Avaya S8100 Series - Upgrading the LSPs; Upgrading firmware on media gateways and media modules; Upgrade tasks

Upgrade tasks
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Upgrading the LSPs
For more information on LSP upgrades, see one of the following chapters in Installation and
Upgrades for Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server, 555-234-100:
● Chapter 11: "Upgrade of an existing S8300A to R3.1 with manual upgrade of G700
firmware"
● Chapter 12: "Upgrade of an existing S8300B to R3.1 with manual upgrade of G700
firmware"
Upgrading firmware on media gateways and media modules
You can use the Upgrade Tool to upgrade the firmware on all the media gateways and media
modules. However, to use the tool, the firmware files must be installed on the S8300 or other
TFTP server that is accessible to the media gateways.
For more information on the firmware upgrade process, see Installing and Upgrading the Avaya
G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server (555-234-100).
Upgrade tasks
Preupgrade tasks:
● Stopping call processing on the LSPs or ESSs if being used (main server only) on
page 151
● Connecting to the active media server on page 151
Current configuration tasks:
● Starting a SAT session on page 152
● Checking link status with SAT (main server only) on page 152
● Recording all busyouts on page 153
● Checking synchronization with the SAT (main server only) on page 153
● Disabling scheduled maintenance with the SAT (main server only) on page 153
● Busying out MMI circuit packs with SAT for a duplicated control network only (main server
only) on page 154