
Manual upgrade of an S8300A and G700 to R4.0
604 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Upgrade the firmware on the G700 Media Gateway
Conduct the following manual procedures to update the firmware running on the G700 Media
Gateway processors and media modules. Alternate methods to upgrade the G700 Media
Gateway include using the Avaya Installation Wizard, the Upgrade Tool, or Software Update
Manager.
Verifying the contents of the tftpboot directory
Before proceeding with the G700 firmware installation, you should check the /
tftpboot
directory
on the TFTP server to make sure the firmware versions match those listed in the planning
documentation. If they do not, you must copy the correct firmware versions into the
/tftpboot
directory using the following procedure:
1. Download the firmware files from the support Website to your laptop.
2. Using the Web Interface on the S8300 Media Server, copy the firmware files from your
laptop to the
/var/home/ftp/pub
directory on the S8300, or
Alternatively, you can "ftp" the files from your laptop to the
pub
directory.
3. Copy the firmware files from the
pub
directory to the /
tftpboot
directory, using the S8300
Media Server command line interface.
To copy firmware files to the /tftpboot directory of an S8300 Media Server, do the following:
a. Use SSH, Avaya Site Administration, or another tool to access the S8300 Media Server
command line.
b. Log in as craft.
c. At the Linux prompt, type
cd /var/home/ftp/pub,
and press
Enter
.
d. The Linux prompt reappears. The current directory has changed to /var/home/ftp/pub.
e. At the Linux prompt, type
cp
<
firmware_filename
>
/tftpboot
, and press
Enter
to
copy a single firmware file to the /tftpboot directory. To copy multiple firmware files (most
firmware files have an .fdl suffix), use the command
cp *.fdl /tftpboot
.
f. The Linux prompt reappears. The firmware file or files have been copied to the /tftpboot
directory.
g. Repeat step 4, if necessary, for other firmware files you want to install.
h. At the Linux prompt, type
cd
/tftpboot
.
i. The Linux prompt reappears. The current directory has changed to /tftpboot.
j. At the Linux prompt, type
ls
, and press
Enter
.
k. A list of files in the directory appears.
l. Check the directory to make sure the firmware files you want to install are listed.
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