Contents
Issue 2.1 June 2006 9
Connecting to the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Verifying the operation of the media servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Postupgrade tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Enabling scheduled maintenance with SAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Releasing MMI circuit packs with SAT (duplicated control network only) . 193
Busying out previously busied out trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking for translation corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Resolving alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Backing up recovery system files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Releasing alarm suppression (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Logging off all administration applications on the active media server . . 195
Disconnecting from the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Connecting to the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Backing up files on the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Releasing alarm suppression (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Starting call processing on the LSPs and ESSs, if any
(main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Logging off all administration applications on the standby media server . 197
Registering Avaya Communication Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8700-series
Media Servers or S8700-series ESS from R2.x/R3.0 to R3.1 or
from R3.1 to R3.1.x Using the Maintenance Web Interface . . . . . 199
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
TN2312AP/BP IPSI circuit pack upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Preupgrade service pack for upgrades starting from R2.x only . . . . . . . 201
Upgrade of H.248 media gateways, LSPs and ESSs, if being used . . . . . 201
The need to restore IP telephone files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Upgrade tasks for the S8700-series Media Server as main server . . . . . . . 204
Upgrade tasks (S8700-series Media Server as ESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Preupgrade tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Stopping call processing on the LSPs or ESSs if being used
(main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Connecting to the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Starting a SAT session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Checking link status with SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Recording all busyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Checking synchronization with the SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . 211
Disabling scheduled maintenance with the SAT (main server only) . . . . 211
Busying out MMI circuit packs with SAT for a duplicated control
network only (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212