Hard Drive; Using The Blank Hard Drive - Avaya S8500 Series Job Aids For Field Replacements

Job Aid: Replacing the Avaya S8500/B/C server

Hard drive

If you cannot reuse the original hard drive, you must install the Linux operating system and
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Avaya Communication Manager on the new, blank hard drive, then restore the backed up
system files. Follow the procedure in
If you are reusing the original hard drive, follow the procedure in
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drive on page 21.

Using the blank hard drive

Using this procedure means that you are not re-using the old hard drive.
Final tasks for replacing an S8500/B/C server using the blank hard drive
Task
1 Disconnect the RJ45 cable
2 Clear ARP cache on laptop
if you cannot log in
3 Connect laptop to the RSA/
SAMP card
4 Log into the RSA/SAMP
card
5 Set a timeout value
6 RSA (S8500) only: set the
loader watchdog timeout
16 Job Aids for Field Replacements (FRUs) for the Avaya S8500 Server
Using the blank hard drive
Description
Disconnect the Ethernet RJ45 crossover cable from the
Services port on the server.
From a DOS command line, type arp -d
192.11.13.6 and press Enter.
RSA: connect to the Ethernet port (see Note
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Figure 5: S8500 rear panel
crossover cable
SAMP: see Figure 11: S8500B rear panel
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page 52 or Figure 16: S8500C rear panel
page 69.
Open a browser on your laptop. Type 192.11.13.6 and
press Enter to log into the RSA/SAMP.
Note: Use the initial installation craft login and the initial
RSA password.
RSA: On the RSA welcome screen, on the
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Inactive session timeout value field, select no
timeout and click Continue. This allows 60
minutes of use before disconnecting.
SAMP: At the home page select Controls. Select
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boot protection timer. Select a value of 0. Click
on set control. Logout of the SAMP.
Under ASM Control, click System Settings. Scroll down
to the Server Timeouts section, and in the Loader
watchdog field, select disabled and click Save.
on page 16.
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