Appendix B: Configuration or Firmware Upgrade with a USB Drive452Creating Configuration Files via Mass Deployment UtilityThe Mass Deployment Utility is an Excel file that lets you fill in basicinformation required for the three configuration files, such as the adminaccount and password.After entering required information, you can generate all configurationfiles with only one click, including fwupdate.cfg, config.txt anddevices.csv.To use the Mass Deployment Utility:1. Download the Mass Deployment Utility from the Raritan website. The utility is named mass_deployment-xxx (where xxx is theversion number). It is available on the EMX section of the Support page(http://www.raritan.com/support/).2. Make sure Microsoft Excel's security level has been set to Medium orthe equivalent for executing unsigned macros of this utility. See theuser documentation accompanying your Excel.3. Launch Excel to open this utility.Note: Other office suites, such as OpenOffice and LibreOffice, arenot supported.4. Read the instructions in the 1st spreadsheet of the utility.5. Enter information in the 2nd and 3rd spreadsheets. The 2nd spreadsheet contains information required forfwupdate.cfg and config.txt. The 3rd spreadsheet contains device-specific information fordevices.csv.6. Return to the 2nd spreadsheet to execute the export macro.a. In the Target Directory field, specify the folder where to generatethe configuration files. For example, you can specify theconnected USB drive.b. Click Export Lists to generate configuration files.
