Chapter 7: Adding A Branch Office; Contents; Introduction - Avaya 1000 Installation And Commissioning Manual

Chapter 7: Adding a Branch Office

Contents

This chapter contains the following topics:

Introduction

on page 82
Main office requirements
Implementation summary
Adding an Avaya Communication Server 1000 Branch Office to a Main Office running a previous software
release on page 86
Introduction
To install a Branch Office:
1. Upgrade the main office to Avaya Communication Server 1000 Release 7.6 software. For
more information, refer to Avaya Communication Server 1000E - Software Upgrades,
NN43041-458 or Avaya Communication Server 1000M and Meridian 1 Large System
Upgrades Overview , NN43021-458, or Avaya Linux Platform Base and Applications
Installation and Commissioning, NN43001-315.
2. Configure the Branch Office implementation parameters at the main office before installing
the Branch Office. These parameters are the dialing plan, zone parameters, IP Deskphone
parameters, and passwords.
An Avaya Communication Server 1000 Release 7.6 Branch Office can only be added to an Avaya
Communication Server 1000E or 1000M main office running Communication Server 1000 Release
5.5 or later software. However, branch offices that already exist in the network can run a previous
release of the software. In this case, you must choose whether or not to upgrade the IP Deskphone
firmware for the existing branch offices. You can choose not to upgrade the firmware at the existing
branch offices only if the IP Deskphones in those branch offices are running at least the minimum
version of firmware as specified in Avaya IP Deskphone Fundamentals, NN43001-368.
If you choose to upgrade the firmware, you must upgrade the firmware at the existing branch offices
first. The main office may not require a firmware upgrade, depending on its current version.
Refer to Firmware downloads
Deskphones.
Branch Office Installation and Commissioning
82
on page 83
on page 85
on page 193 for more information on upgrading firmware for IP
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June 2014