Installing And Configuring The S8700 Or S8710 Media Server Complex; Transferring Existing Translations; Replacing Expansion Interface And Maintenance Circuit Packs, If Necessary - Avaya S8500 Manual

High-level overview
Installing the IPSIs in the PNs, including the PPN, ahead of time saves downtime because you can install,
connect, and program the IPSIs and test their connectivity to the media server ahead of time. You also can
upgrade the firmware on the IPSIs that need it before the actual cutover. Depending on how many IPSIs
are installed, this could save a considerable amount of downtime. Installing IPSIs in the PPN and then re-
installing them in the new carriers may seem a waste of time, but, again, it allows you to make sure they
are working correctly before the cutover.
Installing and configuring the S8700 or S8710
Media Server complex
This stage consists of the physical rack installation of the S8700 or S8710 Media Servers, uninterruptible
power supplies (UPSs), Avaya Ethernet switches, and connecting cables. After completing the physical
installation, the components are configured, the license and Avaya authentication files are installed, and
the software is upgraded and patched.
For information on installing the media server complex and configuring the media servers, see Installing
and Configuring the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server (03-300145).
This stage can be done any time before transferring the existing translations. This stage is not service
affecting to the existing DEFINITY ECS system.

Transferring existing translations

For existing systems equipped with a magneto optical (MO) disk drive, translations can be transferred
using an external Magneto Optical disk drive connected to the S8700 or S8710 Media Server. For
systems that do not have a MO disk drives, you must freeze the translations and get updated translation
files.
Perform this stage after the server complex is installed and configured and before the PPN is converted to
a PN. Once the translations are copied and saved, you can add the new IPSI translations, making sure that
the IPSIs are set to disabled.
This stage is not, in itself, service affecting. However, we recommend that you do this stage just before
converting the PPN. If this stage is performed early in the installation process, the likelihood of new
translations being added to the existing DEFINITY system greatly increases, meaning translations would
be out of sync. Unless these translations are concurrently entered into Avaya Communication Manager,
they will be lost at cutover.
Replacing expansion interface and
maintenance circuit packs,
if necessary
In PNs that have IPSIs, the maintenance circuit pack needs to be replaced by a TN775D Maintenance
(EPN) circuit pack. You may also need to replace the expansion interface (EI) circuit packs; only
TN570B, vintage 7, or later work in an S8700 or S8710 Multi-Connect configuration.
You can do this stage at any time before the actual cutover. The maintenance and EI circuit packs are all
hot-swappable and can be changed out in the existing DEFINITY system without powering down the
carrier or cabinet.
30 Migrating to the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server
June 2004