Contents
40 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways
Backing up files on the media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Releasing alarm suppression (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Setting the Product ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Logging off all administration applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Disconnecting from the media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Registering the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933
Removing customer files from the services laptop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933
Migrating from an S8700 or S8710 Media Server to an
S8720 Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Basic Migration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
Tasks checklists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937
Migration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Premigration administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947
Upgrading H.248 media gateways, LSPs, and ESSs (if being used) . . . . 947
Upgrading software on the local survivable processors . . . . . . . . . . 947
Upgrading firmware on media gateways and media modules . . . . . . . . 948
Verifying hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Using Enterprise Survivable Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Using local survivable processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
Migration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948
On the active S8700 or S8710 Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Configuring Telnet for Windows 2000 or WindowsXP . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Clearing the ARP cache on the laptop computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Connecting to the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 953
Checking the software release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953
Clearing alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953
Starting a SAT session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954
Recording all busyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954
Checking clock synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954
Disabling scheduled maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
Busying out MMI circuit packs with SAT for a duplicated control
network only (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
Checking for translation corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956
Saving translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956
Checking the CNC status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957
Recording the server connection type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957
Backing up the active S8700 or S8710 Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958