Avaya G700 Installation Manual page 6

Job Aid: Firmware Download Procedures for the G700 Media Gateway
Direct Connection to the G700 Serial Port
You can connect a laptop directly to the G700 serial port on the lower right of the G700 chassis
(labeled "Console").
To connect your laptop to the serial port:
1. Use the RS-232 serial cable and DB-9 adapter provided with the G700 Media Gateway.
2. Attach one end of the RS-232 cable to the serial port
3. Plug the other end of the RS-232 cable into the RJ-45 jack on the DB-9 adapter.
4. Connect the other end of the DB-9 adapter to the 9-pin serial port on your laptop.
5. With your laptop directly connected to the G700 serial port, launch HyperTerminal or similar
terminal emulation program.
6. Choose Call - Connect or the appropriate call command for your terminal emulation
program.
7. Login at the Welcome to Avaya P330 screen as root.
You are now logged-in at the Supervisor level with prompt P330-1(super)#.
References
The following documents are available on the Avaya Support website at For information on
connectivity, initial installation procedures, and Communication Manager upgrades, see
Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server,
555-234-100, Issue 9, February 2006.
For information on maintenance procedures, see:
Maintenance Commands for Avaya Communication Manager 3.1, 03-300431, Issue 2,
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February 2006.
Maintenance Alarms for Avaya Communication Manager 3.1, 03-300430, Issue 2, January
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2005.
Maintenance Procedures for Avaya Communication Manager 3.1, 03-300432, Issue 2,
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January 2005.
If you encounter problems with the procedures in this document, you may find help in S8300
and G700 Troubleshooting Guide, which is part of the Release Notes in the G700 product
documentation set.
For information about the X330 Wan Expansion Module, see Multiservice WAN Access Router
Module User's Guide.
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