Upgrade Procedure Summary; Before You Begin - Nortel 1000 Fundamentals

474 Appendix G Upgrade an ITG Trunk 1.0 node to support ISDN signaling trunks
IP Trunk 3.01 (and later) cannot be installed on an ITG 8-port trunk card.
However, IP Trunk 3.01 (and later) can interwork with ITG Trunk 2.0 nodes.
IP Trunk 3.01 (and later) does not interwork with ITG Trunk 1.0 nodes.

Upgrade procedure summary

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Before you begin

Procedure 79 "Preparing for an upgrade" (page 474)
prepare for an upgrade. The steps can be accomplished in any order. The
list is numbered for convenience.
Procedure 79
Preparing for an upgrade
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Action
If required, select at least one ITG 8-port trunk card to support
DCHIP functionality. In some cases, a new ITG-Pentium 24-port
trunk card supports DCHIP functionality.
Install the DCHIP PC Card and pigtail cable in the selected ITG
8-port trunk card.
Remove all ITG Trunk 1.0 software and configuration files from the
ITG 8-port trunk cards.
Install new ITG/ISL Trunk software on the ITG 8-port trunk cards.
Remove ITG 1.0 configuration data the system.
Configure the upgraded cards as if performing a new ITG-Pentium
24-port trunk card installation.
When a node includes both ITG 8-port trunk cards and ITG-Pentium
24-port trunk cards, all ITG 8-port trunk cards must be upgraded to
the ITG Trunk 2.0 software. The standard configuration is to have
the ITG-Pentium 24-port trunk card support the DCHIP functionality.
Action
Upgrade to TM 3.1 or later. Make sure all the ITG and Alarm
Management applications are installed.
Upgrade Meridian 1 software to Release 25 or later. ITG/ISL Trunks
require Packages 145 (ISDN) and 147 (ISL). Install additional
software packages, such as Package 148 NTWK, as required for
Nortel Communication Server 1000
IP Trunk Fundamentals
NN43001-563 02.01 Standard
Release 5.5 21 December 2007
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