User`s guide

InRow RD 100-Series and InRow RD 200-Series User’s Guide59
File Transfers
Upgrading Firmware
Benefits of upgrading firmware
When you upgrade the firmware on the InRow RD:
• You obtain the latest bug fixes and performance improvements.
• New features become available for immediate use.
Keeping the firmware versions consistent across your network ensures that all InRow RDs support the
same features in the same manner.
Firmware files (InRow RD)
A firmware version consists of two modules: An APC Operating System (AOS) module and an
application module. Each module contains one or more Cyclical Redundancy Checks (CRCs) to protect
its data from corruption during transfer.
The APC Operating System (AOS) and application module files used with the InRow RD share the same
basic format:
apc_hardware-version_type_firmware-version.bin
• apc: Indicates that this is an APC file.
• hardware-version:
hw0x identifies the version of the hardware on which you can use this
binary file.
• type: Identifies whether the file is for the APC Operating System (AOS) or the application
module for the InRow RD.
• version: The version number of the file.
•
bin: Indicates that this is a binary file.
Obtain the latest firmware version
Automated upgrade tool for Microsoft Windows systems. An upgrade tool automates the
transferring of the firmware modules on any supported Windows operating system. Obtain the latest
version of the tool at no cost from www.apc.com/tools/download. At this Web page, find the latest
firmware release for your APC product and download the automated tool. Never use the tool for one
APC product to upgrade firmware of another.
Manual upgrades, primarily for Linux systems. If no computer on your network is running a
Microsoft Windows operating system, you must upgrade the firmware of your InRow RDs by using the
separate AOS and application firmware modules.
Obtain the individual firmware modules by downloading the automated tool from www.apcc.com/tools/
download, then extracting the firmware files from the tool.