104CHAPTER 9: UPGRADING AND MAINTAINING VCX SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

4Double-click the text box to the right of Planned Phone App Upgrade.

5From the list of items that appears, select the file that you downloaded to the EMS server PhoneAppUpgrades directory.

6Click the Save all button.

7Transfer the file to the VCX server.

a Right-click the server name (3Com VCX IP Telephony Server<hostname>) in the left pane of the EMS client window.

You must wait for a few seconds for the menu to appear.

bIn the menu that appears, click Transfer Upgrade Images, and then Transfer PhoneApp Upgrade File.

In the Job Progress area of the window, progress messages appear in the Task Name and Task Status columns. The icon on the left initially appears yellow. After a few seconds, the icon turns green and the Task Status column shows that the file transfer was successful.

8Install the upgrade software on the VCX server.

aRight-click the server name (3Com VCX IP Telephony Server<hostname>) in the left pane of the EMS client window.

You must wait for a few seconds for the menu to appear.

bIn the menu that appears, click Install Upgrade Images, and then Install PhoneApp Upgrade.

In the Job Progress area of the window, progress messages appear in the Task Name and Task Status columns. The icon on the left initially appears yellow. After a few seconds, the icon turns green and the Task Status column shows that the upgrade was successful.

The installation process unpacks the .tar file. The phones will pick up the new software the next time that they register or are rebooted.

PhoneBoot Upgrade

Follow the procedures in this section to upgrade the PhoneBoot software.

1The software patch release upgrade file MUST be located in the <EMS_INSTALL_DIR>/software_upgrades/voice/PhoneBootUpgrades directory on the EMS server.

2Once the file is in the correct directory, from the EMS client explorer tree, click 3Com IP Telephony Server <hostname>.

3Click the Planned Upgrades tab in the right pane.