brannan
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- Sep 18, 2007
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Can anyone help me find a compatibility chart for the pcmcia partner backup,restore, upgrade, remote access cards?
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Partner backup/restore/remote pcmcia cards
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Partner ACS R3 has a card that sais 12G1 at the back
the R4 has 12G2
the R5 has 12G3
the R6 has 12G4
the R7 takes anything but the green one from the R1.
All releases R3 to R6 need the matching card (why I don't know) and like mentioned above the R7 takes anything.
If you look for an upgrade card to the release you want the card for then you have the correct card, the new cards R3 to R6 have a one time firmware on it to flash the processor to the release the card is meant for and are identical to the cards that came with the new processor. R6 came at the beginning with a card then Avaya started to sell it separately to make a few extra bucks so if you have an R6 processor there might have never been a card with the processor.
Joe W.
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the R4 has 12G2
the R5 has 12G3
the R6 has 12G4
the R7 takes anything but the green one from the R1.
All releases R3 to R6 need the matching card (why I don't know) and like mentioned above the R7 takes anything.
If you look for an upgrade card to the release you want the card for then you have the correct card, the new cards R3 to R6 have a one time firmware on it to flash the processor to the release the card is meant for and are identical to the cards that came with the new processor. R6 came at the beginning with a card then Avaya started to sell it separately to make a few extra bucks so if you have an R6 processor there might have never been a card with the processor.
Joe W.
FHandw., ACS
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The R4s and R6s I have worked, used 12G2, 12G3, and 12G4 versions without any problems. I could not locate anything specific that says you have to use a specific "12Gx" for a specific Release. You obviously can't load a different version backup to a different version firmware, but you can backup to any 12Gx and restore same, regardless of what was written before you backed up, since the previous gets erased when doing so.
My recent experience last November 2008 was an R6.0 with a 12G4 that died, thought the module was history. Got another R6.0 ACS308 processor, had the same symptom when I put in the RAC. So I removed the RAC and it powered up, that's when I knew something was not right. Manually programmed to get the client up. Brought the "defective" ACS to the shop and tied it without the RAC and it booted! So the only RAC I had spare was a 12G2 in an R4.0 ACS. I put it in the R6.0 and used remote access to make a backup file copy and also backed up to the 12G2 with no problems. I then ordered replacement RAC PC cards and I received 12G3 versions and no hiccups when I tested them.
...So it does not look like the version of 12Gx makes any difference, unless someone else has some input on the subject that states otherwise.
....JIM....
My recent experience last November 2008 was an R6.0 with a 12G4 that died, thought the module was history. Got another R6.0 ACS308 processor, had the same symptom when I put in the RAC. So I removed the RAC and it powered up, that's when I knew something was not right. Manually programmed to get the client up. Brought the "defective" ACS to the shop and tied it without the RAC and it booted! So the only RAC I had spare was a 12G2 in an R4.0 ACS. I put it in the R6.0 and used remote access to make a backup file copy and also backed up to the 12G2 with no problems. I then ordered replacement RAC PC cards and I received 12G3 versions and no hiccups when I tested them.
...So it does not look like the version of 12Gx makes any difference, unless someone else has some input on the subject that states otherwise.
....JIM....
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you are probably right on that if you tried it out, the only experience with using a different release was not as pleasant I used a 12G1(R3) card and put it into an R6 processor, but the card was brand spanking new and afterwards I had R6 hardware with R3 firmware because it flashed the firmware down to an R3. Since then I stay away from matching and mixing, but the configuration file is about the same size R3-R6 so that the cards should be able to handle the size of the backup.
Joe W.
FHandw., ACS
If you can't be good, be good at it!
you are probably right on that if you tried it out, the only experience with using a different release was not as pleasant I used a 12G1(R3) card and put it into an R6 processor, but the card was brand spanking new and afterwards I had R6 hardware with R3 firmware because it flashed the firmware down to an R3. Since then I stay away from matching and mixing, but the configuration file is about the same size R3-R6 so that the cards should be able to handle the size of the backup.
Joe W.
FHandw., ACS
If you can't be good, be good at it!
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