02-16-2014 11:23 PM - edited 03-16-2019 09:46 PM
With Amit Singh and Raees Shaikh
Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to ask questions and learn about Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) version 10.0 with Cisco Experts Amit Singh and Raees Shaikh.
Cisco Unified Communications manager release 10.0 brings in lot of new features and enhancements. As part of the CUCM 10.0 Customer and partner education series, In this session we will cover questions related to Install and Upgrade requirements along with Call Routing Enhancements. Through this session, we will discuss and respond to queries related to the following :
Install/Upgrade
Call Routing Enhancements
Reference: Solution Reference Network Designs Cisco Collaboration Systems 10.x
Amit Singh is a customer support engineer at the Cisco Technical Assistance Center in Bangalore, India. He has over 7 years of experience in his areas of expertise: wireless, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, multiservices, Cisco Unity®, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express. He has been involved in various escalation requests from India, Singapore, and Australia and is currently working as a technical lead for the Voice team in Bangalore, India. He is a computer science graduate.
Raees Shaikh is currently a senior engineer on the collaboration team in Bangalore TAC. His areas of expertise include Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Call-Control related applications. Raees has over 6 years of industry experience. He focusses on troubleshooting and working with various voice products, including Cisco unified communication manager, Cisco Unified Border Element, Gateways, Cisco Unified SIP Proxy and Jabber within the TAC organization. Prior to joining Cisco, he was a network engineer with Microland Ltd, supporting networks for Fortune 500 companies. He holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and telecommunication from Goa University and holds CCIE Voice ( #34220), CCNP Routing & Switching and RHCE certifications.
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02-17-2014 12:58 AM
Hello Team,
To start the discussion, I will pick up the most frequently asked question, how to get the CUCM 10.0 Upgrade image ?
Ans. All the major ".0" releases,Ex 8.0,9.0,10.0 are not released on CCO, needs to be orderd using PUT
Product Upgrade Tool :
- Go to www.cisco.com/upgrade
- Click the link under Browse All Upgradable Products (points to http://tools.cisco.com/gct/Upgrade/allUpgrades.do?allProducts=display )
- Relevant SKUs appear to be:
02-17-2014 01:03 AM
Hi Amit,
I was looking for latest software compatibility matrix for CUCM 10 for upgradation but could not find.
There was question asked in the community today on how to upgrade from 8.6 to 10.0
please advice.
regds,
aman
02-17-2014 01:10 AM
Hi Aman
You will find all the documentation related CUCM 10.x using the below link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html
To answer your question in specific, you can upgrade from CUCM 8.6.1 onwards to CUCM 10 directly & you can use the Prime Collaboration Deployment for this purpose.
Thanks & Regards
Raees Shaikh
02-17-2014 02:31 AM
Hi Raees,
thanks for the prompt reply but I still could not find the compatibility matrix for CUCM 10.what I could find is for CUCM 9.1(2) SU1
I did not understand as u mentioned "Prime Collaboration Deployment".Can u please elaborate?
regds,
aman
02-17-2014 02:47 AM
Thanks Raees for mentioning PCD.
There will be a dedicated session for PCD.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is an application that is designed to assist in the management of Unified Communications applications from the perspective of migration, fresh installs, upgrades, switching versions, rebooting clusters, and changing IP addresses or hostnames.
Aman, here is some information you can find about Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD)
Regards
Amit Singh
02-19-2014 09:18 AM
Hi Aman
You can find more information in regards to Prime Collaboration Deployment tool developed to automate migration to CUCM 10.x in my blog on CUCM 10.x
Thanks & Regards
Raees Shaikh
02-17-2014 02:15 AM
Hello Aman,
From Release 10.0 onward, Cisco Unified Communications System is re-branded to Cisco Collaboration Systems to better reflect the Collaboration products included in the solution.
Please check the below link:
This table identifies the software release versions of the system components that are used in each Cisco Collaboration Systems release for IP Telephony.
Let me know if this answers your query with respect to Compatibility Matrix.
Regards
Amit Singh
02-17-2014 02:41 AM
Hello Aman,
Regarding the Upgrade from CUCM 8.6.
1> CUCM 10.0 is only supported in Virtualized Environment:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/UC_Virtualization_Supported_Hardware
2> You need to order the 10.0 Upgrade media using PUT
3>
If the “from” version is 8.6 and above
o No cop file needed.
If the “from” version is less than 8.6
o COP file needs to be installed before initiating RU.
oThe COP file to be used –
(1) V1.1 Unsigned COP - ciscocm.refresh_upgrade_v1.1.cop
(2) V1.1 Signed COP - ciscocm.refresh_upgrade_v1.1.cop.sgn
** Refresh Upgrade COP file are available on CCO
New and Changed Information on CUCM 10.0:
02-17-2014 03:18 AM
Hi Amit,
thanks a lot for providing lot of info.
one doubt still remains in my mind that if I need to check the software compatibility matrix like below link , is that available.
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/ccmcompmatr1.pdf
regds,
aman
02-17-2014 03:24 AM
Hello Aman,
I agree, thats a very conveniet way to look at the information.
Similar, information for 10.0 is not available yet and I need to confirm, if thats work in progress ?
Please standby, while, I, check further with Product team.
Regards
Amit Singh
02-17-2014 04:17 PM
Hello Aman,
Please check out the following link for CUCM 10.0 compatibility matrix:
Regards
Amit Singh
02-17-2014 06:42 AM
MLRG - I'm having trouble understanding when I would use this feature, could you give me a use case?
Also, I noticed that when I created an LRG name or two or 10, they all show up in every Device Pool page in one huge untamed list.
The intention must have been to only create one or two of these then, otherwise, 150 would make the device pool page unusable.
Anthony Holloway
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02-17-2014 07:38 PM
Hello Anthony,
Lets pick up the example of Standard LRG in Pre 10.0.
As a use case we used "LRG" to route calls using Local gateway, preferebly.
For Example:
EX.
Phone 3 calls Phone 5 via Route List “Route List to Site E”
**I hope this explains, if any doubts, please, let me know and we can have a quick call to discuss.
Regards
Amit Singh
02-19-2014 07:31 AM
Morning Anthony,
Please, do let us know if the MLRG Explanation, showcased the use case scenario.
We will soon be posting small videos explaining these features.
your feedback is welcome and it will help us to improve upon the content.
Regards
Amit Singh
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