upgrade_apc_nmc

APC UPS NMC 2 firmware upgrade

NOTE! Please read this page first, you will notice i didn't RTFM first, don't make the same mistake :)

Determine firmware version. SSH to NCM2. In this case it is v5.1.7

American Power Conversion               Network Management Card AOS      v5.1.7
(c) Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved  Smart-UPS & Matrix-UPS APP       v5.1.7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : APC UPS                                   Date : 10-Jun-14
Contact   : contact name                              Time : 22:30:03
Location  : location                                  User : Administrator
Up Time   : 0 Days 0 Hours 42 Minutes                 Stat : P+ N+ A+


Type ? for command listing
Use tcpip command for IP address(-i), subnet(-s), and gateway(-g)

Read: Things To Consider When Upgrading or Downgrading a NMC2 between v5.X.X and v6.X.X
Read: How do I upgrade the firmware on an APC Network Management Card?

Info below is my troubleshoot session because i didn't RTFM

Download the latest firmware version from APC.

Extract the executable.

$ unzip apc_hw05_aos611_sumx611_bootmon102.exe
Archive:  apc_hw05_aos611_sumx611_bootmon102.exe
  inflating: apc_hw05_sumx_611.bin
  inflating: sumx_611_esEszhCnjaJaptBrkoKo.lpk
  inflating: sumx_611_frFrdeDeitItesEsptBr.lpk
  inflating: sumx_611_frFrdeDeruRuitItesEs.lpk
  inflating: sumx_611_frFrruRuzhCnjajakoKo.lpk
  inflating: config.txt
  inflating: FW_Upgrade_R2.exe
  inflating: iplist.txt
  inflating: winftp32.dll
  inflating: winftp32.lib
  inflating: apc_hw05_aos_611.bin
  inflating: apc_hw05_bootmon_102.bin

Copy the firmware to the NMC2.

scp apc_hw05_aos_xxx.bin admin@1.2.3.4:apc_hw05_aos_xxx.bin

The firmware update will start and take a minute…
Log in with SSH and reboot the device.

At this time the NMC2 started, but not the web interface. The status via SSH was: P+ N+ A-
I tried the following, but it did not work:
```
apc>resetToDef -p keepip
apc>reboot
```
Format the NMC (DHCP would be handy now).
```
apc>format
apc>reboot
```

telnet 1.2.3.4
User Name : apc
Password  : ***

American Power Conversion               Network Management Card AOS      v6.1.1
(c) Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : apc952EE8                                 Date : 05/28/2012
Contact   : Unknown                                   Time : 00:02:05
Location  : Unknown                                   User : Super User
Up Time   : 0 Days 0 Hours 2 Minutes                  Stat : P+ N4+ N6+ A-


Type ? for command listing
Use tcpip command for IP address(-i), subnet(-s), and gateway(-g)

apc>

Set IP address.

apc>tcpip -i 1.2.3.4 -s 255.255.255.0 -g 1.2.3.1 -d domain -h hostname

Reboot.
```
apc>reboot
```
Still not working…

RTFM… update bootmon first, then AOS, then SUMX
Enable SSH again via telnet.
```
apc>console -s enable
apc>reboot
```

Upload bootmon.

scp apc_hw05_bootmon_102.bin apc@1.2.3.4:apc_hw05_bootmon_102.bin

The SCP stalled… was not able to login via ssh, telnet or upload via ftp. But after a while i was able to login again via SSH. Rebooted and retried the upload via FTP, i uploaded the bootmon and SUMX.
The NMC rebooted itself.
And then i was able to use the Web GUI!