Avaya ESS User Manual

Configuring the Servers
Issue 1.1 June 2005 117
3. Upgrade the firmware on the IPSIs: To identify the firmware needed for an IPSI in an ESS
environment see the Minimum Firmware/Hardware Vintages document found at: http://
support.avaya.com
4. A new license file with ESS enabled installed on each server: The license file enables
the ESS feature and sets the platform type. A license file with ESS enabled must be loaded
on each server in the enterprise. After loading the license file execute the display
system-parameters customer-options command.
Check the following:
a. The Main server and each ESS server: Each server is assigned a platform number in
the license file. The platform number appears on the first page of the
system-parameters customer-options screen. See Figure 30
for an example of page
one of the system-parameters customer-options screen.
Figure 30: System-parameters customer-options platform type
Use Tabl e 13 to verify that the platform type is correct for your server type
.
Table 13: Platform numbers and server types
Platform number Server type
6 S8700 series media servers
8 S8700 series media serves
12 S8500 Main server
14 S8700 series ESS server
15 S8500 ESS server

Avaya ESS Specifications

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Brand	Avaya
Model	ESS
Category	Server
Language	English