Cisco Cisco Expressway
Upgrading an X8.n cluster to X8.6
This procedures describes how to upgrade an existing X8.n cluster to X8.6.
We recommended that you upgrade Expressway components while the system is inactive.
Prerequisites
For each Expressway peer (including the Master), check the
Alarms
page (
Status > Alarms
) and ensure
that all alarms are acted upon and cleared.
Upgrade Expressway cluster peers to X8.6
Note: To avoid the risk of configuration data being lost, in addition to maintaining service continuity, it is
important that you follow the upgrade instructions in the order specified here. In summary, we recommend
that you:
important that you follow the upgrade instructions in the order specified here. In summary, we recommend
that you:
1. Upgrade and restart the Master peer first.
2. Upgrade the other non-master peers and then restart them one at a time.
Full instructions are provided below.
Upgrade the Master peer
For the Master peer in the cluster:
1. Log in to the Master peer as admin on the web interface.
2. Backup the Expressway (
Maintenance > Backup and restore
).
You should backup your system before upgrading. If at a later date you need to downgrade to an earlier
version, to restore the configuration you will need to restore a backup made against that previous release.
version, to restore the configuration you will need to restore a backup made against that previous release.
3. Enable maintenance mode:
a. Go to
Maintenance > Maintenance mode
.
b. Set Maintenance mode to On.
c. Click Save and click OK on the confirmation dialog.
c. Click Save and click OK on the confirmation dialog.
This will stop the Master peer processing any new calls (existing calls will be dropped only if a restart
occurs; other cluster peers will continue processing calls)
occurs; other cluster peers will continue processing calls)
4. Wait for all calls to clear on this peer.
If necessary, manually remove any calls on this peer that do not clear automatically (using the web
browser go to
browser go to
Status > Calls
, then select the check box next to the calls you want to terminate and click
Disconnect).
5. Upgrade and restart the Master Expressway (
Maintenance > Upgrade
).
For any further details see the "Upgrading Software" section of Expressway Administrator Guide.
Note that the web browser interface may timeout during the restart process, after the progress bar has
reached the end. This may occur if Expressway carries out a disk file system check – which it does
approximately once every 30 restarts, or if it has not checked its disks in the last 6 months.
Note that the web browser interface may timeout during the restart process, after the progress bar has
reached the end. This may occur if Expressway carries out a disk file system check – which it does
approximately once every 30 restarts, or if it has not checked its disks in the last 6 months.
Upgrading of the software on the Master Expressway is now complete.
Cluster-related alarms
You can ignore any cluster-related alarms that occur during the upgrade process, for example:
Cisco Expressway Cluster Creation and Maintenance Deployment Guide (X8.6)
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Upgrading an X8.n cluster to X8.6