132 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Upgrading the S8300A on
page 251
- Install the pre-upgrade service pack
- Linux Migration Backup
- Replace the S8300A
- Remaster and Upgrade the S8300:
- Verify software version
- Copy licence and authentication files to the
S8300
- Disable messaging
- Configure S8300 network parameters
- Verify connectivity to backup server
- Disable RAM disk
- Reboot the server
- Restore backup data
- Enable RAM disk
- Reboot the server
- Verify date and time
- Install post-upgrade service pack, if necessary
- Verify S8300 configuration
- Install license file, if necessary
- Install authentication file, if necessary
- Save translations (if not using IA770)
- Verify operation
Upgrade the firmware on the
G700 Media Gateway on
page 282
- Decide whether to use the Installation Wizard
If not using the Wizard:
- Verify contents of the tftp directory
- Determine which firmware to install
- Install firmware on the P330 Stack Processor
-Install firmware on the G700 media gateway
processor
- Install firmware on the media modules
- Install firmware on other G700s in the stack or
network, if any
- Set Rapid Spanning Tree
If using IA770:
- Install and restart IA770
- Save translations
- Install IA770 service pack, if any
- Install optional language files, if any
Checklist 3: Task List to Upgrade an Existing G700 with an S8300A (R1.x or R2.0.x to
R3.1) (continued)
Major Tasks Subtasks
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