Avaya S8300 - Manual (Page 294)

Upgrading an existing S8300B to R3.1 using the Upgrade Tool
294 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
About upgrading the S8300B to release 3.1
and upgrading G700 firmware
The S8300 can be configured as either the primary controller or as a local survivable processor
(LSP). When the S8300 is an LSP, the primary controller, running Avaya Communication
Manager, can be either another S8300 or an S8400, S8500, or S8700-series Media Server.
These procedures assume the primary controller is an S8300.
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CAUTION:
CAUTION:
When you are upgrading the media server as a primary controller, you must
check Product Support Notice #739U for the supported upgrade paths. If you
attempt to upgrade the media server to a release that is not supported as an
upgrade path, you might corrupt the translations.
Also, you must check PSN #739U for compatibility of software loads between the
primary controller and any LSPs or ESSs. If the software loads of the primary
controller and the LSPs/ESSs are incompatible, then file synchronization
between the primary controller and the LSPs/ESSs can cause translation
corruption on the LSPs/ESSs.
To check PSN #739U, from any computer, access http://support.avaya.com.
Select Product Support Notices > View All Documents > PSN #739U.
The steps to upgrade an S8300 configured as an LSP have the following considerations:
● The version of Communication Manager running on the LSP must be the same as, or later
than, the version running on the primary controller.
● If upgrading both the primary controller and the LSP, the LSP must be upgraded first.
Then, with Communication Manager turned off on the LSP, the primary controller is
upgraded.
● The Upgrade Tool cannot be used on an S8300 configured as an LSP.
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CAUTION:
CAUTION:
This upgrade procedure requires a service interruption of approximately 2 hours,
or up to 4 hours if IA770 is being used.
In order to upgrade Release 2.x to Release 3.1, it is necessary to install a pre-upgrade service
pack that prepares the server’s Web Interface to load the upgrade RPM files from the Server
CD onto the S8300 hard drive.