Reboot The Media Server; Check Reboot Progress - Avaya S8500 Upgrading Software And Firmware

Upgrading Communication Manager—R2.0 to R2.X

Reboot the media server

1
Remove the CD from the CD-Rom drive.
2
When prompted to reboot, click Reboot. The media server reboots from the partition with the
new software release. Allow 2–5 minutes for the reboot to complete. For more information refer
to the online help.
3
If an error window pops up indicating that the media server cannot be contacted, click OK and
wait a few more minutes.
4
When the media server completes the reboot, the error message is replaced with the Installation
Complete page.
5
Click Continue to go to the next screen.
6
Click Close to close the Install New Software window.
7
Close the Web browser.

Check reboot progress

1
From the laptop Start menu, click Start > Run to open the Run dialog box.
2
Type
command
3
Type arp -d 192.11.13.6
responds with one of the following:
•
•
4
Type ping -t 192.11.13.6
a response. When you get a response (in about 3 minutes), wait an additional 30 seconds before
going back to the Web interface.
5
Type
ctrl c
6
Close the MS-DOS window.
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CAUTION:
Make sure the CD is removed from the CD-Rom drive before rebooting the media server.
NOTE:
When you reboot the media server, it can no longer communicate with the Web interface.
The Reboot in Progress Web page remains on your screen until the reboot completes.
Although the Continue button is visible, do not click it yet.
NOTE:
The Web page does not show progress of the reboot process, so you will not know when
the reboot is complete. If you want to check the progress, go to
page 30.
and press Enter to open an MS-DOS window.
and press Enter to clear the ARP cache in the laptop. This command
The command line prompt when the cache has been cleared.
The phrase: The specified entry was not found. This is returned when the specified IP
address does not currently contain an entry in the ARP cache.
to access the media server. The
to stop the ping.
Upgrading Software and Firmware—S8500 Configuration
Check reboot progress
-t causes the ping to repeat until you get
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