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Upgrading the LSPs
For more information on LSP upgrades, see one of the following chapters in Installation and
Upgrades for Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server, 555-234-100:
Chapter 11: "Upgrade of an existing S8300A to R3.1 with manual upgrade of G700
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firmware"
Chapter 12: "Upgrade of an existing S8300B to R3.1 with manual upgrade of G700
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firmware"
Upgrading firmware on media gateways and media modules
You can use the Upgrade Tool to upgrade the firmware on all the media gateways and media
modules. However, to use the tool, the firmware files must be installed on the S8300 or other
TFTP server that is accessible to the media gateways.
For more information on the firmware upgrade process, see Installing and Upgrading the Avaya
G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server (555-234-100).
Upgrade of Communication Manager on the ESSs
The upgrade of an S8500 or S8700-series ESS is very similar to the upgrade of an S8500 or
S8700-series main server. Use the instruction in this document, Upgrading, Migrating, and
Converting Media Servers and Gateways, 03-300412
Note:
An ESS does not accept translations if they are running a version of Avaya
Note:
Communication Manager that is older than that of the primary controller.
However, an ESS remains registered with the primary controller even with an
older version of Communication Manager.
You might use the Upgrade Tool, available on the Web pages of the main server, to upgrade
Communication Manager on all the ESSs. However, to use the tool, the following files must be
first downloaded to the ESS:
Communication Manager
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Authentication file, if necessary
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