Avaya S8100 Series - Migrating a DEFINITY Server SI Direct-Connect in an MCC to a Direct-Connect; Basic migration steps

Basic migration steps
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Migrating a DEFINITY Server SI Direct-Connect in an
MCC to a Direct-Connect
Note:
Note: Once you complete the migration to fiber-PNC, you can convert to IP-PNC. See
Converting PNs to IP-PNC
on page 1041.
Use these procedures to migrate from an existing DEFINITY Server SI direct-connect in a
multicarrier cabinet (MCC) system to the Avaya S8500 or S8700-Series Media Server with a
direct-connect configuration.
The existing system uses expansion interface (EI) circuit packs to provide port network
connectivity (PNC) for one, two, or three PNs. The existing system must be standard reliability.
In all instances you can reuse the cabinets as PNs. However, you can add an EI-connected
G650 Media Gateway PN if the existing system has only one or two PNs.
To migrate an existing DEFINITY Server SI in an MCC, you use one TN2312BP IPSI circuit
pack to control from one to three PNs. Avaya recommends that you install the IPSI in the A
carrier in the existing processor port network (PPN) instead of in one of the expansion port
networks (EPNs). But before you install the IPSI, you must change the PPN to a PN:
● Replace the processor control carrier with an expansion control carrier
● Remove all the control circuit packs
This migration affects service.
Basic migration steps
To migrate from DEFINITY platforms, you must:
● Install the media server. If Avaya supplies the Ethernet switch(es), and uninterruptible
power supplies (UPSs), you also must install the switch and the UPS in the 19-inch rack.
For more information, see Quick Start for Hardware Installation: Avaya S8500 Media
Servers (555-245-701) or Quick Start for Hardware Installation: Avaya S8700-Series
Media Server (555-245-703).
● Change the existing processor control cabinet/carrier to an expansion control cabinet/
carrier
● Replace tone clock circuit pack with IPSI circuit packs
● Connect the media servers to the media gateways
● Enable control of the IPSIs and switch control to the media server
● Complete the post-migration administration