Chapter 3: Migrating From An S8700 Media Server To An S8710 Media Server; Pre-Migration Setup; Before The Day Of Migration - Avaya S8700 Series Manual

Chapter 3: Migrating from an S8700 Media Server to
These procedures explain how to migrate existing S8700 Media Servers on release 1.x through
2.1 of Avaya Communication Manager to an S8710 Media Servers on release 2.1.1 or 2.2 with
limited downtime. If the media servers are on release 1.0/1.1, you must upgrade them to
release 1.3.2 before the migration. This migration requires a new license file and Avaya
authentication file. In this migration, you reuse the system and translation files from the S8700
Media Servers.
Because with this migration you are upgrading to Release 2.2 of Communication Manager, you
must upgrade local survivable processors (LSPs), if they are being used, before the S8710
Media Server takes control.

Pre-Migration Setup

The pre-migration team should have completed the following tasks. If they were not all done, do
not continue with the migration.

Before the day of migration

Before beginning the software migration and media server configuration, you need to complete
the following tasks:
Verify that you have the appropriate login and password if backing up to and restoring files
from the customer's network.
Verify that the customer has a local area network set up and running and a network
administrator available the day of the migration.
Verify that you have the IP addresses and unique names for the media servers.
Verify that you have a new license (.lic) file and password (.pwd) file.
Verify that the services laptop has the correct hardware and software. See Installing and
Configuring the Avaya S8700 Series Media Server (03-300145) for the list of computer
hardware and software specifications.
Verify that you have the current firmware available. Firmware for the IPSI, C-LAN, MedPro,
and VAL circuit packs are on the software CD, but check the Avaya Support Web site
(http://support.avaya.com), Download Software and Firmware, for the latest software and
firmware.
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