Avaya G700 - Install Octaplane Stacking Module

Contents
Issue 9.1 June 2006 17
Collecting Upgrade Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Planning Forms that the Project Manager provides. . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Getting the Serial Number of the G700,
if Necessary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Checking the FTP Server for Backing up Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Obtaining service pack files, if needed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
If using IA770, obtaining service pack and language files . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Obtaining an IA770 service pack file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Obtaining Optional language files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
If using IA770, obtain Ethernet interface IP address and subnet mask . . . . 465
Completing the RFA process
(Obtaining license and password file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Install the S8300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Inserting the S8300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Installing Communication Manager Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Setting telnet parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Remastering the hard drive and installing the software . . . . . . . . . . 469
Verifying Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Copying Files to the S8300 hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Verifying the Time, Date, and Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Installing License and Authentication Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Saving Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Installing Communication Manager service pack files, if any . . . . . . . . . 480
Configuring the S8300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Providing the keys.install File (If Necessary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Setting the media server's time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Configure the G700 Media Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Assigning IP Addresses of the G700 Media Gateway Components . . . . . . 497
Checking for IP connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Setting up the Controller List for the G700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Setting the LSP Transition Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Configuring an X330 Expansion Module (If Necessary) . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Install New Firmware on the G700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Manual upgrade procedures — G700 firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Verifying the Contents of the tftpboot Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Determining which firmware to install on the G700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Installing New Firmware on the P330 Stack Processor . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Installing new firmware on the G700 Media Gateway Processor. . . . . . 510
Installing new firmware on the media modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Setting rapid spanning tree on the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Retrieving IA770 service pack files, if any . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514