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Prior to performing an application upgrade, upgrade the SBC firmware to the latest version on both active and standby SBCs in an HA pair.
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Ensure that the following requirements are met prior to performing an upgrade or LSWU:
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The BIOS firmware upgrade is not part of the SBC application upgrade in
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- Download the SBC application package from the Ribbon Support Portal to your local folder on a PC or remote server. Refer to Downloading Software from the Ribbon Support Portal.
- Validate the SBC SHA256 checksum using the checksum calculator. See Validating Checksum with 'Checksums Calculator' for guidance.
Launch EMA.
Navigate to Monitoring > Dashboard > System and Software Info to verify the software and HA peer status for both active and standby servers.
Caption 0 Figure 1 System and Software Info Screen for Active Server 
Caption 0 Figure 1 System and Software Info Screen for Standby Server 
Navigate to Administration > System Administration > File Upload to upload the SBC application package to the active and standby SBC servers.
Click File Upload tab.
Caption 0 Figure 1 File Upload Screen Click Add Files to Queue.
Browse for the SBC application package files in the File Upload screen and click Open.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Selecting SBC application package The files are listed in the Upload Queue section. Click Upload All Files. The file upload starts.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Files on SBC - Repeat steps "a" through "e" for the standby SBC server.
Stop the application on the active server using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management > Stop SBC Application.
Stopping the application is a service-affecting operation.Caption 0 Figure 1 Stopping SBC Application in Active Server Click OK to continue the stop operation.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Confirming Stop SBC Application The application stops on the active server.
Launch the EMA Platform Mode on the standby server.
Info title Note Once the active server (WFDSBC01a) is stopped, the standby server (WFDSBC01b) automatically becomes active.
Stop the application on the standby server using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management > Stop SBC Application.
Stopping the application is a service-affecting operation.Caption 0 Figure 1 Stopping SBC Application on Standby Server Click OK to continue the stop operation.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Confirming Stop Application The application stops on the standby server.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Application Stopped on Standby Server 
Info title Note If you are upgrading an SBC SWe deployment, before starting the upgrade of the active instance, shut down or power-off the standby instance from the host.
From the EMA of the initial active server (WFDSBC01a), navigate to Administration > System Administration > Software Install/Upgrade.
Select the SBC Package Name to upgrade, and click Standalone Software Upgrade.
Info title Note Because you are performing a non-LSWU upgrade and both the active and standby SBCs are down, it is considered a standalone upgrade even for an HA pair.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Selecting SBC Package The signature file of the SBC package verifies the integrity of the package contents before proceeding with the SBC installation.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Verifiying Package Integrity Click Start Upgrade.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Selecting Offline Upgrade The upgrade process starts on the active server (WFDSBC01a) and displays the upgrade status in the Upgrade Log section.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Performing pre-install checks and DB install Info title Note You may lose connectivity to the browser session when the server reboots.
Info title Note This process takes approximately 45 minutes to complete on a single server.
Warning Once the upgrade is successful, clear the browser cache prior to accessing the SBC EMA.
Log on to EMA using the default credentials.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Logging On to EMA Platform 
Caption 0 Figure 1 Logging On to EMA Platform 
Verify the SBC installation status on the Administration > System Administration > Software Install/Upgrade screen.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Continuing the SBC Upgrade 
Wait until the SBC upgrade is complete.
Verify the SBC application status on the Administration > System Administration > Platform Management screen.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Verifying Active SBC Status 
Info title Note Once all the SBC processes start running, continue upgrading the standby SBC server.
Note If upgrading your SBC from a release prior to 7.1.x, stop the application on the active server using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management > Stop SBC Application before proceeding to the next step.
Follow steps 11 through 16 to perform an upgrade on the standby server (WFDSBC01b).
Info title Note If you are upgrading an SBC SWe deployment, power-on the standby instance from the host before returning to step 11.
Verify the SBC application status on the Administration > System Administration > Platform Management screen.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Verifying Standby SBC Status Verify the firmware, ConnexIP OS and SBC application versions in Monitoring > Dashboard > System and Software Info.
Caption 0 Figure 1 System and Software Information for Active Server Caption 0 Figure 1 System and Software Information for Standby Server Verify the system sync status is in Sync Completed state in All > System > Sync Status.
Caption 0 Figure 1 System Sync Status pagebreak
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