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USER’S GUIDE Network Management Card
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How to Export Configuration Settin gs
Retrieving and Exporting the .ini File
Summary of the procedure
An Administrator can retrieve the .ini file of a Network Management Card and export it
to another Management Card or to multiple Management Cards.
1. Configure a Management Card to have the settings you want to export.
2. Retrieve the .ini file from that Management Card.
3. Customize the file to change at least the TCP/IP settings.
4. Use a file transfer protocol supported by the Management Card to transfer a
copy to one or more other Management Cards. For a transfer to multiple
Management Cards, use an FTP or SCP script or the APC .ini file utility.
Each receiving Management Card uses the file to reconfigure its own settings and then
deletes it.
Contents of the .ini file
The config.ini file you retrieve from a Management Card contains the following:
• section headings and keywords (only those supported for the device from which you
retrieve the file): Section headings are category names enclosed in brackets ([ ]).
Keywords, under each section heading, are labels describing specific Management
Card settings. Each keyword is followed by an equals sign and a value (either the
default or a configured value).
•The Override keyword: With its default value, this keyword prevents the exporting
of one or more keywords and their device-specific values, e.g., in the
[NetworkTCP/IP] section, the default value for Override (the MAC address of
the Management Card) blocks the exporting of values for the SystemIP,
SubnetMask, DefaultGateway, and BootMode.