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How to download firmware updates – American Power Conversion PD150G6F User Manual

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150kW InfraStruXure PDU—Operation and Configuration

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How to Download Firmware Updates

From a local computer

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

2. Use the configuration cable to connect the selected port to the console port on the PDU

monitoring unit.

3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal

®

) and configure the selected port for 9600 bps,

8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. Save the changes.

4. Press

E

NTER

twice to display the User Name prompt.

5. Enter your User Name and Password (both apc, for administrators only) and press the

E

NTER

key.

6. From the Control Console menu, select System, then Tools, then File Transfer, then

XMODEM.

7. The system will prompt you with Perform transfer with XMODEM –CRC? Type Yes

and press

E

NTER

.

8. The system will then prompt you to choose a transfer rate and to change your terminal settings

to match the transfer rate. Press

E

NTER

to set the PDU to accept the download.

9. In the terminal program, send the file using XMODEM protocol. Upon completion of the

transfer, the console will prompt you to restore the baud rate to normal.

The PDU network management interface will reboot when the download is complete.

See also

To download a firmware upgrade and transfer it to your PDU, see “File Transfers” in the
InfraStruXure PDU’s online Network Management User’s Guide on the Utility CD.

Caution

Do not interrupt the download.

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