Installation overview, About g700 components, About software and firmware files – Avaya S8300 User Manual
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Manual installation of a new G700 with an S8300
458 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Installation Overview
About G700 components
A P330 stack processor is built into the G700 Media Gateway. (This processor is also known as
the Layer 2 switching processor). The G700 also contains an MGP processor, a VoIP
processor, and media modules. Updating the firmware for one or more of these processors and/
or media modules is a required part of most S8300 software upgrades.
About software and firmware files
A new S8300 Media Server should have only the remaster program (RP) software installed on
its hard drive. The G700 components should have current releases of firmware installed. It may
be necessary to install a service pack on the S8300 after installing the Communication Manager
software, and/or to upgrade the G700 and media module firmware.
Each file containing the S8300 software and G700 firmware has an *.rpm extension. The *.rpm
files are on the Communication Manager software distribution CD-ROM that you take to the site.
Additional files that may be needed are the most recent versions of the software service pack
file and G700 firmware files. You may need to obtain these files from the Avaya Support web
site.
About access to the Server CD
The R3.1 Communication Manager software and other files needed for the R3.1 installation are
on the Server CD that you take to the customer site.
You can make the Server CD available to the installation process in one of two ways:
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Recommended: Place the CD in the CD-ROM drive on the technician’s laptop. This
method requires that the Avaya TFTP Server software (available at
) is
installed on the technician’s laptop. This method requires that the S8300B does not have
Communication Manager software installed on its hard drive.
or,
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Place the CD in an external USB CD-ROM drive connected to one of the USB ports on the
S8300 faceplate. This method works whether or not Communication Manager software is
installed on the S8300B hard drive.