APC AP8965 Firmware?

Posted by vertexsys@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 5 comments

Hello, just wondering if anyone has the latest firmware for this model. It went EOL a few years back so the firmware files are no longer on the APC/Schneider websites.  The unit I have here is on AOS v5.1.9 but I believe this supports 7.x at the latest.  Thanks!  

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ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c@reddit

I usually chat APC support, and make them hunt down the latest firmware. I'm pretty sure I've been able to get firmware for EOL hardware this way.

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vertexsys@reddit (OP)

Oh, fantastic! Not sure why I couldn't find it... probably because searching for AP8965 gave no results whatsoever. It's all updated now, appreciate the help!

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Perceivence-II@reddit

were you able to get the firmware to update these? I have a bunch of these and actually need to update the firmware on them so we can start monitoring power usage.

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FewFeedback9198@reddit

Oh, firmware updates! They're like getting a fancy makeover for your APC AP8965, making sure it's running smoother than a greased lightning bolt.

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vertexsys@reddit (OP)

I mean, the UI looks like its from 10 years ago. Funny story, this PDU actually came with 6.1 when I bought it but it had a bug where the LCD wouldn't display and the web UI would error out. APC online docs called this out as a major bug and strongly suggested updating firmware....and then no firmware was available. I actually had a box of APC PDU management modules pulled from other PDUs and one of them worked. PDU back to life! But it's now at an old AOS version. One can hope that the latest version of AOS feels at least somewhat modern.