Upgrade The Firmware On The G700; Verify The Contents Of The Tftpboot Directory; Determine Which Firmware To Install On The G700 - Avaya G700 Installation And Upgrades

5 Upgrading an Existing G700 with an S8300: Upgrade the Firmware on the G700

Upgrade the Firmware on the G700

Note: If you are using the LSP/G700 Upgrade Tool, the Upgrade Tool performs this task
automatically.
Conduct the following procedures to update the firmware running on the G700 Media Gateway processors
and media modules.

Verify the Contents of the tftpboot Directory

Before proceeding with the G700 firmware installation, you should check the tftpboot directory on
the TFTP server to make sure the firmware versions match those listed in the planning
documentation.

Determine Which Firmware to Install on the G700

Note: If you are using the LSP/G700 Upgrade Tool, the Upgrade Tool performs this task
automatically.
Conduct the following procedure to compare software versions running on the G700 processors and media
modules with the versions in you planning documents. If the versions do not match, new firmware for those
components is necessary.
Determine if new firmware for the P330 stack processor is necessary.
At either the P330-1(super)# or P330-1(configure)# prompt, type dir.
1.
The system displays the list of software.
Directory List for P300 Processor
M# file
-- ----
1 module-config
1 stack-config
1 EW_Archive
1 Booter_Image
Check the version number (ver num) of the EW_Archive file to see if it matches the Release
2.
Letter. If not, you must upgrade the P330 stack processor.
Type show image version
3.
The system displays the list of software.
230
ver num file type
------- ----------
N/A Running Conf
N/A Running Conf
3.8.6 SW Web Image
3.2.5 SW BootImage
Installation and Upgrades for G700 with S8300 or S8700
file location file description
------------- ----------------
Ram Module Configuration
Ram Stack Configuration
NV-Ram WEB Download
NV-Ram Booter Image
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