Contents
Issue 2.1 June 2006 5
Post-Upgrade tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Restoring the 4600-series IP Telephone configuration file, if any
(main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Enabling scheduled maintenance with SAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Busying out previously busied out trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Checking for translation corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Resolving alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Backing up recovery system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Releasing alarm suppression (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Starting call processing on the LSPs and ESSs, if any
(main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Logging off all administration applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Registering Avaya Communication Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8500
Media Server from R2.x/R3.0 to R3.1 or from R3.1 to
R3.1.x Using the Upgrade Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
About use of the Upgrade Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Which devices the Upgrade Tool can upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
SAMP card boot timeout if upgrading with remastering program . . . . . . . 121
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
TN2312AP/BP IPSI circuit pack upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Preupgrade service pack for upgrades starting from R2.x only . . . . . . . 122
Overview of the upgrade process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The need to restore IP Phone files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Upgrade tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Preupgrade tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Upgrading the SAMP firmware (S8500B only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Connecting to the media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Starting a SAT session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Checking link status with SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Recording all busyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Checking synchronization with the SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . 127
Disabling scheduled maintenance with the SAT (main server only) . . . . 128
Checking for translation corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Saving a copy of the 4600-series telephone configuration file, if
any (main server only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Copying the service pack files to the media server, only if
starting from R2.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Installing the preupgrade software service pack only if starting from R2.x 130