Job Aid: Replacing the Hard Drive on the Avaya S8500 server
82 Job Aids for Field Replacements (FRUs) for the Avaya S8500 Server
17 Configure the network
parameters and verify
connectivity (optional)
If you backed the files up to a server on the customer’s
network, you must readminister 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.
Fill in the correct IP address, Gateway, and Subnet mask (or
use the default addresses) for the Ethernet port (Eth0),
select AUTOSENSE for the speed, and 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
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; for
example, if the software load of the backed-up files was
S8x00-02.0-00.0.219.0 and the server is now running load
S8x00-02.0-00.0.219.1.
Match the Release String data from the Software Version
page with the listing provided.
For procedure details, see Restoring the system files
on
page 96.
If there were no backup files,
configure the server
See Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8500 server,
03-300143.
19 Verify date and time Under Server, click Server Date/Time. Make changes as
necessary.
20 Install software service pack, if
any
You might need to install a software service pack. For
procedure details, see Installing post-upgrade patch files
on
page 93.
Note: Skip this procedure if there is no software service
pack file to install.
21 Verify that the service pack is
installed
Under Server, click Software Version to verify the software
service pack versions.
22 Verify server configuration You must verify that the server is properly configured.
For procedure details, see Verifying the server
configuration on page 98.
Note: If there was no backup file to restore, you need to
reconfigure the server. Get the configuration data from the
customer.
Final tasks for replacing a hard drive in an S8500 server (continued)
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