Installing New Firmware On The P330 Stack Processor; Setting Rapid Spanning Tree On The Network - Avaya G700 Installation Manual

Upgrading an Existing S8300A to R2.2
5. Check the FW VINTAGE column for vintages of each of the installed media modules:
MM710, MM711, MM712, MM720, and/or MM760 to see if they match the FW vintages in
the planning forms.
If not, you must upgrade them, as well.

Installing new firmware on the P330 Stack Processor

To install P330 stack processor firmware
1. From your S8300 telnet session, telnet back to the P330 stack processor:
Type telnet <xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
where <xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx> is the IP address of the P330 stack master processor on the
customer's LAN.
2. At the P330-1(configure)# prompt, type
copy tftp SW_image <file> EW_archive <ew_file>
<tftp_server_address> <Module#>
where <file> is the full-path name for the image file with format and vintage number
similar to viisa3_8_2.exe,
<ew_file> is the full-path name for the embedded web application file with format similar
to p330Tweb.3.8.6.exe,
<tftp_server_ip_address> is the IP address of the TFTP server, and
<Module#> is the number, 1 through 10, of the media gateway in the stack. If there is only
one G700 media gateway, the number is 1.
3. Verify that the download was successful when the prompt returns:
a. type show image version <module #> and check the version number in the
Version column for Bank B.
b. type dir <module #> and check the version number in the ver num column for the
EW_Archive file.
4. Type reset <module #>.

Setting rapid spanning tree on the network

Spanning Tree (STP) is a loop avoidance protocol. If you don't have loops in your network, you
don't need STP. The "safe" option is always to leave STP enabled. Failure to do so on a network
with a loop (or a network where someone inadvertently plugs the wrong cable into the wrong
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