
Upgrading an existing S8300B or S8300C to R4.0 using the Upgrade Tool
242 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
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.
These procedures assume the primary controller is an S8300.
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CAUTION:
CAUTION:
When you are upgrading the media server as a primary controller, you must
check
Latest Communication Manager Software & Firmware Compatibility
Matrix
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
Latest Communication Manager Software & Firmware
Compatibility Matrix
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 the
Latest Communication Manager Software & Firmware
Compatibility Matrix
from any computer, access
Select
Downloads
>
Latest TN Circuit Pack, Media Server, and Media
Gateway Firmware and Software Updates
>
Latest Communication Manager
Software & Firmware Compatibility Matrix
.
The steps to manually upgrade an S8300 configured as an LSP are the same as the steps to
upgrade an S8300 configured as the primary controller, with the following additional
considerations:
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The version of Communication Manager running on the LSP must be exactly the same as,
or a later version that is compatible to, the version running on the primary controller.
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If upgrading both the primary controller and the LSP to the same release, you must
upgrade the LSP first.
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The G700 Media Gateways should be upgraded after any LSPs and before the primary
controller is upgraded.
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The Upgrade Tool is not available on an S8300 configured as an LSP. The Upgrade Tool is
available only on the primary controller, so you use the Upgrade Tool on the primary
controller to upgrade LSPs.
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