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2. Select Power Management - PDU Devices. The PDU Devices window appears.
3. Click the name of the PDU to be upgraded. The Overview screen appears.
4. Select Information and note the Firmware Version.
5. If a more-recent firmware version is available for the Cyclades PM PDU at http://
www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/Cyclades_Download-PM, download the firmware onto
a local FTP server on the same subnet as the console server.
6. Select Information and note the Firmware Version.
7. Click Upgrade PM firmware. The Upgrade PM Firmware screen appears.
8. Enter the name of the FTP server, the username, password and path to the firmware file.
9. Click Download.
10. After the download completes, copy the file into the /tmp folder and rename it with the
filename
pmfirmware.
To upgrade software on a non-Cyclades PDU:
Avocent SPC power devices are not user upgradable. For Server Technology PDUs, upgrades must
be done through a network port. Contact Server Technology support to check if new software is
available and to obtain information on how to upgrade the device.