Avaya S8300 - Manual (Page 589)

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Chapter 11: Manual upgrade of an existing S8300A
and G700 to R3.1
About upgrading an existing S8300A to R3.1
This chapter covers the procedures to upgrade the Communication Manager software to
release 3.1 on an installed Avaya S8300 Media Server, version A. The procedures to upgrade
the G700 firmware use CLI commands instead of the Upgrade Tool. The current
Communication Manager release can be any pre-2.1 release. These procedures require
replacing version A of the S8300 with version B. This chapter also covers the procedures to
upgrade the firmware on an installed Avaya G700 Media Gateway.
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Important:
Important:
This chapter assumes that the currently installed S8300 is version A. If the
currently installed S8300 is version B, follow the upgrade procedures in
Chapter
12: Manual upgrade of an existing S8300B and G700 to R3.1 .
The B version of the S8300 shows a “B” on the faceplate (see Figure 53: S8300B version
faceplate ) — the version is not indicated on the faceplate of the A version.
Figure 53: S8300B version faceplate
The S8300 version can also be determined with the SAT command, list config all. The
B version is listed as S8300B. The A version is listed as S8300.
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 Avaya S8500 or S8700/S8710 Media Server.