Installing a New G700 with an S8300
110 Installation and Upgrades for Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
Installation Overview
About G700 components
A P330 stack processor is built into the G700 Media Gateway. (This processor is also known as
the Layer 2 switching processor). The G700 also contains an MGP processor, a VoIP
processor, and media modules. Updating the firmware for one or more of these processors and/
or media modules is a required part of most S8300 software upgrades.
About software and firmware files
A new S8300 Media Server should have only the remaster program (RP) software installed on
its hard drive. The G700 components should have current releases of firmware installed. It may
be necessary to install an update (patch) on the S8300 after installing the Communication
Manager software, and/or to upgrade the G700 and media module firmware.
The file containing the S8300 software and G700 firmware has a *.tar extension. The *.tar file is
on the “Unity” CD-ROM that you take to the site. Additional files that may be needed are the
most recent versions of the software update (patch) file and G700 firmware files. You may need
to obtain these files from the Avaya Support web site.