Contents
Issue 2.1 June 2006 29
Migrating from a DEFINITY Server SI in an SCC to an
S8700-Series Media Server with Fiber-PNC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Basic migration steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Migration paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Tasks checklists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Migration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Premigration administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Connecting to the processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Verifying system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Recording all busyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Recording node names and IP addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Saving translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Upgrading and administering the existing hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Connecting the media server cables and the IPSI cables to the
Ethernet switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Upgrading the hardware in each port network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Replacing tone clocks with IPSI circuit packs
and replacing maintenance circuit packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Determining IPSI placement in port networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Duplex-reliability configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
Setting up a high-reliability or critical-reliability configuration . . . . . . . 670
Connecting the CAT5 cables to the IPSI circuit packs . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Installing Expansion Interface circuit packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Completing circuit pack replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Migrating translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 683
Checking system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Verifying the license file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Restoring data for a migration (S8710 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Adding IPSI translations to Communication Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Setting IPSI duplication (high-reliability critical-reliability only) . . . . . . 687
Adding IPSI information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Setting the alarm activation level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Backing up translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Migration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Verifying hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Removing the processor port network control cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Installing the expansion control media gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Stacking the port media gateways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691