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BCM 400 Take HD and Put into a different BCM400 can it be done? Keys?
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Firebird Scrambler
Systems Engineer
Yes. It can be done. You will however require the keycode details from the replacement BCM 400.
Firebird Scrambler
Nortel & Avaya Meridian 1 / Succession & BCM / Norstar Programmer
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Firebird Scrambler
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curlycord
Programmer
Where does the system get the S/N from"
I am not sure what that means.
Keycodes with any Nortel system are bound to the system.
Once upon a time you could transfer them but not anymore
You will need to purchase new codes to add to your 9 that came with the replacement BCM.
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I am not sure what that means.
Keycodes with any Nortel system are bound to the system.
Once upon a time you could transfer them but not anymore
You will need to purchase new codes to add to your 9 that came with the replacement BCM.
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Ok Tech's back at it again.
The BCM 400 that the HD has failed the phones are up.
This BCM has a PRI.
I have another BCM with good HD. No PRI
If I put the good drive in the one with a bad drive
can I reenter the Key Codes for the Dead HD On it that has the PRI Keys?
And if this will work just put in the HD and let it run for 20 minutes?
Thanks Techs!
The BCM 400 that the HD has failed the phones are up.
This BCM has a PRI.
I have another BCM with good HD. No PRI
If I put the good drive in the one with a bad drive
can I reenter the Key Codes for the Dead HD On it that has the PRI Keys?
And if this will work just put in the HD and let it run for 20 minutes?
Thanks Techs!
Firebird Scrambler
Systems Engineer
In principle, yes. However both BCM systems need to be at the same software release.
You will also need a recent compatible backup and in my opinion and experience that the replacement HDD will need the latest patches installed first (assuming that the software release is 4.0 which was Linux based!) as the backup configuration file will corrupt the HDD if it gets installed with newer files from the backup.
Firebird Scrambler
Nortel & Avaya Meridian 1 / Succession & BCM / Norstar Programmer
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You will also need a recent compatible backup and in my opinion and experience that the replacement HDD will need the latest patches installed first (assuming that the software release is 4.0 which was Linux based!) as the backup configuration file will corrupt the HDD if it gets installed with newer files from the backup.
Firebird Scrambler
Nortel & Avaya Meridian 1 / Succession & BCM / Norstar Programmer
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curlycord
Programmer
Keycodes are tied to the BCM board and not the hard drive.
When the system is running enter your codes then reboot the system.
Rule of thumb for restoring:
Make sure before you restore from a backup to load the same patches or greater that the old drive had.
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When the system is running enter your codes then reboot the system.
Rule of thumb for restoring:
Make sure before you restore from a backup to load the same patches or greater that the old drive had.
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Firebird Scrambler
Systems Engineer
If you have no backup, but have the keycode details where the system site ID matches the BCM motherboard as Curly has suggested, then you can licenced the BCM but it just means that a total reprogram will be required.
What you haven't said was the type of HDD that had failed?.
I've recovered a number of BCM systems over the years where the HDD had failed by checking to see if the disk has a separate circuit board attached.
This was common on Maxtor and Seagate drives. In my case, it was the circuit board that had failed and swapping it over fixed the HDD.
Firebird Scrambler
Nortel & Avaya Meridian 1 / Succession & BCM / Norstar Programmer
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What you haven't said was the type of HDD that had failed?.
I've recovered a number of BCM systems over the years where the HDD had failed by checking to see if the disk has a separate circuit board attached.
This was common on Maxtor and Seagate drives. In my case, it was the circuit board that had failed and swapping it over fixed the HDD.
Firebird Scrambler
Nortel & Avaya Meridian 1 / Succession & BCM / Norstar Programmer
Website = linkedin
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Update: Took a HD out of a decommissioned BCM 400 did some testing with moving it to another decommissioned BCM 400 found that the programming stayed on the phones and the HD I put in had the AA and MB's from the other system. The keycodes were not there.
I was able to open a ticket with Avaya One Source and explain where I was calling from and it took a week or more but I was sent the
Key Code file for the SYS ID of the BCM 400 I put the HD in. After that I got my Mail Boxes back and was able to rebuild the AA and make Mail boxes.
I was able to open a ticket with Avaya One Source and explain where I was calling from and it took a week or more but I was sent the
Key Code file for the SYS ID of the BCM 400 I put the HD in. After that I got my Mail Boxes back and was able to rebuild the AA and make Mail boxes.
Telephone programming is stored on the MSC card. That's why it was maintained.
Voicemail programming is on the hard drive, so that's why it was lost.
Good to know that Avaya is still preserving the license files for these old systems.
Brian Cox
Georgia Telephone
Voicemail programming is on the hard drive, so that's why it was lost.
Good to know that Avaya is still preserving the license files for these old systems.
Brian Cox
Georgia Telephone
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