Transferring Existing Translations; Replacing Expansion Interface And Maintenance Circuit Packs, If Necessary - Avaya S8700 Series Manual

Transferring existing translations

For existing systems equipped with a magneto optical (MO) disk drive, translations can be
transferred using an external Magneto Optical disk drive connected to the S8700 or S8710
Media Server. For systems that do not have a MO disk drives, you must freeze the translations
and get updated translation files.
Perform this stage after the server complex is installed and configured and before the PPN is
converted to a PN. Once the translations are copied and saved, you can add the new IPSI
translations, making sure that the IPSIs are set to disabled.
This stage is not, in itself, service affecting. However, we recommend that you do this stage just
before converting the PPN. If this stage is performed early in the installation process, the
likelihood of new translations being added to the existing DEFINITY system greatly increases,
meaning translations would be out of sync. Unless these translations are concurrently entered
into Avaya Communication Manager, they will be lost at cutover.
Replacing expansion interface and maintenance circuit packs,
if necessary
In PNs that have IPSIs, the maintenance circuit pack needs to be replaced by a TN775D
Maintenance (EPN) circuit pack. You may also need to replace the expansion interface (EI)
circuit packs; only TN570B, vintage 7, or later work in an S8700 or S8710 Multi-Connect
configuration.
You can do this stage at any time before the actual cutover. The maintenance and EI circuit
packs are all hot-swappable and can be changed out in the existing DEFINITY system without
powering down the carrier or cabinet.
This stage is service affecting for standard reliability configurations. As each PN is worked on, it
is out of service while the circuit packs are being changed. Service impact can be minimized for
high or critical reliability configurations by only working on the circuit packs in the standby
carriers (MCC) or cabinets (SCC).
34 Migrating to the Avaya S8700 Media Server