Can a 8300D load CM4.0.5?

[9mmgeek]

The BP convinced me to buy a 8300D instead of C to future proof the system. They delivered it with a CM4.0.5 CD. I just (minutes ago) loaded a 8300C from the same G700, CD player and laptop set up. Now I am trying to load the 8300D and nothing happens.

I found this in the compatibility matrix. It does not say that this mix will not work, but I know this is incomplete because it also does not say that the 8300C needs CM4 or higher. Which I learned from personal experience.

Communication Manager 2.0 and later releases are not available for the DEFINITY Server R.
Communication Manager 2.1 and later releases are not available for the S8100 Server.
Communication Manager 2.1 and later releases do not install or run on an S8300A Server. An S8300B or later server must be used.
Communication Manager 3.0 and later releases are not available for the DEFINITY Server SI.
Communication Manager 4.0 and later releases are not available for the DEFINITY Server CSI.
Communication Manager 5.0 and later releases do not install or run on an S8500A Server. An S8500B or later server must be used.
Communication Manager 5.0 and later releases do not install or run on an S8700 Server. An S8710 or later server must be used along with the DAL2 board for systems with hardware duplication.
Communication Manager 6.0 and later System Platform based releases do not install or run on S8300B, S8300C, S8400, S8400B, S8500B, S8500C, S8710, S8720 or S8730 Servers.

 

[Mitch672]

No.

We've had this issue in the past (I work for a BP), what we do is load CM 5.2.1 on the S8300D (CM5 is the minimum for the S8300D), and use that for an LSP, until the client upgrades to CM5.

The issue is, CM 4.0.5 does not have the hard disk drivers for the new SATA drives used on the S8300D, so it cannot load.

Here is a quick list, I am only including S8300's on this listing:

S8300D is required for CM 6
S8300B, S8300C, S8300D: Can run CM 5.2.1
S8300B & S8300C: can run CM 4.0.5

that's it in a nutshell...

Mitch



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