Installation & Operation Manual 140 Document # LTRT-92224
Mediant 8000
21.1.5 Installing the Mediant 8000 Software on the SC Board to
Operate as the Standby Board
The following installation instructions apply in one of the following cases:
If you install the new version of the Mediant 8000 software on both SC boards
(follow these instructions for SC board that resides in Slot 2).
If you install the Mediant 8000 software on the replacement SC board, while
another SC board continues to operate normally.
To install the Mediant 8000 software on the SC board to operate as t he
Standby SC board:
1. Connect to the CLI interface on the SC board that is to operate as the Standby
board. For more information, see Section 'Command Line Interface' on page 107.
2. Login as user root. For more information, see Section 'Logging in as a Root User'
on page 115.
3. At the prompt, type install ~acladmin/tg_6.6.16_linux.install and press Enter.
Replace acladmin with the name of the CLI user that you used while transferring
the Mediant 8000 package to the SC board. Replace tg_6.6.16_linux.install with
the name of the Mediant 8000 installation package.
client241::~# install ~acladmin/tg_6.6.16_linux.install
Core Network Media Gateway
Version : 6.6.16
WARNING: installation of the new software version will erase
the current Media Gateway configuration.
To upgrade the Media Gateway software to the new version and to retain
the current configuration, run the Online Software Upgrade.
Note: On SC boards with v5.6 or earlier software version installed, the install
command may produce the following error:
usage: install [options] file [dir1 ...]
In this case, use the following commands to start the Mediant 8000 software
installation:
chmod u+x ~acladmin/tg_6.6.16.install
~acladmin/tg_6.6.16_linux.install
4. When you are prompted to start the installation, type y and press Enter. The
software installation begins.