locate the firmware modules, see “Using the Utility for manual upgrades, primarily on Linux.” .

2.Use an SCP command line to transfer the AOS firmware module to the Rack PDU. The following example uses nnn to represent the version number of the AOS module:

scp apc_hw05_aos_nnn.bin apc@158.205.6.185:apc_hw05_aos_nnn.bin

3.Use a similar SCP command line, with the name of the application module, to transfer the application firmware module to the Rack PDU. (Always upgrade the AOS before the application module).

Use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU

To use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU that is not on the network, you must extract the firmware files from the Firmware Upgrade Utility (see “To extract the firmware files:” ).

To transfer the files (this procedure assumes bootmon does not need upgrading, it is always necessary to upgrade the other two though):

1.Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses the port.

2.Connect the provided serial configuration cable (part number 940-0144) to the selected port and to the RJ-12 style serial port at the Rack PDU.

3.Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal, and configure the selected port for 57600 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control.

4.Press the Reset button on the Rack PDU, then immediately press the Enter key twice, or until the Boot Monitor prompt displays: BM>

5.Type XMODEM, then press ENTER.

6.From the terminal program’s menu, select XMODEM, then select the binary AOS firmware file to transfer using XMODEM. After the XMODEM transfer is complete, the Boot Monitor prompt returns.

(Always upgrade the AOS before the application module).

7.To install the application module, repeat step 5 and step 6. In step 6, use the application module file name.

8.Type reset or press the Reset button to restart the Rack PDU.

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AP89XX, AP8941 specifications

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