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AS 5300 software deployment

"Starting the System Management Console" (page 71)

"Updating the licensekey" (page 71)

Downloading the MCP load software

Install the MCP load software on the Primary Element Management server
(EMS1).

Prerequisites

You require the CD/DVD containing the MCP load software.

You must be assigned the AA role (ntappadm).

Procedure Steps

Step

Action

1

Log on to the Primary Element Management server as the AA
role (ntappadm).

2

Insert the CD/DVD containing the MCP load into the server
CD/DVD ROM drive.

3

Copy the load file from the media:

mcpCopyFromCD

You are prompted for the AA (ntappadm) role user’s password
and to "Insert MCP CD #1... press Enter to continue".

The load zip file is copied to the /var/mcp/loads directory.

4

Record the load name for future reference.

--End--

Preparing the initial load for deployment

Use this procedure to prepare the initial software load for deployment.

Prerequisites

You must be assigned the AA role (ntappadm).

Procedure Steps

Step

Action

1

Log on to the Element Management server as the AA role
(ntappadm).

2

Execute the script:

mcpInstallFirstLoad.pl

Application Server 5300

Nortel AS 5300 Installation

NN42040-300

01.04

4 November 2008

Copyright © 2007-2008 Nortel Networks

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Страница 1: ...Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation Release 1 0 Document Revision 01 04 www nortel com NN42040 300...

Страница 2: ...believed to be accurate and reliable except as otherwise expressly agreed to in writing NORTEL PROVIDES THIS DOCUMENT AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED The info...

Страница 3: ...A II card to factory defaults 32 Resetting the ServeRAID BIOS to factory defaults 33 Configuring the RSA II card 35 Configuring the planar BIOS 36 Configuring the ServeRAID BIOS 38 Platform software i...

Страница 4: ...Patch Selector RPS sites 78 Patching the database schemas and System Manager 78 Patching the Network Elements 79 Patching the Audio Codes gateway 82 Maintenance Releases 85 MCP core software load Mai...

Страница 5: ...rading the ASU load 109 Upgrading the Multimedia PC Client installer executable 110 Downgrades 111 Downgrade system components 111 Downgrading the AudioCodes gateway 113 Downgrading the Network Elemen...

Страница 6: ...6 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 7: ...tandard 01 04 This document is up issued to add technical content under section Maintenance Releases and in Downgrade system components chapters October 22 2008 Standard 01 03 This document is up issu...

Страница 8: ...8 New in this release Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 9: ...her MCP products For more information about the topics covered in this document see Nortel AS 5300 Fundamentals NN42040 100 Attention Each AS 5300 software load package includes Release Notes You must...

Страница 10: ...wo 2 servers with Session Manager and IP Client Manager two 2 servers with System Manager Database Manager and Provisioning Manager For more information about the appropriate system deployment for you...

Страница 11: ...ervers and the approximate time needed to complete each step Installation overview procedures This diagram shows the steps required to complete AS 5300 installation Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5...

Страница 12: ...ion times page 12 Installation times This section describes the approximate time required for each major step of the AS 5300 installation process Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN...

Страница 13: ...system installation 1 2 minutes Configuring the networking serial console redirection and time zone settings 10 minutes Configuring the NTP Syslog and Audit Daemon settings 2 3 minutes Configuring th...

Страница 14: ...d Installation step Approximate time required to complete Deploying the initial software load 45 50 minutes Updating the licensekey 10 minutes Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42...

Страница 15: ...e MCP core load software USB keyboard mouse and monitor or a keyboard video and mouse KVM unit The number of servers and software packages received varies depending on the type of system configuration...

Страница 16: ...preparation This sheet is located in the chapter titled Installation Planning sheet page 17 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 N...

Страница 17: ...witch Port Hosting eth0 Net I F All Equipment specific Labeling Switch Port Hosting eth1 Net I F All Equipment specific Labeling Switch Port Hosting RSA II Net I F All Equipment specific Labeling Term...

Страница 18: ...assword All n a Remote server backup directory All platform_backups Backup file name All mcpPlatform ems1 host 2007_10_29 11_32_09 tar Miscellaneous Serial Console Port Baud Rate All 9600 10 11 130 30...

Страница 19: ...d for restore reinstalls IAO User Id All iaouser IAO Password All QWEpoi43 GRUB Bootloader All QWEpoi12 System Account Initial passwords required for all installs root All QWEpoi12 ntossadm All QWEpoi...

Страница 20: ...20 Installation Planning sheet Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 21: ...For more information about basic hardware installation see IBM x3550 Installation Guide Hardware installation and configuration procedures This work flow diagram shows the steps required to install an...

Страница 22: ...uct uses the IBM x3550 server for its core server platforms For more information about the hardware characteristics of the IBM x3550 server see Table 6 IBM x3550 hardware characteristics page 22 Table...

Страница 23: ...with external RJ 45 Ethernet port internal PCI card Optical drive DVD CD RW Cooling Two fans per CPU one fan per power supply Networking 2 x 10 100 1000 Mbps Serial COM1 DB 9 Rail kit Pizarro Nortel...

Страница 24: ...e front of the server to the front of the rail kit End Connect the hardware For more information about the front and rear panels of the AS 5300 server see Figure 1 Front panel of the AS 5300 server pa...

Страница 25: ...des HTTPS SSH access to the RSA II card for remote management of the server This includes access to controls to manage the power state of the server and inspect physical attributes as well as to gain...

Страница 26: ...s referred to as ttyS0 for console login during system runtime The configured serial port has the following characteristics 7 bit characters with even odd none or space parity and 8 bit characters wit...

Страница 27: ...ntifier The hosting network equipment must support VLANs and not perform VLAN tag processing on behalf of the server In a typical Dual VLAN configuration the majority of network traffic traverses the...

Страница 28: ...ing eth0 and eth1 in active or standby mode A second kernel module the 8021q VLAN module implements VLAN capabilities on top of the logical bond0 interface This module implements one logical interface...

Страница 29: ...NES in the AS 5300 system You can configure the two EMS servers to receive their clock information from their internal system clocks or from external sources It is recommended that you configure the s...

Страница 30: ...42040 601 Hardware configuration This section contains information and procedures for configuring the Basic Input Output System BIOS and RSA II card on the AS 5300 server Prerequisites You require a U...

Страница 31: ...e planar BIOS and RSA II card to factory defaults page 32 Resetting the ServeRAID BIOS to factory defaults page 33 Configuring the RSA II card page 35 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installati...

Страница 32: ...onnections to the RSA II Ethernet interface are disconnected and no further connections can be made until network settings are reconfigured Procedure Steps Step Action 1 From the physical KVM console...

Страница 33: ...RSA II Defaults Loaded If data had been previously configured for the RSA II card that data appears 6 Press Enter 7 Press Esc until the top level menu of the planar BIOS setup utility appears 8 Select...

Страница 34: ...age No Arrays present appears there are no arrays configured Press Esc to return to the top level menu and continue with step 4 Otherwise the List of Arrays appears Highlight the array and press Del t...

Страница 35: ...Action 1 From the physical KVM console reboot the AS 5300 server and press F1 to access the planar BIOS configuration utility 2 From the planar BIOS setup utility screen select Advanced Setup 3 Select...

Страница 36: ...security for the RSA II card see Nortel AS 5300 Security NN42040 601 End Configuring the planar BIOS Use this procedure to configure the planar BIOS WARNING There is an option to configure an Adminis...

Страница 37: ...10 Highlight First Startup Device and choose CD ROM 11 Highlight Second Startup Device and choose Hard Disk 0 12 Highlight Third Startup Device and choose Disabled 13 Highlight Fourth Startup Device...

Страница 38: ...nfiguration 5 Select Drives Write Cache 6 Choose SATA Off SAS Off 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu 8 Select Yes to the Save Changes Made prompt 9 Press Esc to return to the ServeRAID Configu...

Страница 39: ...ue of GB The cursor moves to Create RAID via and highlights Quick Init 18 Press Enter to select Quick Init 19 Press Enter to select Done The Array Configuration screen appears 20 Press M to manage arr...

Страница 40: ...40 Hardware installation and configuration Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 41: ...The Linux installer presents a series of questions to the user At certain points during the question and answer process the user is presented with a summary of the choices made The user then has the...

Страница 42: ...42 Platform software installation Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 43: ...console redirection and time zone settings page 45 Configuring the NTP Syslog and Audit Daemon settings page 47 Configuring the BIOS hardware clock page 50 Configuring accounts and passwords page 51 R...

Страница 44: ...l kvm and then press Enter The Linux boot kernel the version of the kernel that runs during the installation procedure loads and the installation program starts 3 The installer prompts for acceptance...

Страница 45: ...End Configuring the networking serial console redirection and time zone settings This phase of the Linux operating system installation includes the configuration of the following items networking para...

Страница 46: ...e VLAN ID 1 4094 6 Enter the VLAN number associated with the Maintenance network This number must match the VLAN ID associated with the Maintenance network throughout the entire system configuration T...

Страница 47: ...ces defined If a second level choice is defined for the geographic region the system displays the following prompt Enter Timezone Selection for Region 0 1 xx 13 Enter the number that best represents t...

Страница 48: ...tion 3 3 Configure the clock source For more information about configuring the clock source for EMS1 and EMS2 servers see For more information about configuring the clock source for all other SIP core...

Страница 49: ...primary and secondary clock source servers Prerequisites You selected option 1 or 2 at the Clock Source function prompt Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Do one of the following Select E to use an externa...

Страница 50: ...ary EMS2 server overwriting the default IP address EMS1 server provided End Configuring the BIOS hardware clock The hardware clock is configured during initial BIOS configuration and can also be confi...

Страница 51: ...After the new date and time are confirmed the data is written to the BIOS The installer then continues with the next phase of Linux operating system installation End Configuring accounts and password...

Страница 52: ...g Linux Maintenance Releases see Applying the Linux Maintenance Release page 92 Procedure Steps Step Action 1 During the Linux operating system installation process the system displays the following p...

Страница 53: ...ler displays the system accounts configuration screen 7 Create passwords for each system account as prompted by the installer The installer displays the following message System Configuration Complete...

Страница 54: ...ange selections After the account confirmation is accepted the installer displays the prompt to create the password for the SSA account The password limitations and requirements appear on screen 5 Ent...

Страница 55: ...tch Selector RPS patching system to deposit patches files onto the MCP server bootloader This is not an actual account on the system Rather this refers to the Grand Unified Boot Loader GRUB which is i...

Страница 56: ...e VLAN where the server IP is assigned 2 Enter the IP address of the local machine 3 Enter the default gateway IP address 4 Enter the netmask 5 Enter the IP address of the FTP server where the remote...

Страница 57: ...hanges If you select this option you have the choice to start over and retrieve a different backup file or step through and modify the existing embedded backup information You can refer to Configuring...

Страница 58: ...etric keys were used you must restore the keys to the server and execute the ntpConfig pl script after installation 16 Press Enter to continue the installation The installer applies the system configu...

Страница 59: ...59 Oracle database software installation This section provides the procedures for installing the Oracle database software on an AS 5300 server Oracle database software installation procedures This wo...

Страница 60: ...abase software Use this procedure to install the Oracle database software on the EMS1 and EMS2 servers The Oracle software is provided on an installation CD or delivered by Electronic Software Deliver...

Страница 61: ...password for Sys and System users ensuring the passwords meet the criteria displayed with the prompt 9 From the list of database configurations select the appropriate x3550 database type For small 2 s...

Страница 62: ...racle database software installation Otherwise you have completed installation End Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Netw...

Страница 63: ...AudioCodes Media Application Servers MAS To deploy the AS 5300 load you require direct access to the servers For a typical deployment you only require access to the Element Management server on which...

Страница 64: ...ration the following files are used installprops txt StagingFedPBX2Server tags StagingFedPBX2Server xml Figure 4 Physical view of a 2 server staging configuration page 64 shows the physical view of a...

Страница 65: ...ers represent specific values in the 4 server tags file hostnames for the Element Management and Session Manager servers IP addresses of the Element Management and Session Manager servers service logi...

Страница 66: ...a letter a z A Z only contains the characters 0 9 a z A Z and _ For new system installations the db password parameters must satisfy the following restrictions is between 15 and 30 characters inclusi...

Страница 67: ...nt navigation Downloading the MCP load software page 68 Preparing the initial load for deployment page 68 Deploying the initial software load page 70 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installatio...

Страница 68: ...ROM drive 3 Copy the load file from the media mcpCopyFromCD You are prompted for the AA ntappadm role user s password and to Insert MCP CD 1 press Enter to continue The load zip file is copied to the...

Страница 69: ...r mcp install 6 Run the script to populate the installProps file populateInstallpropsFile pl 7 Enter the information as prompted Attention Select X3550_Micro small or X3550_Standard medium configurati...

Страница 70: ...eir descriptions see Table 10 Installation script parameter definitions page 70 Table 10 Installation script parameter definitions File Definition tagsFile Import tags file StagingFedPBX Server tags c...

Страница 71: ...e the licensekey You do not need to perform this procedure if the licensekey was updated during the initial load deployment Prerequisites The licensekey code has been obtained from Keycode Retrieval S...

Страница 72: ...e licensekey is updated you can deploy and start the Network Elements For more information about deploying and starting Network Elements see Nortel AS 5300 Configuration NN42040 500 End Application Se...

Страница 73: ...tion page 73 MCP core software load patch installation This section contains information about MCP core software load patches Attention All Network Elements are taken out of service during the install...

Страница 74: ...V or R status Use these procedures to obtain MCP core software load patches manually or enable the Regional Patch Selector notification Obtaining patches navigation Retrieving V or R status MCP patch...

Страница 75: ...ting to SysMgr_IP Authorized uses only All activity may be monitored and reported nortelrps SysMgr_IP s password sftp put MCP_10 1 1 1 patch var mcp dropbox Uploading MCP_10 1 1 1 patch to var mcp dro...

Страница 76: ...tes Your site has been configured with the Nortel Regional Patch Selector system Enabling RPS integration requires knowledge of the site name that has been configured into the RPS system The configure...

Страница 77: ...uccessfully received and prepared for application by the System Manager a minor alarm is raised The alarm indicates the name of the patch that is ready for application 4 Open the Alarm Browser window...

Страница 78: ...Web site http www nortel com 7 Navigate to Support and Training Online Self Service Patch Audit Tool The Patch Audit Web page appears 8 Follow the on screen instructions to upload the newly created in...

Страница 79: ...nd the other one will be in hot standby state When the active instance is shut down to be patched the standby instance becomes active to prevent loss of service For non fault tolerant Network Elements...

Страница 80: ...e PC Client until the patching process is completed Personal Agent Managers The Personal Agent Manager is not deployed with redundant instances There is no user access to the Personal Agent during upg...

Страница 81: ...patch being applied The Load Manager window appears 3 In the Load Manager window navigation tree expand a Network Element folder 4 From the expanded Network Element folder select the element to be pat...

Страница 82: ...ffline state Network Elements supporting Cold Standby or Hot Standby mode display their supported standby mode The load name listed for each instance is the patched load End Patching the Audio Codes g...

Страница 83: ...1 The procedure for patching the Audio Codes gateway load using the MCP core software load patch is the same as upgrading the Audio Codes gateway using a Maintenance Release See Upgrading the AudioCod...

Страница 84: ...84 Patches Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

Страница 85: ...can be applied Apply all required updates before applying the Maintenance Release Maintenance Releases navigation MCP core software load Maintenance Release installation page 85 Applying the Linux Mai...

Страница 86: ...tallation Navigation Transferring the Maintenance Release files to System Manager page 87 Upgrading the database schemas and System Manager page 89 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation...

Страница 87: ...88 Transferring Maintenance Release files to System Manager from a CD Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Place the CD containing the MCP core load file into the CD ROM tray of the primary System Manager T...

Страница 88: ...Software Delivery ESD Procedure Steps Step Action 1 If it does not already exist create the var mcp esd_files directory on the System Manager server Log on to the System Manager server as the AA role...

Страница 89: ...the proper user privileges For example entering a command such as rm Rf mcp loads with an extra space after the first forward slash can remove the entire directory tree 11 Repeat this procedure for th...

Страница 90: ...System Management Console Procedure Steps Step Action 1 From the System Management console menu select Tools Patch MR Manager The Patch MR Manager window appears 2 From the Load or Patch list menu ch...

Страница 91: ...twork Element displayed in the Patch MR navigation tree The Instance window for the Network Element shows one or more instances If there is one instance it is in the active state Additional instances...

Страница 92: ...Tree pane select the AudioCodes gateway to be upgraded The Info pane and the Status pane now display the AudioCodes gateway 2 From the Info pane selectSoftware Upgrade The Files Manager screen is disp...

Страница 93: ...e Description mcp_core_linux_ iso Container for the installation files used for the platform patching Platform patch image files are cumulative they contain all previously released patches mcp_core_li...

Страница 94: ...5 Start the patch tool patchPlatform pl 16 Select option 2 to use an image from the local file system The system displays the following prompt Please enter the name of the directory containing the ISO...

Страница 95: ...nk Oracle relinkOracle pl If it is active Oracle shuts down It then re links and restarts 27 Use the System Management console to start the Network Elements End Applying the Oracle Maintenance Release...

Страница 96: ...s mcpCopyFromCD pl The patch files are copied from the CD to the following local directory var mcp db install 5 Change directory cd var mcp db install 6 Extract the patch files tar xvf patches tar 7 C...

Страница 97: ...ing Manager Personal Agent are not included with the MCP core software load but are contained on a separate CD Perform this procedure on both Element Manager servers Prerequisites You must be assigned...

Страница 98: ...neHelpFilename zip The updated Online Help Files are accessible from the Provisioning Manager Personal Agent client and the PC Client 15 Repeat this procedure on the other Element Manager server which...

Страница 99: ...II card and Baseboard Management Controller firmware Use this procedure to determine the current firmware versions of the BIOS RSA II card and Baseboard Management Controller BMC Procedure Steps Step...

Страница 100: ...x x End Variable definitions Variable Value ethernet_device eth0 or eth1 Querying the hard drive firmware Use this procedure to determine the current hard drive firmware version Prerequisites You mus...

Страница 101: ...essary when the installed firmware versions differ from the current firmware baselines Use this procedure to compare the currently installed firmware versions to the baseline versions Attention When d...

Страница 102: ...ocedure to install upgrades to the BIOS firmware This procedure requires the reboot of the server Prerequisites You must be assigned to the SSA role ntsysadm You must have the CD containing the BIOS f...

Страница 103: ...ocedure to install upgrades to the BMC firmware This procedure requires the reboot of the server Prerequisites You must be assigned to the SSA role ntsysadm You must have the CD containing the BMC fir...

Страница 104: ...n 1 Load the diagnostics firmware upgrade CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Log on to the server as the SSA role ntsysadm 3 Reboot the server sudo reboot 4 If the operating system has been installed change t...

Страница 105: ...Remote Control RSA II card 3 From the navigation menu select Tasks Firmware Update 4 Browse to the directory where the update file is stored x3550 RSA 5 Select the paetbrus pkt file and click Update 6...

Страница 106: ...g When the BIOS information appears press F12 to select the boot sequence Select CD ROM as the primary boot device Otherwise wait for the server to reboot 5 At the c update prompt type update 7978 The...

Страница 107: ...rs 5 If an upgrade is required press Enter to apply the upgrade The hard drive firmware upgrade is installed Otherwise press Enter and go to step 7 6 Select OK twice to complete the upgrade Attention...

Страница 108: ...er to reboot The ServeRAID Manager screen appears This may take up to two minutes 5 If an upgrade is not required click OK to reboot server and go to step 9 The OK prompt does not always display If th...

Страница 109: ...m A Provisioning Manager server is available The ASU files are already stored in a location on the Provisioning Manager server Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Log on to the server that hosts the Provisi...

Страница 110: ...ltimedia PC Client It is common practice to make the installer available for download from a web page or FTP server The method of distribution is at the discretion of the site administration Procedure...

Страница 111: ...ts as well as the full system Navigation Downgrade system components page 111 Downgrade a full system page 116 Downgrade system components Use the procedures in this section to downgrade the system co...

Страница 112: ...he AudioCodes gateway page 113 Downgrading the Network Elements page 113 Downgrading the System Manager page 113 Downgrading a database page 114 Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN4...

Страница 113: ...3 Select the appropriate software CMP to be downloaded and click OK in the Files Manager screen A Question screen is displayed 4 From the Question screen selectSystem Reset Upgrade and click Yes The...

Страница 114: ...ting database is overwritten with a backup copy during database restoration As a result all provisioning and configuration changes made to the database since the backup copy was created are lost A dow...

Страница 115: ...s and reply Y The following message appears Perform Deploy Files Only operation to Secondary DB also Y N 9 Reply Y The next steps are to verify that the database backup file exists in the var mcp db b...

Страница 116: ...og on to the secondary database server as the DBA role ntdbadm 19 Change directory cd var mcp run MCP_11 0 dbname _1 bin util 20 Run the database re synchronization script resync pl This completes the...

Страница 117: ...Before performing full system downgrades follow the instructions in this procedure Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Optional Compose a list of all Network Elements and the servers they reside on includin...

Страница 118: ...mation about downgrading a database see Downgrading a database page 114 For information about downgrading AudioCodes see Downgrading the AudioCodes gateway page 113 For information about downgrading N...

Страница 119: ...downgrading the System Manager see Downgrading the System Manager page 113 Downgrading a non redundant system with a replicated database Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Downgrade the secondary database...

Страница 120: ...agers 2 Downgrade the database 3 Downgrade the AudioCodes Gateway 4 Downgrade the System Manager 5 Downgrade the Network Elements End Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01...

Страница 121: ...procedure to reboot the AS 5300 server Procedure Steps Step Action 1 Reboot the server by doing one of the following Restore power If this is the primary installation power the server on Users with su...

Страница 122: ...122 Common procedures Application Server 5300 Nortel AS 5300 Installation NN42040 300 01 04 4 November 2008 Copyright 2007 2008 Nortel Networks...

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