Upgrade Nortel Linux Base; Prerequisites To Upgrade Nortel Linux Base; Nortel Communication Server 1000 - Nortel 1000 Applications Installation And Commissioning

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Upgrade Nortel Linux base

This chapter documents the process of upgrading Nortel Linux base.

Prerequisites to upgrade Nortel Linux base

Before you perform the upgrade you must gather the following information:
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ELAN IP address
ELAN gateway IP address
ELAN netmask
The host name associated with the TLAN
The domain name
Note:
A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) consists of a host
name and a domain name, and includes a top-level domain name.
Using kwei.ca.nortel.com as an example, kwei is the host name,
ca.nortel.com is the domain name, and .com is the top-level domain
name. The FQDN must contain at least three fields.
TLAN IP address
TLAN gateway IP address
TLAN netmask
Time zone
IP address of Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server
IP address of the Primary Domain Name Service (DNS) server
Default system gateway associated with the network interface (ELAN
or TLAN)
Note 1:
The choice of ELAN or TLAN as the default gateway NIC
can be influenced by the applications that you are going to deploy
on the server and by network topology.
rear view" (page 125)
for the HP DL320 G4 server. It shows the ELAN and TLAN network

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Figure 114 "HP DL320 G4
shows the ELAN and TLAN network interfaces
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