When To Upgrade The Bios; When To Reconfigure The Bios; Requirements For Upgrading Or Reconfiguring The Bios - Avaya CallPilot 600r Maintenance And Diagnostics

Maintaining the BIOS and system board firmware

When to upgrade the BIOS

Caution:
Risk ofdata loss
Perform this procedure only if specifically instructed to do so by your Avaya representative.
The Avaya CallPilot server is shipped with the required minimum BIOS version. Upgrade the
BIOS only if your Avaya representative deems this necessary to solve a system problem.

When to reconfigure the BIOS

The initial BIOS configuration is performed at the factory before the CallPilot server is shipped
to you. Reconfigure the BIOS only after you recover from a BIOS or CMOS failure.

Requirements for upgrading or reconfiguring the BIOS

You must have the CallPilot Image DVD to upgrade or reconfigure the BIOS.
Important:
You must have all the hardware components of your system installed and connected before
you upgrade the BIOS.
To display the Avaya CallPilot Image Menu
1. Insert the CallPilot Image DVD for the platform into the DVD drive.
2. Power down the CallPilot server.
3. Restart the CallPilot server.
4. Select 3, Utilities (Bios, Firmware, etc...), and press Enter.
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Result: The server boots from the DVD and the Startup Menu appears with the
following options:
1.Install CallPilot 5.0 600r server image and exit
to DOS (recommended).
2. Install CallPilot 5.0 600r server image and
exit to DOS (FACTORY ONLY).
3.Utilities (BIOS, Firmware, etc...)
December 2010