
Replacing the S8300A
Issue 10.2 May 2007
569
Replacing the S8300A
!
CAUTION:
CAUTION:
This upgrade procedure, including remastering the hard drive on the S8300,
requires a service interruption of approximately 4 hours, or up to 6 hours if IA770
is being used.
This section describes the procedures for upgrading the S8300A Media Server from a pre-2.2
release of Communication manager to release 4.0.
Upgrading an S8300 to release 4.0 requires removing the S8300A and replacing it with an
S8300B or C. The remastering program on the software distribution CD remasters the hard
drive and installs the R4.0 Communications Manager software. These procedures are
described in this section.
Installing the pre-upgrade software service pack, if necessary
A pre-upgrade service pack is required only if the current software is between
1.2.0
and
1.3.0
.
If the current software release is between
2.0.0
and
2.0.9
, skip this service pack installation
procedure and go to
Replacing the S8300A with the S8300B or S8300C Media Server
If the current software release is
1.3.1
, skip this service pack installation procedure and go to
Linux migration backup (if current release is 1.2.0 through 1.3.x)
Note:
Note:
Typically, any existing service pack(s) should be removed before installing a new
service pack. However, removing existing service packs is not necessary for this
procedure.
To copy pre-upgrade service pack file to the media server
1. Make sure the software CD is in the CD-ROM drive of your laptop.
2. On the Maintenance Web Interface, under Miscellaneous, click
Download Files
.
3. Select the download method, “Files to download from the machine I’m using to connect to
the server.”
Note:
Note:
Do not
select the checkbox, “Install this file on the local server.”
4. Browse to the directory on the software CD (or laptop) that contains the pre-upgrade service
pack file.
5. Select the pre-upgrade service pack file and click
Download
.
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