Avaya S8500 Manual page 25

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Verify that you have the required, customer-provided network information in hand. See the filled-
out Electronic Preinstallation Worksheet (EPW).
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Verify that the following items were redesigned, if applicable:
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voice network
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dial plan
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E911 for remote locales
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Check the Minimum Vintage Table to make sure that all existing circuit packs work with the new
system. Go to the Hardware and Software Compatibility Matrix
(ftp://ftp.avaya.com/incoming/Up1cku9/tsoweb/media/minhardwarevintages.pdf).
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Replace any TN799B/C C-LAN circuit pack with TN799DP circuit pack. Also, replace the 259A
adapter and CAT3 cable with the cable extender adapter (Comcode 848525887) and CAT5 cable.
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Rerecord the announcements on the TN750, TN750B, and TN750C Announcement circuit packs
to work with the TN2501 Voice Announcement over LAN (VAL) circuit packs.
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Replace any TN766 or TN570 EI circuit packs with TN570B, vintage 7, or later circuit packs.
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Replace any TN775/B/C maintenance circuit packs with TN775D circuit packs in any EPNs that
will have an IPSI.
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Verify that you have the CD with the current software and firmware. This is what you use to
install the software on the media server and upgrade the firmware.
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Verify that you have the appropriate logins and passwords to access the media servers and server
complex components.
When you have finished installing the authentication file, Communication Manager will have a
password for the craft login. This password is unique to the customer's media server. You can use
the password the next time you log in as craft, provided you access the media server through the
services port. You do not need an ASG challenge/response to log in this way, even though every
other means of craft access will still require an ASG challenge/response.
This unique craft password remains valid until it is changed by installing a new authentication
file.
CAUTION:
The following must be done before freezing translations or saving translations to an MO
disk that will be used to read translations directly into a media server.
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Verify that existing logins do not begin with a number. Linux does not support logins that begin
with a number.
— Use Avaya Terminal Emulation or Avaya Site Administration to perform a list logins
command
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S8700 MC: Verify that the functions of the TN577 Packet Gateway and TN726B Data Line
circuit packs (BX.25 links and mode 2 data modules) were converted to work through the C-LAN
circuit pack. (The TN577 circuit pack cannot be reused.) Use the following command to confirm:
— Use Avaya Terminal Emulation or Avaya Site Administration to perform a list node-
names command.
— Verify that peripherals (CMS, INTUITY) and Distributed Communication Service (DCS)
links have been assigned node names and have an Ethernet address assigned.
Migrating to the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server
June 2004
Migrating to the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server 1
Pre-migration setup
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