APC AP8861 Manuel D’Utilisation

This Firmware Upgrade Utility is part of the firmware upgrade package available on the APC Web site. (Never 
use an Upgrade Utility designated for one product to upgrade the firmware of another product).

On any supported Windows operating system, the 

Firmware Upgrade Utility automates the transferring of the firmware modules, in the correct module order. 
The utility only works with a Rack PDU that has an IPv4 address.

Unzip the downloaded firmware upgrade file and double-click the .exe file. Then enter the IP address, the user 
name, and the password in the dialog fields and click 

. You can use the 

 button to test your 

entered details.

On non-Windows operating systems, the 

Firmware Upgrade Utility extracts the individual firmware modules, but does not upgrade the Rack PDU. See 
“Firmware File Transfer Methods”  for the different upgrade methods after extraction.

To extract the firmware files:

1. After extracting files from the downloaded firmware upgrade file, run the 

 

(the .exe file).

2. At the prompts, click 

>, and then specify the directory location to which the files will be extracted.

3. When the 

 message displays, close the dialog box.

To use FTP to upgrade a Rack

 PDU 

over the network:

•  The 

Rack PDU

 must be on the network, with its system IP, subnet mask, and default gateway 

configured.

•  The FTP server must be enabled at the 

Rack PDU

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

1. The firmware module files must be extracted, see “To extract the firmware files:” .

2. At a computer on the network, open a command prompt window. Go to the directory that contains the 

firmware files, and list the files:

C:\>cd apc

C:\apc>dir

3. Open an FTP client session:

C:\apc>ftp

4. Type

 open 

with the

of the 

Rack PDU

, and press 

E

NTER

. If the 

 setting for the FTP 

Server has changed from its default of 

, you must use the non-default value in the FTP command.

• For Windows FTP clients, separate a non-default port number from the IP address by a 

space. For example (showing a space before 21000):

ftp> open 150.250.6.10 21000

• Some FTP clients require a colon instead before the port number.

5. Log on as Administrator (

 is the default user name and password).

6. Upgrade the AOS. (Always upgrade the AOS before the application module).

ftp> bin

ftp> put apc_hw05_aos_nnn.bin 

(where nnn

 

is the firmware version number)

7. When FTP confirms the transfer, type

 quit 

to close the session.

8. After 20 seconds, repeat step 3 through step 7, using the application module file name at step 6, .