Ftp administration, Operations – American Power Conversion AmpMeter PDU User Manual

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3. Operations

FTP Administration

You may upload new versions of firmware into the AmpMeter PDU using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This allows
access to new firmware releases for firmware improvements and new features additions. The following
commands are used to configure the AmpMeter PDU for an FTP firmware upload. See 0Uploading Firmware for
more information on initiating a FTP firmware upload.

Setting the FTP Host IP address

The Set FTP Host command sets the FTP host IP address allowing for firmware file uploads.

To set the FTP Host IP address:

At the AmpMeter PDU: prompt, type

set ftp host

, followed by the Host IP address and press

Enter

.

Example

The following command sets the FTP Host IP address to 12.34.56.99:

AmpMeter PDU: set ftp host 12.34.56.99<Enter>

Setting the FTP username

The FTP Username command sets the username as required by the FTP Host.

To set the FTP username:

At the AmpMeter PDU: prompt, type

set ftp username

, followed by the FTP username and press

Enter

.

Example

The following command sets the FTP username to Guest:

AmpMeter PDU: set ftp username guest<Enter>

Setting the FTP Password

The FTP Password command sets the password as required by the FTP Host.

To set the FTP password:

At the AmpMeter PDU: prompt, type

set ftp password

, followed by the FTP password and press

Enter

.

Example

The following command sets the FTP password to OpenSesame:

AmpMeter PDU: set ftp password OpenSesame<Enter>

Setting the filename to be uploaded

The FTP Filename command sets the filename of the firmware file to be uploaded.

To set the FTP filename:

At the AmpMeter PDU: prompt, type

set ftp filename

, followed by the firmware filename and press

Enter

.

Example

The following command sets the FTP filename to snb_s53a.bin:

AmpMeter PDU: set ftp filename snb_s53a.bin<Enter>

Setting the filepath for the file to be uploaded

The FTP Filepath command sets the filepath for the firmware file to be uploaded.

To set the FTP filepath:

At the AmpMeter PDU: prompt, type

set ftp filepath

, followed by the filepath and press

Enter

.

Example

The following command sets the FTP filepath to ftp://AmpMeter PDU:

AmpMeter PDU: set ftp filepath ftp://AmpMeter PDU<Enter>

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