Avaya S8300 - Manual (Page 665)

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Chapter 12: Manual upgrade of an existing S8300B
and G700 to R3.1
This chapter covers the procedures to upgrade the software on an installed Avaya S8300B
Media Server from a 2.x or 3.0 release to 3.1. The procedures to upgrade the G700 firmware
use CLI commands instead of the Upgrade Tool. 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 B, which is
required to run Communication Manager release 2.0 or greater. If the currently
installed S8300 is version A, follow the upgrade procedures in
Chapter
11: Manual upgrade of an existing S8300A and G700 to R3.1
Considerations for upgrading the S8300B as a primary
controller or as an LSP
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.
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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.