Nortel Communication Server 1000 User manual

Nortel Communication Server 1000
Nortel Communication Server 1000 Release 6.0
Communication Server 1000M and
Meridian 1
61C CP PII to CS 1000M MG CP PIV FNF Upgrade
Document Number: NN43021-465
Document Release: 03.03
Date: June 2009
Year Publish FCC TM
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Contents
New in this release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Finding the latest updates
on the Nortel web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Getting help from the Nortel Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Getting help over the telephone from a Nortel Solutions Center . . . . . 13
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code . . . . 14
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Subject .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Conventions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
NTP feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Related information .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preparing and planning for the upgrade . . . . . . . . 23
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Communication Server 1000 task flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Upgrade Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Identifying the proper procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connect a terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Printing site data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Performing a template audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Backing up the database (data dump) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Making the RMD bootable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Transferring the database from floppy disk to CF
(customer database media converter tool) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Check requirements for CNI to 3PE cables (NTND14) . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Performing the upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reviewing upgrade requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking required software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Checking required hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Verifying CP PIV hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Upgrading Core 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Upgrading Core 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Making the system redundant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Completing the CP PIV upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Installing a CP PM or COTS server . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Signaling Server task flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Readiness checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Installing the CP PM hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Connections .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Appendix A: Upgrade checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Site details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Upgrade details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Preupgrade checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Preconversion steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Postconversion checks .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Appendix B: Technical Assistance service . . . . . 187
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Nortel Technical Assistance Centers .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Services available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Requesting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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New in this release
This chapter contains information about Nortel Communication Server 1000
Release 6.0 new features.
Features
SIP Line provides an IP solution to deliver Business Grade Telephony
features to IP end points. SIP Line integrates SIP end points in the
Communication Server 1000 system and extends telephony features to SIP
clients with the use of the Call Server, a SIP Line Gateway, and a SIP Line
Management Service.
Signaling Server hardware and software contain updates. New
Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) servers are available from IBM and Dell.
Communication Server 1000 Release 6.0 Signaling Servers require a Linux
Operating System, and Linux Signaling Server applications.
Unified Communications Management (UCM) is a new name for the
previous Enterprise Common Manager. UCM includes new configuration
features for Centralized Deployment Manager, and Element Manager (EM).
Other
See the following sections for information about changes that are not
feature-related:

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Revision history
June 2009
Standard 03.03. This document is upissued to update the CP PM BIOS
upgrade procedure.
May 2009
Standard 03.02. This document is upissued to include task flow graphics for
Nortel Communication Server 1000 Release 6.0.
May 2009
Standard 03.01. This document is issued to support Nortel Communication
Server 1000 Release 6.0.
November 2007
Standard 02.01. This document is issued to support Nortel Communication
Server 1000 Release 5.5.
July 2007
Standard 01.03. This document is upissued with corrections for invoking the
install menu during CP PIV and CP P4 upgrades.
June 2007
Standard 01.02. This document is upissued with corrections to requirements
for CNI to 3PE cables.
May 2007
Standard 01.01. This document is upissued for Communication Server 1000
Release 5.0. This document contains information previously contained in the
following legacy document, now retired: Communication Server 1000M and
Meridian 1 Large System Upgrades (553-3021-258).
May 2006
Standard 5.00. This document is upissued with corrections for installing clock
controllers and keycode database procedure for CP IV.
January 2006
Standard 4.00. This document is upissued with corrections to various upgrade
procedures.

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August 2005
Standard 3.00. This document is upissued to support CP PIV and
Communication Server 1000 Release 4.5.
September 2004
Standard 2.00. This document is upissued for Communication Server 1000
Release 4.0.
October 2003
Standard 1.00. This document is a new NTP for Succession 3.0. It was created
to support a restructuring of the Documentation Library. This document
contains information previously contained in the following legacy document,
now retired: Upgraded Systems Installation: Upgrade to Options 51C, 61C,
81C (553-3001-258).

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