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Installation and Upgrades for G700 with S8300 or S8700
555-234-100 — Issue 3 — May 2003
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6 Upgrading an Existing G700
without an S8300
This chapter covers the procedures to upgrade the firmware on an existing Avaya
TM
G700 Media Gateway
without an Avaya
TM
S8300 Media Server. The G700 is controlled by an external primary server running
Avaya
TM
Communication Manger. The primary server can be either an Avaya
TM
S8700 Media Server or an
S8300 residing in another G700.
Note: Procedures to install or upgrade an S8700 Media Server are not covered in this
document. See Avaya
TM
S8300 and S8700 Media Server Library, which is on the
Avaya Support website (http://www.avaya.com/support) or on the CD, 555-233-
825.
Note: If you are using the LSP/G700 Upgrade Tool, the Upgrade Tool performs the
following tasks automatically:
Determine Which Firmware to Install on the G700 and
Install New Firmware on the G700 Media Gateway.
Upgrade Overview
G700 components
A P330 stack processor is built into the G700 Media Gateway. (This processor is also known as the Layer 2
switching processor). The G700 also contains an MGP processor, a VoIP processor, up to four media
modules, and possibly an expansion module. Installing the firmware for one or more of these processors
and/or media modules is a required part of most new installations.
Firmware files
You should obtain the firmware files for the G700 before going on-site. You can obtain the firmware files in
bundled form on a CD or you can go to the Avaya Support website and download the individual firmware
files onto your services laptop.
TFTP Server
To install firmware on a G700 without an S8300 or LSP, you must first copy the firmware files to an
external TFTP server on the customer LAN. The TFTP server can be a customer computer or it can be set up
on your services laptop.
Access to the G700
You can access the G700 in several ways.