Major Tasks To Upgrade The S8300B To Release 3.0; And Upgrade The G700 Firmware; Before Going To The Customer Site - Avaya g700 Installation And Upgrades

Upgrading an existing S8300B to R3.0 using the Wizards
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With release 3.0 of Communication Manager, the Server CD no longer has *.tar
Note:
or *.tar.gz files. These have been replaced with RPM files that use storage space
on the Server CD and the S8300 hard drive more efficiently. To work with these
files requires a pre-upgrade service pack installation.

Major tasks to upgrade the S8300B to release 3.0

and upgrade the G700 firmware

The major tasks to upgrade the S8300B to release 3.0, and upgrade the G700 firmware are:

Before going to the customer site

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On-site Preparation for the Upgrade
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The Upgrade Tool performs the following tasks automatically:
- Upgrade the S8300
- Upgrade the G700
Post-upgrade tasks
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Before going to the customer site
The procedures in this section should be completed before going to the customer site or before
starting a remote installation.
This section covers:
Planning forms provided by the project manager
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Getting the serial number of the G700, if necessary
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Checking the number of allocated ports
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Checking the FTP server for backing up data
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Obtaining S8300 software and G700 firmware
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Obtaining service pack files
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Obtaining service pack and language files, if using IA770
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Completing the RFA process (obtaining license and password file)
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