Upgrade Using The Upgrade Tool - Avaya S8100 Series Manual

With the Upgrade Tool, you do not have to physically be at the ESS, LSP, and media gateway
locations to perform the upgrades. Additionally, you do not have to run the upgrades one by
one. You can enter the needed information for all ESSs, LSPs and gateways into the Upgrade
Tool, then run the Upgrade Tool. The tool automatically upgrades Communication Manager and
firmware on all LSPs, ESSs, and G350/G700 Media Gateways.
Note:
ESSs and LSPs must be upgraded to the latest release of Communication
Note:
Manager before you upgrade the primary controller to the latest release. To use
the Upgrade Tool, the LSPs and the primary controller must be running Release
2.1 or later of Avaya Communication Manager.

Upgrade using the Upgrade Tool

Before you upgrade an ESS, LSP, or gateway, administer and register the ESS, LSP or media
gateway with the primary controller. To check if a device is registered, use the Query Versions
option on the Upgrade Tool navigation pane on the left side of the Upgrade Tool screens. The
Query Versions screen shows an IP address next to each registered ESS, LSP, and gateway.
The Upgrade Tool upgrades the components of a configuration in the following order:
All LSPs that you specify
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All ESSs that you specify
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The media gateways and the media modules
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The primary controller
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- Standby media server from the active media server
- Newly standby media server, after interchange, from the newly active media server. For
more information, see
page 254.
Process to upgrade the active and the standby media servers
About use of the Upgrade Tool
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