We have an APC UPS Network Management Card 2 that decided to go South on us:
Error: The application was not able to load.
You are attempting to access an APC device.
There was a problem loading the application. Please login to the device via telnet for more details.
Telnet told us absolutely nothing with the event logs being empty. All we saw was the exclamation mark behind the “A”.
apc>system
E000: Success
Name: Unknown
Contact: Unknown
Location: Unknown
DateTime: 06/13/2012:11:52:05
User: Administrator
Up Time: 0 Days 0 Hours 13 Minutes
Stat: P+ N4+ N6+ A!
Bootmon: bootmon:v1.0.2
AOS: aos:v5.1.7
App: sumx:v5.1.7
APC Support page:
So, time to flash the firmware.
Firmware download page:
- APC Support: Firmware/Software Page
- Choose the correct product part number.
We ran the flash in Windows 7 with no errors but the web application still failed to load:
After about four or five minutes we saw:
But, we still had the error. We called into APC Support to see if we could get any further.
They had us run the Windows version of the update from a Windows XP machine. It still failed.
While on the phone with the tech support folks we ran the following commands via Telnet (Tera Term):
- reboot [Enter]
- yes [Enter]
It still failed to come back online. So, we went into the following steps:
- resetToDef –p keepip [Enter]
- yes [Enter]
- reboot [Enter]
- yes [Enter]
With absolutely no results we then had one more option (Nuke and Pave):
- format [Enter]
- yes [Enter]
- reboot [Enter]
- yes [Enter]
Note that we used Tera Term via Serial connection to complete the final command set to format as the IP address info would be lost.
Once the card finished its final reboot we were able to log in and see the status A+ for the web server services.
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 : Unknown Date : 05/16/2011
Contact : Unknown Time : 00:17:48
Location : Unknown User : Administrator
Up Time : 0 Days 0 Hours 14 Minutes Stat : P+ N4+ N6+ A+
We then used the tcpip command to set the IP, subnet, and gateway. Once the card rebooted we were into the web console successfully!
In the end the best possible solution after running a firmware update and having it fail is to nuke and pave.
Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book
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13 comments:
Thanks alot for the great article. We had exactly the same problem today. After this steps it works again properly!
Regards from Switzerland
Sebastian
Thanks alot for the great article. We had exactly the same problem today. After this steps it works again properly!
Regards from Switzerland
Sebastian
I had the same issue. I ran the update again and it fixed itself.
These instructions assisted me with an AP9631 that had just been upgraded to the 6.0.6 firmware. I had to completely wipe and reset, but it worked. Luckily, I had a DHCP reservation already created, so I was able to get back to the web interface after the wipe/reset.
Thanks
Glad I found this. The instructions didn't work for me, I ended up downloading the latest firmware and updating via that, but at least it reminded me to set a reservation before going any further.
actually it is much easier to get the two firmware files (the AOS and SUMx) file from APC for the firmware version you are going to. once you have both FTP to the card and upload them one at a time. the card will reboot after each upload. from you error message it look like the AOS file on the card was corrupted. but it could have been either.
you can do this by opening a windows explorer window and typing in FTP://(ip address of the card) it will ask you for a user and pass once in there just copy the files over or you can open a CMD window and type FTP (ip address) once there log into the card and then type bin (for binary) then put and the filename you are uploading. I have dealt with this many times
by doing this you do not lose any network settings.
Thank goodness for the post on 03 February, 2016 05:07
This was a lifesaver; the documentation from the APC site is basically worthless when it comes to updating firmware on these things.
Thank you, whoever you are.
Hi Guys, when issuing reboot command and firmware updates etc, does this actually affect the operation of the UPS load? I have this issue with a UPS and have active production load that I can't interrupt.
Thanks!
@Davidson
We've not seen the UPS kick a power cycle or shut down during a firmware update.
I had the same issue earlier this week on a few PDU's and a network management card. After running the command line updater, the web interface displayed "The application was not able to load". Logging in via FTP I could see only one of the two .bin files had been uploaded. I put the other in place (in my case apc_hw02_rpdu_392.bin), the device rebooted, and I was able to log in.
If you password is too long the upgrade will fail when trying to log in after the first part of the upgrade.
login via Telnet and shorten your password, and re-run the upgrade.
03Feb2016 Anonymous was correct; firmware failed to load to UPS properly. I found the UPS with only half the AOS binary file uploaded. I wrote out a bit more detailed process (which could probably use some tuning):
This is a symptom of the upgrade failing. You can manually upgrade the unit by FTP by logging into the UPS via telnet and type:
! enable the FTP server:
ftp -S enable
! reboot
reboot
From Windows PC, launch Command Prompt and connect to UPS via FTP:
ftp
!
! go to local PC directory where AOS and SUMx files are (e.g. apc_hw05_aos_694.bin and apc_hw05_sumx_694.bin)
lcd C:\Users\\Downloads
! set to binary transfer otherwise defaults to ASCII
Binary
! upload AOS first
put apc_hw05_aos_694.bin
! UPS will disconnect and reboot after upload is done; it may not say anything about uploading (no status of file uploading). Just check it again in 5 minutes.
! upload SUMX next; you will have to reconnect and set to binary again
open
binary
put apc_hw05_sumx_694.bin
After 5 minutes, should be able to get back in again. You can check if you need to update the bootmon file (e.g. apc_hw05_bootmon_109.bin) by checking on the version via the web interface. You can update via the same method (untested).
To the last comment thank you for that! :)
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