Avaya S8100 Series User Manual

Issue 2.1 June 2006 3
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Port network connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reliability and availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How this book is designed and organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Firmware upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Additional documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 2: Upgrading Software on Media Servers . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Upgrades that can affect service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Common prerequisites for all upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Checklist of tasks to perform before you go on site . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
License and Avaya authentication files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Generating and retrieving license and authentication files . . . . . . . . . 70
Logins and passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Caution about platform/PNC license settings for the S8700-series
Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Upgrade modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Upgrading Communication Manager from 1.x to 3.1
on an S8300 Media Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Pre-requisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Pre-upgrade service pack requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tasks checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Upgrading Communication Manager from 2.x to 3.1
on an S8300 Media Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8500
Media Server or S8500 ESS Using Maintenance Web Interface . . 89
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
The need to restore IP telephone files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Avaya S8100 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Avaya
Model	S8100 Series
Category	Server
Language	English