Additional Maintenance Procedures
6-1Software updates
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DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
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Issue 4
June 1999
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Additional Maintenance Procedures
Software updates
A software update is the complete replacement of the software load running on a
switch with a new version of software. Updates are used to provide new features
and improved services, and to repair bugs discovered in the field. Note that the
process is called a software update; the command used is
upgrade software
. A
description of this command appears in
Chapter 8, ‘‘Maintenance Commands’’
.
Software
field updates
are partial replacements of a software load normally used
for emergency bug fixes. Usually, a field update is transmitted electronically to
the system from a remote site, but a technician must be on site to apply the
update to backup tapes and insure that the system returns to normal operation.
This procedure should be guided by the remote facility applying the update.
Refer to
DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Upgrades and Additions
for R7r
for specific upgrade information.
Software Version Number
Each software load is identified by a version number. The following are typical
software version numbers displayed when list configuration software-version
is entered:
SOFTWARE VERSION: DG3r01.06.1.00.0
SOFTWARE VERSION: G3r5.01.2.0.078
This identifier is also called the release number or the vintage number. Version
numbers are interpreted as follows:
