Installing a new chassis
Use the following procedure to install a new Virtual Services Platform 9010 or a new Virtual Services
Platform 9012 chassis.
Before you begin
• Ensure you have upgraded your system to the minimum software requirement of Release 4.1.
Procedure
1. Insert the cooling modules.
If you use the Virtual Services Platform 9012 with second generation Input/Output (I/O)
modules, use the 9012FCHS cooling modules.
2. Insert one Control Processor (CP) module in slot 1 and one Switch Fabric (SF) module in
SF1, and turn on the chassis.
Please refer to the example at the end of this procedure to guide you through the messages
on the console, especially if you think the system is not responding. The process can take
several minutes.
3. When you install CPs for the first time, install and upgrade the primary CP first, and then
install and upgrade the secondary CP. The secondary CP will match the running image on
the running primary CP. If you install both the primary and secondary CPs at the same time,
and the secondary CP is booted, the primary CP may downgrade the code to match the
secondary CP. Use this procedure when the first and secondary CP configurations may not
match.
Ensure the CP module in slot 1 and the SF module in SF1 are running, and also that the first
CP module displays at the console login prompt, and then insert the second CP module in
slot 2.
It can take several minutes for the CP module in slot 2 to synchronize with the master CP
module. Upgrade messages display on the console of the CP in slot 1. The image
synchronization runs automatically between the two CP modules. During this process, one or
two reboots of the CP module in slot 2 can occur.
4. Insert the rest of the SF modules, one at a time, starting with SF4, and then insert SF2, SF3,
SF5, and SF6. The system displays status messages on the console of the CP in slot 1 as
the system detects and upgrades SF modules. The process can take several minutes. Once
all of the SF modules are running, proceed to the next step.
Use the
show sys-info
command to ensure all of the SF modules are up.
You require a minimum of five SF modules if you use second generation I/O modules. You
require six SF modules for redundancy with second generation I/O modules.
5. Avaya recommends you update your device fully to Release 4.0.1.0 or higher, and ensure
that the upgrade is fully complete, before you install new 9048XS-2 or 9012QQ-2 I/O
modules. Once the upgrade is fully complete, insert the new 9048XS-2 or 9012QQ-2 I/O
module into the chassis, one module at a time.
Installing a new chassis
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