Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2 Upgrades And Additions Manual

Upgrading R5r/R6r/R7r to R8r without Adding Memory 
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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r  555-233-115  Issue 1
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Upgrading R5r/R6r/R7r to R8r
without Adding Memory
This chapter provides the information necessary to upgrade the software from a 
DEFINITY ECS Release 5r, Release 6r, or Release 7r to a Release 8r system 
without ad d ing  memory. The c hap ter also p rovid es information on rep lac ing  the 
tap e d rive with the op tic al d...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Service Interruption
The up g rad e p roc ess req uires 2 non–c all-p reserving  servic e interrup tions in a 
stand ard  reliability system and  must b e c losely c oord inated  with the c ustomer 
and  the loc al ac c ount team.
Call Management System (CMS)
The CMS link is dropped and restarted...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Software Upgrade
Release 8 software and translations are saved to removable media. Although the 
translations automatic ally up d ate to Release 8, several features req uire sp ec ial 
attention b ec ause of sc reen c hang es or p otential naming  c onflic ts in the 
p roc ess.
Between c ustomer c onfirmation and...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Required Hardware
The equipment in Table 2-1 must be on-site b efore the up g rad e beg ins. To p lac e 
a c laim for missing  eq uip ment, as p art of the Streamlined  Imp lementation 
p roc ess, c all 1-800-772-5409 or the numb er p rovid ed  b y your Luc ent 
Tec hnolog ies rep resentative.
Table 2-1. Required...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Ta s k  Ta b l e s
Table 2-2 lists the hig h-level tasks to perform the up g rad es. Refer to the 
ap p rop riate p ag e for instruc tions for eac h step . 
The up g rad e p roc ed ure is similar for b oth the stand ard  and  hig h or c ritic al 
reliability system with a few exc ep tions. These exc ep tions are noted...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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April 2000
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Save Translations2-15
Save Announc ements (if nec essary)2-15
Restore Disk2-15
Up g rad e Software2-15
Re s e t  SPE s t a t u s ( H / C  o n l y )2-16
Se t  D a y li g h t  Sa v i n g s Ru l e s2-16
Set Date and  Time2-17
Set Core Dump  Vec tor2-19
Enable TTI2-19
Release MMI (H/C only)2-19
Resolve Alarms2-19
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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Check SPE
1. Type status spe
 and press En t e r to c hec k the health of the SPE. 
For hig h or c ritic al reliab ility systems:
nTh e  Standby Refreshed
 field  shows yes
nTh e  Standby Shadowing
 field  shows on
nTh e  Standby Handshake
 field  shows up
Save...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Disable Scheduled Maintenance and Alarm 
Origination to INADS
NOTE:
Make sure sc hed uled  d aily maintenanc e d oes not interfere with the 
up g rad e.
1. Type change system-parameters maintenance
 and press 
En t e r .
2. If sc heduled maintenanc e has b eg un, set the Stop Time
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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Disable TTI
NOTE:
Do this step  only if the Terminal Translation Initialization (TTI) is enab led .
!CAUTION:
If you d o not d isab le the TTI, the translations c an b e c orrup ted .
1. Type change system-parameters features
 and press En t e r. 
2. On 
the sec ond  sc reen, set the TTI Enabled?...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
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Lock the active SPE (H/C only)
1. Typ e status sp e and  p ress En t e r to d etermine whic h c ontrol c arrier is ac tive 
or ob serve the c ontrol c arrier LEDs.
NOTE:
For hig h or c ritic al reliab ility systems, we rec ommend  that you 
rep lac e the c irc uit pac ks in the stand b y c arrier...