Avaya ESS User Manual

ESS Installation
94 Avaya Enterprise Survivable Servers (ESS) Users Guide
4. Administer ESS (Administering ESS on page 122)
5. Verify ESS server registration to the Main server (Check the administration on the Main
server on page 127)
6. Acceptance testing (Enterprise Survivable Server Acceptance Testing
on page 181)
Installing ESS With Existing Servers
Use the information in Table 10 as a reference when installing ESS with existing servers.
Table 10: Installing ESS with existing servers
Task Information Documentation
1. All servers: Obtain
license and authentication
files
Obtain RFA license and
authentication files for each
ESS server and the Main
server.
A different serial number of
a reference IPSI is needed
for each license file.
License and authentication files
are generated using RFA at:
http://rfa.avaya.com
For information on how to use
RFA see, Avaya Remote Feature
Activation (RFA) User Guide at:
http://support.avaya.com
2. IPSIs: Upgrade IPSI
firmware
Check the Minimum
Firmware/Hardware
Vintage document for the
correct IPSI firmware
needed in an ESS
environment. If you do not
have the correct firmware,
upgrade the firmware
before continuing.
If this system has
duplicated IPSIs make sure
the firmware on the
duplicated IPSI pair is
common.
To identify the firmware needed
for an IPSI in an ESS
environment see the Minimum
Firmware/Hardware Vintages
document found at:
http://support.avaya.com
A link to download IPSI firmware
can be found at:
http://support.avaya.com
For instructions on how to
perform the firmware upgrade
see:
● Upgrading, Migrating, and
Converting Media Servers
and Gateways
(03-300412).
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Avaya ESS Specifications

General

Brand	Avaya
Model	ESS
Category	Server
Language	English