DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r
555-233-115 Issue 1
April 2000
Upgrading R5r/R6r/R7r to R8r without Adding Memory
2-8Upgrade the software and hardware
2
Disable Scheduled Maintenance and Alarm Origination to INADS
NOTE:
Make sure scheduled d aily maintenance does not interfere wit h the
upgrade.
1. Type change system-parameters maintenance and press Enter.
2. If scheduled mainten ance has begun, set the Stop Time field to 1 minute
after the current time.
or
If scheduled maintenanc e has not begun, set the Start Time field to a
time after the upgrade is completed. For example, if you start the upgrade
at 8:00 p.m. and the upg rade takes 90 minutes, set the Start Time field
to 21:30.
!CAUTION:

If you do not disable Alar m Origination, the system may generate

alarms, resulting in unnecessary trouble tickets.

3. Type n in the Alarm Origination field and press Enter if t he field is not
set to neither.
NOTE:
For som e sof tware l oads

,

set the Cleared Alarm Notification
and Restart Notification fields to n before pressing Enter.
Check Link Status
1. Type display communication-interface links and press Enter. Write down
all enabled links.
2. Type status link
number
and press Ente r. Repeat this step for all links.
3. Write down which links are in service.