Task flows

The RTP Media Portal component will shutdown gracefully and go into a LOCKED state, as seen in the General Information Area of the System Management Console.

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reboots the Peripheral CPUs. When the RTP Media Portal recovers from the reset, it is running (UNLOCKED) with the upgraded software.

Note: It is possible to update one RTP Media Portal and reboot it while the other half shelf is running the load that has not been updated. Once one half shelf is updated, the other half shelf can be locked, updated, and rebooted. Upgrading all RTP Media Portals concurrently will cause a service outage.

The length of outage due to the reboot is approximately 3-5 minutes.

Note 1: Software loads are encrypted for security reasons.

Note 2: If a component upgrade fails, it does not roll back automatically. A roll back prompt appears. If the upgrade is not successful, note as much of the event as possible and contact your next level of support.

To avoid any problems with the SIP Application Module, the following procedure describes the steps that must be followed when updating a software load for the RTP Media Portal component.

From the System Management Console:

1Shutdown the RTP Media Portal component. See “Shutdown the RTP Media Portal component” on page 14.

2Update the software load for the RTP Media Portal component. See “Update a software load” on page 15.

Shutdown the RTP Media Portal component

The following procedure describes how to shutdown the RTP Media Portal component:

From the System Management Console

1Select the RTP Media Portal Server, select Components and then select the appropriate RTP Media Portal component.

2To Shutdown the component, either right-click and select Shutdown or select Shutdown from the Operations menu.

NN10035-111 Standard MCP 1.1 FP1 (02.02) April 2003