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
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Upgrading R5r/R6r/R7r to R8rwithout 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 adding memory. The chapter also provides information on rep lacing the
tape drive with the optic al drive and replac ing the UN332B MSSNET circuit pack
with the UN332C circuit pac k, which is required for the op tical drive.
The procedures step throug h a software and hardware upg rade that can be d one
on either a standard reliability or a high or critical reliab ility system.
There are many configurations of DEFINITY ECS Release 5r/6r/7r in the field, and
each system can have a uniq ue configuration. This book ad dresses the most
common configurations. A lso refer to the following books:
— DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8 Administrator’s
Guide
— DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8 Maintenanc e for
R8r
NOTE:
If the cabinet is older than Release 5, refer to
DEFINITY Communications
System Generic 3r (G3r) Upgrad es and Additions
.