upgrading Legend to R7

[ltw500]

I am looking to upgrade a Merlin Legend from Rel. 4 to Rel. 7.
A couple of questions:
1) Do I need a new processor (CKE4), if so is it a full board, or a chip that goes onto my existing board.

2) Once I put in the new processor, is the system good to go as upgraded or do I need to do something in WinSPM to tell it to upgrade.

3) If I don't have WinSPM could I do this thru the console phone programming. Is WinSPM a downloadable item on the AVaya website or do you have to pay for it. What is the lowest version of WinSPM that would work?

4) The system is just a few phones so if I need to program from scratch after the upgrade that is probably okay, but i fyou could inlcude info on coverting the existing program that would great.

Thanks a lot!

 

[tdaugirdas]

I assume you have a CKE3 processor - and yes it is upgradeable to R7 via an upgrade PCMCIA card. If you want to save your programming - you have to do it via WinSPM. First save a backup copy to your PC (using WinSPM). Then upgrade the saved copy (again using WinSPM to Legend R7 format). You can then upgrade your processor - and after the upgrade - restore your upgraded backup. You can get WinSPM on the Avaya.com website under Support. Scroll to Merlin Legend, click on it, click on software, download the WinSPM R4 to R5 upgrade and install it. Go back and download and install each successive patch (R5 to R6, etc. - all the way to R9. You will, however, have to buy a Legend R7 upgrade PCMCIA card. You don't need a CKE4 processor unless you have 016 MLX cards in your system (the CKE3 just doesn't have the memory capacity to handle those cards).

Tom Daugirdas,
President
STCG, Inc.
stcg.com

 

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http://support.avaya.com/japple/css...eID=129530&temp.bucketID=160259&PAGE=Document

Look for upgrade info here.It doesn't all your question but it will give you a start.

 

[merlinman]

Or, you can purchase a RELEASE 7 Processor.

 

[ltw500]

THank you so much for the responses, this is a great start, if I do get the Rel 7 processor, can I just put it in, then do a "read cards" (can't remember the exact command) and then everything would be at Rel. 7?

 

[ltw500]

tdaugirdas:

For the download mentioned above you said to download Rel 4 to Rel 5, then upgrade to the next and then next.
I can't just download WinSPM Rel 9?

I don't have WinSPM at all, (in case you thought I was upgrading my exisiting WinSPM Rel 4), can I still download these?

Thanks,

 

[2BAvoice]

You need to do a backup before changing processor, then do an upgrade with Winspm of this backjup. Convert this file using Winspm, to R7. Then install new processor, then do a demand test on the processor slot 00, at least twice, then do a restore of your converted backup file. Good luck.

 

[2BAvoice]

I have had better luck when I removed all the modules except the processor, while doing the demand test on the processor...and doing a board renumber before restoring the system wouldn't hurt. I have found a board renumber isn't enough by itself, sometimes.

 

[tdaugirdas]

If you buy a Release 7 processor - you would still have to use WinSPM to save and upgrade your backup to R7 - and then restore it.

Tom Daugirdas,
President
STCG, Inc.
stcg.com

 

[ltw500]

okay thanks,
but if I didn't want to use the back up, could I do it w/o WinSPM, if I program everything from scratch...
1) put in new processor
2) do a board renumber
3) programm everything as new


I think I found the answer to my question about WinSPM on Avaya support, I do have to have some version of WinSPM in order to get the free downloads on the site, which makes sense. I would have been very surprised if they offered it for free. I will find out if there is a copy of it somewhere.

 

[tdaugirdas]

Yes - of course you can.

Tom Daugirdas,
President
STCG, Inc.
stcg.com

 

[2BAvoice]

As stated in several threads, you still need to do a demand test on the new processor to get rid of any old stuff in the memory. This can be done with the console, but I think is better with no modules in system and do it from Winspm.

 

[tdaugirdas]

If you follow the directions I gave - you will have your copy of WinSPM.

Tom Daugirdas,
President
STCG, Inc.
stcg.com