Avaya S8100 Series - Caution about platform;PNC license settings for the S8700-series Media Server

314 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways
Caution about platform/PNC license settings for the S8700-series
Media Server
The license settings for port network connectivity (PNC) — IP-PNC or fiber- PNC (previously
referred to as "multiconnect" [MC]) — can be complex and can cause problems if not set
correctly. When creating a license for an S8700-series Media Server, use the following
summary (Table 11
) and guidelines:
Guidelines
● For a new installation or migration, the licensed platform type should always be 8700
Media Server MC (platform 6).
● For an upgrade, the licensed platform type of the server must remain the same. If the
platform type is 8700 Media Server IP (platform 8) before the upgrade, the platform type
must be 8700 Media Server IP (platform 8) after the upgrade. If the platform type is 8700
Table 11: Summary for license settings for the S8700-series platform and PNC
License file attribute Result in Communication Manager
Platform Type Internet Protocol
(IP) PNC
(FEAT_IP_PNC)
feature
Platform
Number in
Customer
Options
screen
Internet
Protocol
(IP) PNC
feature in
Customer
Options
screen
Allowed configuration
8700 Media
Server MC
1
OFF
2
6
1
no IP-PNC and fiber-connect PNs
simultaneously
SCC1 or MCC1 are allowed in
configuration using IP-PNC.
8700 Media
Server IP
3
OFF
2
8
3
no Same as above.
1. Use for all new installations and migrations. Required for upgrades of an S8700-series Media Server that was a
fiber-PNC or MC (platform 6) configuration before the upgrade.
2. This attribute, before release 3.0, restricted the ability to configure a network with both IP-PNC and fiber-PNC port
networks and to configure SCC1 and MCC1 PNs using IP-PNC only. For all upgrades, migrations, and installations to
release 3.0 and later, these restrictions have been lifted for both platforms. Thus, this field is no longer applicable and
should be set as OFF.
3. Required, and used only, for upgrades of an S8700-series Media Server that was an IPC (platform 8) configuration
before the upgrade.