Remote Software Library for B5800 Branch Gateway upgrades. Avaya B5800

Upgrading an R6.2 system with an R6.2 service pack

Remote Software Library for B5800 Branch Gateway upgrades

For the B5800 Branch Gateway firmware upgrade files, an external server is required to act as a remote software library. This server hosts the firmware upgrade files through HTTP. The external server should have an FTP, SCP, or SFTP server to upload the firmware files from

System Manager. While downloading from the PLDS web site, the firmware files are temporarily copied on System Manager. The FTP, SCP, or SFTP protocols are then used to copy the firmware files from System Manager to the external server. This file transfer from

PLDS to System Manager and then to the external server is a single operation for the administrator.

Note:

The HTTPS protocol is not supported for a B5800 Branch Gateway device to pull files from the external server.

Downloading the firmware files from PLDS to the B5800 elements through

System Manager

1. Download the B5800 firmware from PLDS to the System Manager cache using the credentials provided in User Settings in System Manager.

2. Upload the firmware to the external server from the System Manager cache using the FTP or SCP or SFTP protocol and the configuration information in the software library.

3. After the file is on the external server, B5800 elements use this file during upgrade using HTTP protocol.

Note:

Steps 1 and 2 happen simultaneously. The file download to System Manager is transparent.

System requirements for the external server

Recommendation Component

Operating System

Requirement

Any standalone or virtualized

Windows or Linux

Distribution.

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Remote Software Library for B5800 Branch Gateway upgrades

Component

Hard Drive

Requirement

20GB free space

Recommendation

There should be enough free space on the hard drive to store the firmware files.

Memory

Protocols (for the

B5800 Branch

Gateway elements to download files from the external server)

2GB

HTTP server

As required by the operating system and the supported protocol services.

Any supported HTTP server installation.

Note:

The HTTPS protocol is not supported for a B5800 Branch

Gateway device to pull files from the external server.

Protocols (for downloading the firmware upgrade files to the external server from the PLDS web site via System

Manager)

An FTP, SCP or SFTP server

(running on default ports)

Use SFTP or SCP for secure file transfer.

Setting up the external server to work as a remote software library for B5800 upgrades

Procedure

1. Install the operating system.

2. Install any supported HTTP server.

3. Install any one of the supported servers: FTP, SFTP, or SCP.

4. Configure users for the FTP or SFTP or SCP access. These users should have read, write, and delete permissions for the directories configured to function as the storage location for the upgrade files.

5. Configure the HTTP server such that the location where the upgrade files are downloaded is accessible using an HTTP URL. This URL is used to configure the external server as a software library on System Manager. As B5800 elements use this HTTPS URL to pull the firmware files during upgrade, the URL must be reachable to the B5800 elements.

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