Chapter 6: Upgrading An Existing S8300B To R2.X - Avaya G700 Installation Manual

Chapter 6: Upgrading an Existing S8300B to R2.x

This section covers the procedures to upgrade the software on an installed Avaya S8300B
Media Server to a 2.x release. This chapter also covers the procedures to upgrade the firmware
on an installed Avaya G700 Media Gateway.
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Important:
This chapter assumes that the currently installed S8300 is version B, which is
Important:
required to run Communication Manager release 2.1 or greater. If the currently
installed S8300 is version A, follow the upgrade procedures in
5: Upgrading an Existing S8300A to R2.2
The S8300 can be configured as either the primary controller or as a local survivable processor
(LSP). When the S8300 is an LSP, the primary controller, running Avaya Communication
Manager, can be either another S8300 or an Avaya S8500 or S8700 series Media Server.
The steps to upgrade an S8300 configured as an LSP are the same as the steps to upgrade an
S8300 configured as the primary controller, with the following additional considerations:
The version of Communication Manager running on the LSP must be the same as, or later
than, the version running on the primary controller.
If upgrading both the primary controller and the LSP, the LSP must be upgraded first.
Then, with Communication Manager turned off on the LSP, the primary controller is
upgraded.
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CAUTION:
This upgrade procedure requires a service interruption of approximately 2 hours,
CAUTION:
or up to 4 hours if IA770 is being used.
Tip:
The Upgrade Tool performs the following tasks automatically:
Tip:
Upgrade the S8300
Determining which firmware to install on the G700
Upgrade the G700 Firmware
on page 343
on page 353.
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on page 355
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