Document Outline

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  • New in this release
    • Features
    • Other changes
  • Introduction
    • Navigation
    • Deployment options
  • Installation overview
    • Installation overview procedures
    • Installation overview navigation
    • Installation times
  • Installation preparation
    • Navigation
    • Unpack the materials
    • Customer-specific information
  • Installation Planning sheet
  • Hardware installation and configuration
    • Prerequisites
    • Hardware installation and configuration procedures
    • Hardware installation and configuration navigation
    • Hardware overview
    • Mount the hardware
      • Mounting the server
        • Prerequisites
    • Connect the hardware
    • Networking overview
      • Network Time Protocol
    • Hardware configuration
      • Prerequisites
      • Hardware configuration procedures
      • Hardware configuration navigation
      • Resetting the planar BIOS and RSA-II card to factory defaults
      • Resetting the ServeRAID BIOS to factory defaults
      • Configuring the RSA-II card
        • Prerequisites
      • Configuring the planar BIOS
        • Prerequisites
      • Configuring the ServeRAID BIOS
        • Prerequisites
  • Platform software installation
    • Platform software installation procedures
    • Platform software installation navigation
    • Starting the Linux operating system installation
      • Prerequisites
    • Configuring the networking, serial console redirection, and time zone settings
      • Prerequisites
    • Configuring the NTP, Syslog, and Audit Daemon settings
      • Prerequisites
    • Configuring the Primary (EMS1) and Secondary (EMS2) clock source servers
      • Prerequisites
    • Configuring the clock source for all other SIP core servers
      • Prerequisites
    • Configuring the BIOS hardware clock
    • Configuring accounts and passwords
      • Navigation
      • Configuring preconfigured accounts and passwords
        • Prerequisites
      • Configuring a system for individual accounts
        • Prerequisites
        • Configuring a system for individual accounts
        • Configuring accounts and passwords job aid
    • Reinstalling platform software
      • Prerequisites
  • Oracle database software installation
    • Navigation
    • Oracle database software installation
      • Oracle database software installation procedures
      • Navigation
      • Installing Oracle database software
        • Prerequisites
  • AS 5300 software deployment
    • Navigation
    • Core components
      • Staging files
        • 2-server staging files (small system)
        • 4-server staging files (medium system)
      • Installation properties file
    • AS 5300 initial software deployment
      • AS 5300 initial software deployment procedures
      • AS 5300 initial software deployment navigation
      • Downloading the MCP load software
        • Prerequisites
      • Preparing the initial load for deployment
        • Prerequisites
      • Deploying the initial software load
        • Prerequisites
        • Deploying the initial software load job aid
      • Starting the System Management Console
        • Prerequisites
      • Updating the licensekey
        • Prerequisites
  • Patches
    • Navigation
    • MCP core software load patch installation
      • Prerequisites
      • MCP core software load patch installation navigation
      • Obtaining the patches
        • Obtaining patches navigation
        • Prerequisites
        • Retrieving V or R status MCP patches manually
        • Retrieving S status MCP patches manually
      • Enabling patch delivery for Regional Patch Selector (RPS) sites
        • Prerequisites
      • Enabling patch delivery for non-Regional Patch Selector (RPS) sites
      • Patching the database schemas and System Manager
      • Patching the Network Elements
        • Prerequisites
      • Patching the Audio Codes gateway
        • Prerequisites
  • Maintenance Releases
    • Maintenance Releases navigation
    • MCP core software load Maintenance Release installation
      • MCP core software load Maintenance Release installation procedures
      • MCP core software load Maintenance Release installation Navigation
      • Transferring the Maintenance Release files to System Manager
        • Navigation
        • Transferring Maintenance Release files to System Manager from a CD
        • Transferring Maintenance Release files to System Manager from Electronic Software Delivery (ESD)
      • Upgrading the database schemas and System Manager
        • Prerequisites
      • Upgrading the Network Elements
        • Prerequisites
      • Upgrading the AudioCodes gateway
    • Applying the Linux Maintenance Release
      • Prerequisites
    • Applying the Oracle Maintenance Release
      • Prerequisites
    • Installing the online Help files
      • Prerequisites
    • Firmware upgrades
      • Firmware updates navigation
      • Determining the current firmware version
        • Determining the current firmware version navigation
      • Querying the BIOS, Diagnostics, RSA-II card, and Baseboard Management Controller firmware
        • Querying the BIOS, Diagnostics, RSA-II card, and Baseboard Management Controller firmware job aid
      • Querying the Network Interface Card firmware
        • Prerequisites
        • Variable definitions
      • Querying the hard drive firmware
        • Prerequisites
      • Querying the ServeRaid firmware
        • Prerequisites
      • Comparing the firmware versions to determine upgrade requirements
    • Installing the firmware upgrades
      • Installing the firmware updates navigation
      • Installing BIOS firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing Base Management Controller (BMC) firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing diagnostics firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing RSA-II card firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing NIC firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing hard drive firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
      • Installing ServeRAID firmware upgrades
        • Prerequisites
    • Multimedia PC Client upgrade
      • Upgrading the ASU load
        • Prerequisites
      • Upgrading the Multimedia PC Client installer executable
  • Downgrades
    • Navigation
    • Downgrade system components
      • Downgrade system components procedures
      • Downgrade system components navigation
      • Downgrading the AudioCodes gateway
      • Downgrading the Network Elements
      • Downgrading the System Manager
      • Downgrading a database
        • Prerequisites
    • Downgrade a full system
      • Downgrade a full system procedures
      • Downgrade a full system navigation
      • Preparing for full system downgrades
      • Downgrading a redundant system
        • Prerequisites
      • Downgrading a non-redundant system
        • Downgrading a non-redundant system navigation
        • Prerequisites
        • Downgrading a non-redundant system with a replicated database
        • Downgrading a non-redundant system with a single database
  • Common procedures
    • Navigation
    • Rebooting the system