User`s guide

60InRow RD 100-Series and InRow RD 200-Series User’s Guide
To extract the firmware files:
1. Run the tool.
2. At the prompts, click Next>, and then specify the directory location to which the files will be
extracted.
3. When the Extraction Complete message displays, close the dialog box.
Firmware File Transfer Methods
To upgrade the firmware of a InRow RD, use one of these methods:
• From a networked computer running a Microsoft Windows operating system, use the firmware
upgrade tool downloaded from the APC Web site.
• From a networked computer on any supported operating system, use FTP or SCP to transfer the
individual AOS and application firmware modules.
• For a InRow RD that is not on your network, use XMODEM through a serial connection to
transfer the individual firmware modules from your computer to the InRow RD.
Caution: When you transfer individual firmware modules, you must transfer the
APC Operating System (AOS) module to the InRow RD before you transfer the
application module.
Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one InRow RD
FTP. For you to use FTP to upgrade one InRow RD over the network:
• The InRow RD must be connected to the network, and its system IP, subnet mask, and default
gateway must be configured
• The FTP server must be enabled at the InRow RD
• The firmware files must be extracted from the firmware upgrade tool (see “To extract the
firmware files:” on page 60)
To transfer the files:
1. Open a command prompt window of a computer on the network. Go to the directory that contains
the firmware files, and list the files:
C:\>cd\apc
C:\apc>dir
For the listed files, xxx represents the firmware version number:
•
apc_hw03_aos_xxx.bin
•
apc_hw03_application_xxx.bin
2. Open an FTP client session:
C:\apc>ftp