DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r
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Issue 1
April 2000
About This Book
xviiUpgrade Paths
Upgrade Paths
The upgrade paths described in this book assume the system being upgraded is
at the level of at least a G3V4. To upgrade prior systems to this starting point,
refer to
DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3r Upgrades and Additions
.
Table 1
correlates each upgrade to an associated chapter number.
If upgrading from a pre-Release 5vs to a DEFINITY ECS Release 8si, refer to
DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8 Upgrades and Additions
for R8si
.
The following table indicates the processes and their corresponding time
allotment. Not all processes are required for every upgrade; the table shows
maximum times and includes high and critical reliability processes.
Table 1. Software and Hardware Upgrade Chapters
Description Chapter
Upgrading G3rV2, V3, V4 to R8r and Adding Memory
1
Upgrading R5r/R6r/R7r to R8r without Adding Memory
2
Upgrading R5si/R6si to R8r EPN and Adding Memory
3
G3vs with Intel 386 or Risc Processor to R8r
4
Multicarrier G2 Universal Module to R8r EPN
5
Process Minutes
Busyout multimedia interface circuit packs 2
Disable/enable TTI 2
Disable/enable scheduled maintenance 2
Disable/enable alarm origination to INADS 2
Save announcements (TN750/B Only) 40
Save translations 10
Backup disk 25-50
Verify software release 5
Replace disk drives and circuit packs 10
Set tone, lock, power down, power up, and unlock
active and standby SPE
30
Restore disk full (both) 30