Installation And Upgrades For The G700 With An S8300/S8700 - Avaya G700 Installation And Upgrades

3 Configuring a New G700 with an S8300 (Primary Controller or Local Survivable Processor):
information on how to upgrade the firmware on the S8700, please see the section
"Upgrade Firmware in Selected Port Cabinet Packs" in Upgrading the Avaya
Media Server Configuration in the S8700 documentation portion of this
documentation CD ( ''Avaya S8300 and S8700 Media Server Library CD, 555-
233-825 '') .
If you clicked the LSP option with an S8300, simply enter the IP address of the S8300 server.
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Click Continue.
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The Ethernet Adjuncts screen appears.
Figure 38. Ethernet Adjuncts Screen
In the Number of UPS Units field, select the number of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)
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units connected to the S8300 Media Server. This number is usually 0 or 1.
If you enter 1 in the Number of UPS Units field, enter its IP address in the UPS 1 IP address
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field. The system will use this address to trap power loss signals from the UPS.
(Optional) If you enter 1 in the Number of UPS Units field, enter the SNMP community strings
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for the UPS in the SNMP Get and Set fields.
Click Continue.
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The External DNS Server Configuration screen appears.
Most corporate networks have one or more domain name service (DNS) servers that associate an
IP address with a device's name. When the DNS is administered with the S8300 Media Server
name, you will be able to access the S8300 server by name as well as IP address over the
corporate network.
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CAUTION:
If you configure an external DNS server, the DNS will be an extra device that, if not working
properly, can cause delays in S8300 access.
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Installation and Upgrades for the G700 with an S8300/S8700

555-234-100 — Issue 2 — October 2002