Accessing The S8300; Verifying Software Version - Avaya G700 Installing And Upgrading

Manual installation of a new G700 with an S8300

Accessing the S8300

To perform the installation and upgrade procedures you will need to connect your laptop to the
S8300 Services port using a crossover cable. For a direct connection to the S8300 Services
port, your laptop must be properly configured. See
the services port
You will use SSH and the Maintenance Web Interface to perform the procedures. See the
following:
Accessing the server's command line interface with SSH
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Logging in to the S8300 Web Interface from your laptop
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Note:
Communication Manager has telnet turned off by default. Therefore, telnet is not
Note:
available after remastering of the hard drive is complete during an initial server
installation. However, if the customer later chooses to enable telnet, you may be
able to use telnet to access the server's command line interface.
See About connection and login methods
and log into the G700.

Verifying Software Version

Note:
Since the system is now running a new software release, you must login with the
Note:
initial craft ID and password. (You cannot use dadmin at this point.)
To verify the software version:
1. Log in to the Maintenance Web Interface.
2. Under Server, click Software Version.
3. Verify that the media server is running Release 4.0 software.
The Report as: string should show R014x.00 at the beginning of the string. For example,
R014x.00.0.728.0.
Tip:
Normally, you would need to use the Make Upgrade Permanent function on the
Tip:
Web Interface at this point. However, this is not necessary for this upgrade
because there is no previous software version in the alternate partition.
420 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
on page 42.
Laptop configuration for direct connection to
on page 55
on page 57
on page 41 for details on how physically to connect