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Roadmap and Reference
Installation Roadmap and Task Lists
40 Installation and Upgrades for G700 and S8300
December 2003
Checklist 3
Upgrade an Existing G700 with an
S8300 (R1.x to R2.0)
Use the following checklist to upgrade a G700 Media Gateway with the following characteristics:
• The G700 has an S8300 Media Server configured as the primary controller.
or,
• The G700 has an S8300 Media Server configured as an LSP and is controlled by either an S8300,
S8500, or S8700 Media Server.
You will use Chapter 5 with this checklist. For help with connecting to and logging in to the G700 or
S8300, see Connection Methods
in this chapter.
Table 3: Task List to Upgrade an Existing G700 with an S8300 (R1.x to R2.0)
Major Tasks Subtasks
Before Going to the Customer Site
on
page 214
- Get the USB CD-ROM drive
- Fill in EPW (if upgrading from 1.1)
- Get planning form
- Get the G700 serial number
- Check number of allocated ports
- Check FTP server for back up
- Get software/firmware files
- Download update (Patch) software to laptop, if necessary
- Complete the RFA process
On-site Preparation for the Upgrade
on page 219
- Check current software release
- Pre-Upgrade tasks — If the Target S8300 is the Primary
Controller
- Get IA770 data and stop IA770
- Back up recover system files
- Record configuration information
- Install the pre-upgrade update
- Back up the system files
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