About This Documentation; Overview; Audience; Using This Documentation - Avaya S8500 Upgrading Software And Firmware

About This Documentation

Overview

This documentation, Upgrading Software and Firmware—Avaya S8500 Media Server, 555-245-111,
provides procedures for the following type of software and firmware upgrades.
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Communication Manager R2.0 to Communication R2.x
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IPSI firmware
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Circuit pack firmware
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Ehternet switch firmware
Additional information on upgrading media gateways is contained in Installation and Upgrades for the
Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server, 555-234-100, or Installation of the Avaya
G350 Media Gateway controlled by an Avaya S8300, S8500, or S8700 Media Server, 555-245-104.
For all documents associated with the S8500 Media Server, including those described above, see Avaya
S8300, S8500, and Avaya S8700 Media Server Library CD 555-233-825.

Audience

This documentation is for the following audiences:
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Trained field installation and maintenance personnel
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Technical support personnel
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Authorized BusinessPartners

Using this documentation

Use this documentation as a guide to upgrade the S8500 Media Server. For information about a particular
task, use the index or table of contents to locate the page number where the information is described.
For the specific information that you need to upgrade the S8500 Media Server, see
and Avaya authentication files
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Upgrading Communication Manager—R2.0 to R2.X
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Upgrading the IPSI firmware
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Upgrading firmware on programmable circuit packs
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Upgrading Avaya Ethernet Switch Firmware
These sections contain step-by-step instructions to upgrade the software or firmware.
Upgrading Software and Firmware—S8500 Configuration
December 2003
on page 16 and one or more of the following sections:
on page 39
on page 60
About This Documentation
Downloading license
on page 18
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