Installing New Firmware On The G700 Media Gateway Processor - Avaya G700 Installation Manual

Upgrading an existing G700 without an S8300
3. To enable Spanning Tree, type set spantree enable and press Enter.
4. To set the rapid spanning tree version, type set spantree version
rapid-spanning-tree and press Enter.
The 802.1w standard defines differently the default path cost for a port compared to STP
(802.1d). In order to avoid network topology change when migrating to RSTP, the STP path
cost is preserved when changing the spanning tree version to RSTP. You can use the
default RSTP port cost by typing the CLI command set port spantree cost auto.
Note:
Avaya P330s now support a "Faststart" or "Portfast" function, because the
Note:
802.1w standard defined it. An edge port is a port that goes to a device that
cannot form a network loop.
To set an edge-port, type set port edge admin state module/port
edgeport.
For more information on the Spanning Tree CLI commands, see the Avaya P330 User's Guide
(available at http://www.avaya.com/support).

Installing new firmware on the G700 Media Gateway Processor

To install MGP firmware
1. At the P330-1(configure)# prompt, type session mgp to reach the G700 media gateway
processor.
2. Type configure at the MG-???-1(super)# prompt to enter configuration mode, which will
change the prompt to MG-???-1(configure)#.
3. At the MG-???-1(configure)# prompt, type show mgp bootimage to determine which
disk partition (bank) is in the Active Now column.
You will update the bank that is not listed as Active Now. The system displays the following
screen:
Example: Show mgp bootimage
FLASH MEMORY
Bank A
Bank B
ACTIVE NOW
Bank B
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IMAGE VERSION
109
210
ACTIVE AFTER REBOOT
Bank B