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How to download firmware to a rack pdu – American Power Conversion AP7610 User Manual

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Rack Power Distribution Unit — AP7610

How to Download Firmware to a Rack PDU

1. Go to www.apc.com/tools/download/ to see if there is a more

recent firmware version for your type of Rack PDU.

2. Access the Rack PDU internal menus through a serial port

connection.

3. Log on to the Rack PDU as an Administrator.

4. Type

6

(for System Management) on the Main menu and press

E

NTER

.

5. Type

3

(for Firmware Download) on the System Management

menu, and press

E

NTER

.

6. From the Firmware Download menu:

a. Type 1 and press

E

NTER

to initiate a download. The menu

displays

C

repeatedly and the display interface displays

dL

.

b. Select the Transfer pull-down menu from the menu bar.

c. Select Send File from the Transfer pull-down menu.

d. Browse for and select the firmware file you copied to your

computer.

e. Set the protocol to Xmodem and press the Send button.

When the firmware download is complete, the display interface
refreshes and displays the current in amps.

Note

During firmware downloads, power will not
be interrupted to the Rack PDU outlets.

Follow the instructions in “How to configure through
a serial port connection” on page 8.