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How to Export Configuration Settings

Retrieving and Exporting the .ini File

Summary of the procedure

An Administrator can retrieve the .ini file of a cooling unit and export it to another cooling unit or to

multiple cooling units.

1. Configure one cooling unit to have the settings you want to export.

2. Retrieve the .ini file from that cooling unit.

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

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

cooling units. For a transfer to multiple cooling units, use an FTP or SCP script or the APC .ini

file utility.

Each receiving cooling unit 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 cooling unit 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 cooling unit 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 cooling unit) 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 cooling unit 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 cooling unit:

a. Open a connection to the cooling unit, 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 cooling unit’s settings:

ftp> get config.ini

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

To retrieve configuration settings from multiple cooling units and export them to

other cooling units, see Release Notes: ini File Utility, version 1.0, available on the

Utility CD and at www.apc.com.

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