Pre-Requisites - Avaya S8100 Series Manual

Upgrading Communication Manager from 1.x to 3.1 on an S8300 Media Server

Pre-requisites

Perform the tasks in this section before going to the customer site.
1. Obtain pre-upgrade
service pack, if
necessary.
2. Obtain a replacement
S8300B Media Server,
if needed.
3. Create/update license
and authentication files
on the RFA web site.
4. Obtain post-upgrade
service pack file.
5. Obtain the
Communication
Manager 3.1 software
CD, and a USB
CD-ROM drive, if
necessary.
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Task Steps/Comments
If you are upgrading software from certain
releases of Communication Manager, you may
need to obtain a pre-upgrade service pack (see
Table 5: R3.1 Upgrade requirements
depending on pre-upgrade release
If you are upgrading an S8300A to software
release 3.1, you must replace the S8300A with
an S8300B Media Server.
If the S8300 is in LSP mode, and the primary
controller that will support the LSP is being
migrated to Communication Manager 3.1, you
need to create an updated license file for the
primary controller.
Go to http://support.avaya.com
Downloads to obtain the service pack file
available for the Communication Manager
release to which you are upgrading. (For
example, release 3.1, load 628.) Download it
and take it to the site.
If you have a TFTP server configured on
●
your services laptop, you can read the
Server CD and transfer the software to the
S8300B Media Server from your laptop.
Alternatively, the Communication Manager
●
software can be read from an external
USB CD-ROM drive.
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