Unattended/Automatic Shutdown; Firmware Upgrade - CyberPower PDU15SW8FNET User Manual

Operation

Unattended/Automatic Shutdown

PowerPanel Business Edition software automatically intitiates a graceful shutdown
on the operating system in an orderly fashion.
PowerPanel must be installed on every PC for which the shut down is to take
place. The PC receives SNMP messages directly from the PDU, and these messages
can be scheduled for an exact date/time, or can be performed immediately.
Follow the directions below for setting up Unattended/Automatic Shutdown.
Step 1. PC Configuration
1. Install PowerPanel Business Edition Client on every PC that will be part of the
shut down process. (Follow the instructions in the PowerPanel Business Edition
Client user manual).
2. Configure the settings in PowerPanel Business Edition Client. See the
PowerPanel Business Edition Client User Manual for additional help.
Step 2. PDU Configuration
1. Verify that the IP address of all PCs that will be part of the shut down process
are included in the Client List of web interface (For additional information,
please refer to the user's manual in the PDU Software Installation CD).
Step 3. Notification
Notifying the PCs of potential outlet shutdown can be accomplished using the
following methods:
• Outlets Control Menu: Performing the task of turning off or rebooting outlets.
• Scheduling Menu: Setting the scheduler to perform the task of turning off or
rebooting outlets. The notification will occur prior to the scheduled date/time.
• Outlet Overload: In event of a PDU overload, notification will be sent prior to
the PDU shutting down.

Firmware Upgrade

By upgrading the Firmware, you can obtain new features and updates/
improvements to existing functionality. There are two files to update in order to
upgrade the firmware version:
* cpspdubfw_XXX.bin
* cpspdubdata_XXX.bin
Note that the XXX is not part of the file name but is where the version number in
the filename is given.
Use the following steps to upgrade the firmware.
1. Download the latest firmware from cpsww.com
2. Extract the file to "C:\"
3. Open a command prompt window and navigate to "C:\".
4. Login to the PDU with FTP command, type
* ftp
* ftp (after entering ftp mode, ftp> will display in the command prompt as
shown below instead of C:\ )
* To [current IP of the PDU] [port](for example: To 192.168.22.12 21 [21 is the
default ftp port for the PDU])
* Input USER NAME and PASSWORD (same as the administrator
account in Web interface default : cyber ; cyber)
5. Upload the cpspdubfw_XXX.bin, type
* ftp > bin
* ftp > put cpspdubfw_XXX.bin
6. Upgrade complete, type
* ftp > quit
7. The system will reboot after you type "quit". This reboot will take approx. 30 seconds.
8. Login to the FTP again
* ftp
* ftp> open
* To [current IP of the PDU] [port] (for example: To 192.168.22.12 21 [21 is the
default ftp port for the PDU])
* Input USER NAME and PASSWORD
9. Upload cpspdubdata_XXX.bin
* ftp > bin
* ftp > put cpspdubdata _XXX.bin
10. Upgrade complete , type
* ftp > quit
11. The system will reboot after you type "quit"
You can check to see if the firmware upgrade is successful by checking the
"Firmware version" on the [System->About] webpage.
Note: Please do not turn the PDU off when processing the Firmware upgrade.
For more information on CyberPower products, visit www.CPSww.com
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