
Installing a new G700 with an S8300 using the Avaya Installation Wizard
118 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Checking for and FTP/SCP/SFTP Server or Compact Flash for Backing up
Data
During the installation and upgrade procedures, you must back up the system data to an FTP,
SFTP, or SCP server, or to the USB Compact Flash drive. You use a server on the customer’s
LAN for backups.
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Check with your project manager or the customer for the following information about the
FTP, SFTP, or SCP server.
- Login ID and password
- IP address
- Directory path on the FTP/SFTP/SCP server
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Important:
Important:
Before going to the customer site, make sure that you can use either a customer
server for backups or a compact flash card.
Obtaining service pack files, if needed
If one or more service packs are required for this installation or upgrade procedure, and the
service pack files are not on your software CD, download the service pack files from the Avaya
Support web site to your laptop.
Service packs may or may not be needed, depending on the release of Communication
Manager. For both new installations and upgrades, you may need to install a service pack after
the installation or upgrade. For an upgrade, you may need a service pack before the upgrade as
well.
To download a pre-upgrade service pack
1. On your laptop, create a directory to store the file (for example, c:\S8300download).
2. Connect to the LAN using a browser on your laptop or the customer’s PC and access
on the Internet to copy the required Communication Manager
service pack file to the laptop.
3. At the Avaya support site, click
Downloads
4. Click on
Latest TN Circuit Pack, Media Server, and Media Gateway Firmware and
Software Updates
.
5. Scroll down to the
Software Update table for Media Servers running Communication
Manager
.
6. Click on the link for the appropriate G.A. load.
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