Additional Maintenance Procedures
6-1Software updates
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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
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Additional Maintenance Procedures

Software updates

A software update is the comp lete replacement of the software load running on a
switch with a new version of software. Updates are used to provide new features
and improved servic es, and to repair bugs d iscovered in the field. Note that th e
process is called a s oftware update; the command used is upgrade software. A
description of this command appears in Chapter 8, ‘‘Maintenance Commands’’.
Software
field u pdates
are partial replacements of a software load normally used
for emergency bug fixes. Usually, a field update is transmitted electronically to
the system from a remote site, but a technic ian must be on site to apply the
update to bac kup tapes and insure that the system retur ns to normal operation.
This procedure should b e guided by the remote fac ility applying the up date.
Refer to
DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Upgrades and Ad ditions
for R7r
for specific up grade information.

Software Version Number

Each software load is identified b y a version number. The following are typic al
software version numbers display ed when list configuration software-version
is entered:
SOFTWARE VERSION: DG3r01.06.1.00.0
SOFTWARE VERSION: G3r5.01.2.0.078
This identifier is also called the release numb er or the vintage number. Version
numbers are interpreted as follows: