Avaya S8400 - Verifying the Equipment

Contents
Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8400 Server January 2008
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Setting locations (if necessary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Verifying the date and the time (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Clearing and resolving alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling alarms to INADS by way of a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling alarms to INADS by way of the SNMP module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Backing up files to the compact flash media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Before leaving the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 8: Installation verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Testing the SIPI circuit pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Testing the license file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Additional server LED information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
TN8400AP Server LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Faceplate interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
UPS LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
TN8412AP SIPI LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix A: Server access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessing the command line interface of the server with SSH . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting to the server directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Connecting to the server remotely over the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting to the server remotely over a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Accessing the Maintenance Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the SAT command line prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Logins for Avaya technicians and BusinessPartners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Configuring the network for Windows 2000 and XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting the browser options for Internet Explorer 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Appendix B: Installation troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Troubleshooting the installation of the server hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Troubleshooting the configuration of the server hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Troubleshooting the installation of the license file and
the Avaya authentication file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83