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Contents
Network Management Card Wizard--1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using the Network Management Card Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
File Transfers--10
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Upgrading Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Verifying Upgrades and Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating
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Network Management Card Wizard Introduction Overview ® ® The APC Network Management Card Wizard is a Microsoft Windows application that pre-configures and reconfigures single or multiple Management Cards of APC devices. . You cannot use the Wizard to upgrade the firmware for a Management Card. Instead, use FTP, SCP, or XMODEM. See Upgrading Firmware. The Wizard works locally through the serial port of your computer or remotely over your TCP/IP network. Using the Wizard to configure the Net
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System requirements ® ® The Wizard runs on Windows 98, Windows NT , Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Intel-based workstations. The Network Management Card Wizard uses FTP to transfer files. If you are using Secure CoPy (SCP) and have disabled the FTP server, you must temporarily enable it to use the Wizard to configure settings of a Network Management Card. Configuring Network Management Card settings Using the Wizard, you can configure basic settings locally or remotely for the
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The Wizard is used with many APC devices, and some features described in the online help are not available with NetworkAIR PA Air Conditioners. Quick configuration of the required settings You can configure the required TCP/IP settings quickly using the Wizard. See Configuring the required TCP/IP settings. Initially configuring Management Cards of NetworkAIR PA Air Conditioners To configure Network Management Cards initially, use the Wizard to configure the settings of each Management Card l
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Reconfiguring multiple Network Management Cards To reconfigure multiple Network Management Cards: 1. Deploy your NetworkAIR PA Portable Air Conditioners without any pre- configuration. 2. Configure the TCP/IP settings of each NetworkAIR PA Air Conditioner remotely through auto-discovery of its Management Card. See Configuring the required TCP/IP settings. The Network Management Cards can also use a DHCP server to assign the TCP/IP settings. See the Boot Mode description in the NetworkAIR ACPA
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Using the Network Management Card Wizard Configuring the required TCP/IP settings To configure the Network Management Card’s required TCP/IP settings remotely: 1. Contact your network administrator to obtain valid TCP/IP settings. 2. From the Start menu, launch the Wizard application. The Wizard automatically detects any unconfigured Network Management Cards. 3. Select the Express (Recommended) option from the “Installation Options” screen, and then click Next >. 4. Select the Remotely (over
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Pre-configuring the Network Management Card To pre-configure the Network Management Card: 1. Use the link in the Start menu to launch the Wizard application, and then click Next > on the opening screen. 2. Select the Custom (Advanced) option from the “Installation Options” screen, and then click Next >. 3. Select the Define a New Configuration File (Typical) option from the “Custom Installation” screen, and then click Next >. 4. Configure your network settings. At a minimum, you must configu
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9. Follow the on-screen instructions. a. Click Apply to transmit the new settings to the Management Card of the NetworkAIR PA Portable Air Conditioner. You will be prompted when the transmission is complete or if there was a communications failure. b. To define the TCP/IP settings for the next Management Card that you want to configure, click Rewind on the “Transmit Settings Locally” screen. ®® ®® 7 ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000
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Reconfiguring deployed Network Management Cards To perform this procedure, the FTP server must be enabled. 1. Use the link in the Start menu to launch the Wizard application, and then click Next > on the opening screen. 2. Select the Custom (Advanced) option from the “Installation Options” screen, and then click Next >. 3. Select the Define a New Configuration File (Typical) option from the “Custom Installation” screen, and then click Next >. 4. Click Next > as many times as needed to cycle
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6. On the “Configuration Summary” screen, verify the selections you made. Be sure that you select only settings that you want to reconfigure so that you do not accidentally overwrite settings of the deployed Network Management Card. All settings that have YES in the Send column of the “Configuration Summary” screen will be transmitted. Click the appropriate buttons to save and print the summary. If you save the settings, you can load them into the Wizard later. Click Next >. 7. Select the
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File Transfers Introduction Overview The Network Management Card automatically recognizes binary firmware files. Each of these files contains a header and one or more Cyclical Redundancy Checks (CRCs) to ensure that the data contained in the file is not corrupted before or during the transfer operation. When new firmware is transmitted to the Network Management Card, the program code is updated and new features become available. This chapter describes how to transfer firmware files to Networ
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Upgrading Firmware Firmware defined Broadly defined, firmware is highly specialized, reliable software that resides on a memory chip within a computer or computer-related device. The firmware allows the Management Card to manage the NetworkAIR PA Portable Air Conditioner. Benefits of upgrading firmware Upgrading the firmware on the Network Management Card has the following benefits: • New firmware has the latest bug fixes and performance improvements. • New features become available for immed
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Obtain the latest firmware version To determine if updated firmware is available to download, go to the “Software Downloads” page, www.apc.com/tools/download, on the APC Web site. The firmware upgrade consists of the two modules: An APC Operating System (AOS) module and an application module. See Firmware files (Network Management Card). You cannot upgrade the AOS firmware module of any APC device directly from firmware version 1.x.x to 2.1.0 or later. The upgrade attempt will fail. To upgr
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Firmware files (Network Management Card) The APC Operating System (AOS) and application module files used with the Network Management Card share the same basic format: apc_hw0x_type_version.bin • apc: Indicates that this is an APC file. • hw0x: Identifies the version of the Network Management Card that will run this binary file. • type: Identifies whether the file is for the APC Operating System (AOS) or the application module (APP) for a NetworkAIR PA Portable Air Conditioner that connects
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Firmware file transfer methods You can use FTP or SCP to upgrade the firmware of one or more Network Management Cards over the network. You can use XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a Network Management Card that is not on the network. When you use FTP, SCP, or XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a Network Management Card, the APC Operating System (AOS) module must be transferred to the Network Management Card before you transfer the application module. For more information about the firmwa
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Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Network Management Card For you to be able to use FTP to upgrade a single Network Management Card over the network: • The Network Management Card must be connected to the network. • The FTP server must be enabled at the Network Management Card. • The Network Management Card must have its TCP/IP settings (System IP, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway addresses) configured. To use FTP to upgrade the Network Management Card: 1. Open an MS-DOS command prompt window on
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You cannot upgrade the AOS firmware module of any APC device directly from firmware version 1.x.x to 2.1.0 or later. The upgrade attempt will fail. To upgrade the AOS firmware module of an APC device from version 1.x.x to 2.1.0, use the firmware upgrade tool, a self- extracting executable file available on the NetworkAIR PA Utility CD or available at no cost from the support section of the APC web site (www.apc.com/support). Each upgrade tool is specific to an APC product type. Do not use
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b. For Windows FTP clients, separate the port number from the IP address by a space. For example, if the Network Management Card’s FTP Server Port setting has been changed from its default of 21, such as to 21000, you would use the following command for a Windows FTP client transferring a file to a Network Management Card with an IP address of 150.250.6.10. ftp> open 150.250.6.10 21000 4. Log on using the Administrator user name and password. (apc is the default for both.) 5. Upgrade the
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To use Secure CoPy (SCP) to upgrade the firmware for one Network Management Card: 1. Identify and locate the firmware modules described in the preceding instructions for FTP. You cannot upgrade the AOS firmware module of any APC device directly from firmware version 1.x.x to 2.1.0 or later. The upgrade attempt will fail. To upgrade the AOS firmware module of an APC device from version 1.x.x to 2.1.0, use the firmware upgrade tool, a self- extracting executable file available on the Network
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module instead of the AOS module, to transfer the application module to the Network Management Card. ®® ®® 19 ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000
