Upgrade The S8300; Copy Remastering Program (Rp) File To The S8300 Hard Drive; Install The Rp Software - Avaya G700 Installation And Upgrades

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Upgrading an Existing G700 with an S8300 — R1.x to R2.0

Upgrade the S8300

Upgrade the S8300
To upgrade the Communications Manager software to Release 2.0, you must remaster the hard drive
before installing the software.
NOTE:
These procedures assume that you have a USB CD-ROM drive connected to one of the
USB ports on the S8300.
Copy Remastering Program (RP) file to the
S8300 hard drive
1
Insert the CD containing the software into the CD-ROM drive on the laptop and close the drawer.
2
On the Maintenance Web Interface, under Miscellaneous, click Upload Files to Server.
3
Click Browse to locate the RP file on the CD. The RP file is in the tarfiles directory and is called
S8300-00.0-0000.0.
4
Double-click the filename (or highlight the filename and click Open).
5
Click Load File. When the upload is complete, the system displays "File has been successfully
uploaded."

Install the RP software

1
When the file has been copied, remove the CD from the laptop and insert it into the external CD-
ROM drive connected through the USB port on the media server.
NOTE:
The next step loads the RP software onto the backup partition. The currently running
release remains on the other partition, just as it always does during an upgrade.
2
Under Server Configuration and Upgrades click Install New Software Release.
3
Select from the menu the upgrade file you just uploaded (i.e., S8300-00.0-0000.0) Click
Continue to complete the software installation.
4
On the Choose License Source page, select "I want to reuse the license files from the currently
active partition on this server." and "Do not update authentication information." and click
Continue.
5
The Click Continue on the next several pages until the RP files are installed. Ignore backup and
Tripwire messages.
6
When you get to the Reboot Server screen, click Reboot.
7
Close the Browser.
The reboot takes 3–10 minutes. After the system reboots, the RP software redirects the system to
boot from the CD-ROM drive. Note that no telephony support is provided by this software. Its
only purpose is to reformat the hard drive and install a clean copy of the Avaya Communication
Manager server software.
NOTE:
To monitor the progress of the reboot, you can open a command window on your laptop
and enter the
start replying to the pings. Type
232
command. When the reboot is finished, the server will
ping -t 192.11.13.6
+ to stop the pings.
Ctrl c
Installation and Upgrades for G700 and S8300
December 2003