Accessing The S8300; Before Going To The Customer Site - Avaya G700 Installing Manual

Manual upgrade of an existing S8300A and G700 to R3.1
This chapter describes the upgrade procedure with the TFTP Server software installed on the
laptop and using the laptop CD-ROM drive as source of the upgrade software. For instructions
on obtaining and installing the Avaya TFTP Server, see
server.

Accessing the S8300

To access the S8300 on-site, you normally connect the technician's laptop directly to the
Services port on the S8300 using a crossover cable. See
methods on page 56 for instructions on accessing the S8300 and G700.

Before going to the customer site

The procedures in this section should be completed before going to the customer site or before
starting a remote installation.
Do the following procedures:
Installing TFTP server or obtaining USB CD-ROM drive
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!
Important:
If the new S8300B that you will be installing has Communication Manager
Important:
software installed on its hard drive, you must use an external USB CD-ROM drive
instead of the TFTP server on your laptop. See
page 591 for more information.
Installing TFTP server or obtaining USB CD-ROM drive
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Planning forms provided by the project manager
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Getting the serial number of the G700, if necessary
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Checking the number of allocated ports
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Identifying the FTP server for backing up data
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Obtaining S8300 software and G700 firmware
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Obtaining service pack files, if needed
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If using IA770, checking stored messages size, obtaining service pack (or RFU) and
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language files
Completing the RFA process (obtaining license and authentication files)
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592 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
on page 597
Appendix D: Install the Avaya TFTP
About connection and login
on page 593
Accessing the Server CD
on page 593
on page 593
on page 594
on page 594
on page 594
on page 595
on page 596
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on page 599