1 Introduction

This document describes methods used and procedures executed to perform an application software upgrade on in-service SDS servers and SDS DP blades in an SDS network. The supported upgrade paths are:

8.1.2, 8.2.1, 8.3, 8.3.X, 8.4, 8.4.0.X.Y up to 8.5.

X = PI End Cycle

Y = Patches within the PI Cycle

The audience for this document includes Oracle customers and the Global Software Delivery SDS group.

This document provides instructions to execute any SDS 8.5 software upgrade.

The SDS software includes all Tekelec Platform Distribution (TPD) software. Any TPD upgrade necessary is included automatically as part of the SDS software upgrade. The execution of this procedure assumes the SDS software load (ISO file, CD-ROM, or other form of media) has already been delivered to the customer’s premises. This includes delivery of the software load to the local workstation being used to perform this upgrade.

Note:

The distribution of the SDS software load is outside the scope of this procedure.