Manual upgrade of an existing S8300B and G700 to R3.1
694 Installing and Upgrading the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Upgrade the S8300
This section describes the procedures to upgrade the S8300B Media Server from a 2.x or 3.0
release of Communication Manager to release 3.1. To upgrade from a pre-2.0, use the
procedures in Chapter 11: Manual upgrade of an existing S8300A and G700 to R3.1.

Manually upgrading the S8300

Perform the following tasks to upgrade the S8300 to the most recent load of software:
1. Installing new software on page 694
2. Installing post-upgrade Communication Manager service pack file from your laptop, if
any on page 698
3. Making the upgrade permanent on page 700

Installing new software

The first step in upgrading the S8300B Media Server to Communication Manager 3.1 is to copy
the appropriate software release to the server hard drive using the Manage Software screens of
the Web Interface (see Copying the software and firmware files to the server on page 689). The
next step is installation of that release, which is now resident on the S8300B hard drive, onto the
S8300 Media Server. After you have finished with the Copy Complete screen, click Continue.
The Choose Software of the Manage Software: Install screen displays.