Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8700 Media Server from R1.x to R3.1
144 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways
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CAUTION:
CAUTION: When you reboot an active media server, you cause a service interruption.
Ensure that you are on a busied out, standby media server when you upgrade
the software.
Prerequisites
Before you go onsite, you must complete the tasks in the Checklist of tasks to perform before
you go on site on page 68.
TN2312AP/BP IPSI circuit pack upgrades
The TN2312AP/BP IP Server Interface (IPSI) circuit packs must have the most recent release
of the firmware before you upgrade Communication Manager on the media server. Upgrade the
IPSI firmware first. For firmware upgrade procedures, see Upgrading firmware on the IPSIs and
SIPIs on page 283.
Preupgrade service pack
An upgrade from R2.x of Communication Manager requires either one or two preupgrade
service packs, depending on which software load the media server is on. For more information
about the software load that is associated with each release, see Software release and load
.