Open Telecommunications Platform Installation Summary

Installation of the Open Telecommunications Platform is comprised of the following major steps.

• Site preparation

  Ensure that your equipment meets the requirements listed in OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements.

• Record your Open Telecommunications Platform Plan information

  Use the worksheets provided in Open Telecommunications Platform Plan Worksheets for each host to record the information that is applied by the Open Telecommunications Platform installation and configuration process. Plan information includes items such as management and provisioning interface ports, IP addresses for each OTP host, the clustered OTP system name, IPMP options, and more. Using the worksheets will assist you during installation and configuration, and reduce the chance for errors.

• Install the operating system on each server.

  Install and configure the Solaris 10 Update 2 operating system on external OTP installation server and on the servers selected for the Open Telecommunications Platform system as described in Chapter 3, Preparing Servers for Open Telecommunications Platform Installation.

• Set up the external OTP installation server

  The external OTP installation server must be set up as described in Setting Up the External OTP Installation Server before you can use the server to install the Open Telecommunications Platform for the first time.

• Install the Open Telecommunications Platform to the OTP systems.

  If you are installing the Open Telecommunications Platform for the first time, use either of the following two methods:

  • Install the Open Telecommunications Platform using the external OTP installation server and the command line as described in Chapter 4, Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform For the First Time Using the Command Line.

  • Install the Open Telecommunications Platform using the external OTP installation server and the graphical user interface (GUI) installation as described in Chapter 5, Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform For the First Time Using the Graphical User Interface.

  If you have already installed the Open Telecommunications Platform to a standalone OTP host or to a clustered OTP system, you can use a production OTP system to using install the Open Telecommunications Platform to a new OTP host as follows:

  • Install the Open Telecommunications Platform using the OTP provisioning service as described in Chapter 6, Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform Using the Provisioning Service On an Existing OTP System.

  • Install the Open Telecommunications Platform using the OTP system management service as described in Chapter 7, Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform Using the System Management Service On an Existing OTP System.