Avaya Media Gateway G700 Manuale Utente
Issue 9.1 June 2006
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Chapter 5: Upgrading an existing S8300A to R3.1
using the Web pages
About upgrading an existing S8300A to R3.1
This chapter covers the procedures to upgrade Communication Manager software to release
3.1 on an installed Avaya S8300 Media Server, version A. 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.
3.1 on an installed Avaya S8300 Media Server, version A. 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
currently installed S8300 is version B, follow the upgrade procedures in
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on page 225) — the version is not indicated on the faceplate of the A version.
Figure 22: 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.
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-series Media Server.
(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-series Media Server.