Cisco BE6K Solution Upgrade

[abdul rasheed]

Dear All,

We have two Cisco BE 6000 servers (C220M3). On which we have CUCM, IMP, and CUC. All are 10.5.x version. We need to upgrade the whole solutions:

1) Upgrade the existing ESXi5.5 to the Latest 6.7.

2) CUCM 10.5.X to 12.5.x

3) IMP 10.5.x to 12.5.x

4) CUC 10.5.x to 12.5.x

I have the following concerns:

1) Does Vmware Esxi 6.7 Supported on our BE 6000 servers (UCS C220 M3)

2) Can I upgrade the ESXi 5.5 to 6.7? 

3) How can I get the license for ESXi once the upgrade is done? 

[Jaime Valencia · Accepted solution]

You need to review VMware's documentation for 1 and 2, the HCL and the upgrade matrix for ESXi.

[Nithin Eluvathingal · Accepted solution]

vmware 5.5 to 6.7 upgrade ís possible. check the compatibility matrix  from below link.

https://ucshcltool.cloudapps.cisco.com/public/

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=server&productid=20704

if you have valid  SWSS  follow below guide to get the ESXI  license from PUT.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/unified-communications/business-edition-6000/212062-Procedure-to-Obtain-Licenses-for-Busines.html

[abdul rasheed]

Thank You Nithin..

[Mohammed Rafi K.]

Hi Abdul,

You also need to consider that Cisco has announced End of life for BE 6000 servers (C220M3) for medium and high density servers. 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/unified-communications/business-edition-6000/eos-eol-notice-c51-734081.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/unified-communications/business-edition-6000/eos-eol-notice-c51-734760.html

Regards,

Mohammed Rafi