Job Aid: Replacing the Avaya S8500/B/C server
18 Job Aids for Field Replacements (FRUs) for the Avaya S8500 Server
17 Configure the network
parameters and verify
connectivity (optional)
Note: if you used the local Compact Flash for the most
recent backup, you can skip this step.
You must re-administer the Ethernet port connecting to
the customer’s network.
Under Server Configuration, click Configure Server and
click Continue.
Click Continue through the pages until you get to the
Specify how you want to use this wizard page. Select
Configure individual services and click Continue.
Click Set Identities and make assignments for the use of
the Ethernet ports and click Continue
Fill in the correct IP address, Gateway, and Subnet mask
for the Corporate LAN interface (the S8500 server will be
restored from a backup obtained from a remote server on
the network). Select AUTOSENSE for all Ethernet ports.
Click Change. Close the window.
Under Diagnostics, click Ping. Type the IP address of the
server where the files are backed up and click Execute
Ping to verify that you can access the customer’s
network.
18 Restore the system files
and translations
If there were no backup
files, configure the server
Disable RAM disk on the server (sudo ramdisk -v -f
disabled) and confirm with ramdisk -v -s.
Under Servers, click Software Version. Note the
Release String data.
Under Data Backup/Restore, click View/Restore Data.
Caution: Do not restore files if they are from a software
load different from the load now running on the server.
Match the Release String data from the Software Version
page with the listing provided.
l For procedure details for an S8500, see Restoring
the S8500 system files on page 39.
l For procedure details for an S8500B, see
Restoring the system files (S8500B) on page 56.
l For procedure details for an S8500C, see
Restoring the system files (S8500C)
on page 73.
See Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8500 server,
03-300143, for more information.
19 Verify date and time Under Server, click Server Date/Time. Make changes as
necessary.
Final tasks for replacing an S8500/B/C server using the blank hard drive (continued)
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