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Prior to performing an application upgrade to 6.2.0 release, upgrade the SBC Firmware to the latest version on both Active and Standby SBCs for HA pair.
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Ensure that the following requirements are met prior to performing an upgrade or LSWU to 06.02.00R000 release:
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- Download the SBC application package from the Salesforce customer portal to your local folder on a PC or remote server. To know more on how to download files, refer to Downloading Software from Salesforcethe Ribbon Support Portal.
- Validate the SBC md5 checksum using the checksum calculator. See Validating MD5Sum 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 active and standby SBC servers.
Click File Upload tab.
Caption 0 Figure 1 File Upload Screen Click Add Files to Queue.
Browse the SBC application package files in the File Upload screen and click Open.
Note A new "
qcow2" image file is added to the list of upgrade files for upgrade to 6.0.0 R0 and later releases.For example: "
sbc-V06.02.00R000-connexip-os_05.00.00-R000.qcow2".Caption 0 Figure 1 Selecting SBC application package The files are listed in Upload Queue section. Click Upload All Files. The file upload starts.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Uploading SBC package
Caption 0 Figure 1 Files on SBC - Repeat steps "a" through "e" for Standby SBC server.
Stop the application on Active server using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management > Stop SBC Application.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Stopping SBC Application in Active Server The stop application is a service affecting operation. Click OK to continue the stop operation.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Confirming Stop SBC Application The application is stopped on the active server.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Application Stopped on Active Server Launch the EMA Platform Mode on the Standby server.
Info icon false 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.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Stopping SBC Application on Standby Server The stop application is a service affecting operation. Click OK to continue the stop operation.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Confirming Stop Application The application is stopped on the Standby server.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Application Stopped on Standby Server From the EMA of initial active server (WFDSBC01a), Navigate to Administration > System Administration > Software Install/Upgrade tab.
Select the SBC Package Name to upgrade, and click Standalone Software Upgrade.
Info icon false title Note Since, you are performing an non-LSWU upgrade, and both the Active and Standby SBCs are down, it is considered as Standalone Upgrade even for a 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 on Upgrade Log section.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Copying Package to Staging and Extract package contents Caption 0 Figure 1 Performing pre-install checks Caption 0 Figure 1 Performing Sonus DB install Info icon false title Note You may lose connectivity to browser session as the server goes for reboot.
Info icon false 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 the 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.Caption 0 Figure 1 Completing SBC Upgrade Verify the SBC application status on the Administration > System Administration > Platform Management screen.
Caption 0 Figure 1 Verifying Active SBC Status Info icon false title Note Once all the SBC process starts running, continue upgrading the Standby SBC server.
Note If the upgrade is from pre-SBC 5.1 release to SBC 5.1 and above releases If upgrading your SBC from a release prior to 7.1.x, stop the application on the active server , using using Administration > System Administration > Platform Management > Stop SBC Application before before proceeding to the next step.
Follow the step 13 through step 18 to perform upgrade on the Standby server (WFDSBC01b).
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 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 Info End of Procedure
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