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User Guide InfraStruxure 150kVA Power Distribution Unit 98

Export Configuration Settings

Retrieve and Export the .ini File

Summary of the procedure

An Administrator can retrieve the .ini file of a PDU and export it to another PDU or to multiple PDUs.

1. Configure one PDU to have the settings you want to export.

2. Retrieve the .ini file from that PDU.

3. Customize the file to change at least the TCP/IP settings.

4. Use a file transfer protocol supported by the PDU to transfer a copy to one or more other PDUs.

For a transfer to multiple PDUs, use an FTP or SCP script or the APC .ini file utility.

Each receiving PDU uses the file to reconfigure its own settings and then deletes it.

Contents of the .ini file

The config.ini file you retrieve from the PDU 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 PDU settings. Each keyword is followed by an

equals sign and a value (either the default or a configured value).

• The o

verride 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 PDU) blocks the exporting of values for the

SystemIP, SubnetMask, DefaultGateway, and BootMode.

Detailed procedures

Retrieving. To set up and retrieve an .ini file to export:

1. If possible, use the interface of a PDU to configure it with the settings to export. Directly editing

the .ini file risks introducing errors.

2. To use FTP to retrieve config.ini from the configured PDU:

a. Open a connection to the PDU, using its IP address:

ftp> open ip_address

b. Log on using the Administrator user name and password.

c. Retrieve the config.ini file containing the PDU’s settings:

ftp> get config.ini

The file is written to the folder from which you launched FTP.

To retrieve configuration settings from multiple PDUs and export them to other PDUs, see

Release Notes: ini File Utility, version 1.0, available on the APC Web site, www.apc.com.

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