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Message Description

Recommended Action: Select to enable

scheduling.

Unable to schedule the specified update

check.

An unexpected server error occurred.

Recommended Action: Try again. If the

problem persists, contact APC Support

( http://www.apc.com/support ).

Cannot schedule the updates check.

Based on the server's time settings, the

selected time is in the past.

You attempted to use an invalid date or time

to schedule a check for updates.

Recommended Action: Use a time setting

that is in the future.

Apply Firmware Updates (Updates menu)

Use this option to update the firmware at NetBotz Appliances, using HTTP/HTTPS, or at

SNMP devices, using FTP.

Performing a firmware update

You use the "Select Device Updates" display, accessed from the Apply Firmware Updates

option, to update firmware at the SNMP devices and NetBotz Appliances monitored by

the StruxureWare Central server.

In the Updates menu, select Apply Firmware Updates.

2. In the "Select Device Updates" display, do one of the following, depending on whether

the StruxureWare Central server has internet access.

•

Internet access available: click Check Updates to check if any appropriate

updates (SNMP devices or NetBotz Appliances) are available from the APC

updates server that are more recent than the catalog, if any, currently installed

at the StruxureWare Central server.

•

Internet access unavailable: click Import to import the SNMP devices or NetBotz

Appliance catalog at the StruxureWare Central server.

3. In the "Device File Transfer Settings" display (SNMP devices), add new settings, or

edit existing settings, as needed, and click Finish.

Note: Two options in the Device menu allow you to manage the FTP, SCP, and

global NetBotz Appliance credentials without accessing the Apply Firmware

Updates option: Device File Transfer Settings, an SNMP Device Communication

Settings option in the Device menu, and NetBotz Appliance Credentials, a

NetBotz Appliance Communication Settings option in the Device menu.

4. Select the devices you want to update from the devices listed for each available

firmware update, and click Apply Updates.

Note: If no updates are available, click Close.

In the Window menu, select Firmware Update Status, a Device option.

6. In the update status view, review the progress for the selected updates.

StruxureWare Central 6.3.0