Stopping And Starting The Ess Servers; Disconnecting From The Newly Active Server - Avaya S8 Series Manual

Upgrading Communication Manager on the S8700-Series main or ESS servers from R2.x/R3.x/R4.x/R5.x to

Stopping and starting the ESS servers

If this an ESS server, you must stop the Communication Manager process and then restart it
after installing the license file. Doing this ensures that the new RFA license takes full effect.
1. On a server command line interface, run the stop -caf command.
The system provides a continuos display of the stop operation. This allows you to determine
when the process completes.
2. On a server command line interface, run the start -ca command.
The system provides a continuous display of the start operation. This allows you to
determine when the process completes.

Disconnecting from the newly active server

If you are on site, unplug the laptop computer from the services port on the back of the newly
active server.
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