MCS-7825-I3

[pmarques]

Hi,

I currently have two of these MCS-7825-I3 servers. According to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/products_data_sheet0900aecd805efb09.html

it is stated that these are servers for 5.1 or 6.0 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Application.

My problem is that my sales team sold a MCS 7825-I3, 1000 User CM4.2-K9-7825-I3 software package which seems to be compatible with the aforementioned servers. Considering this SW, I tried to do the installation with the installation DVDs included in the package. Nothing worked. With Disk 1 (78XX-I1/I2) the hardware detection clearly states that the hardware is not compatible. With Disk 2 (7825-I3, 7845-I1/I2) it begins the installation and then gets to a point where I get a notification that it is "gathering information" and ejects the DVD. Nothing else happens after that point.

Am I looking at this problem with the wrong approach?

Any help would be much appreciated.

cheers,

pedro

[lpezj]

Pedro,

I have faced the same problem right now. Please, contact your Cisco SE in order to provide you with a BIOS upgrade version. After that upgrade all things work fine.

Hope this helps,

Juan Luis

[user-cisco]

hi lpezj

do u know how the authentication and validation work that this HW is for this CCM SW?

i faced something similar to this previously, HP-DL380-G5 with CCM 5.1 all things were ok, except that the clock rate value was not as that in the documents.

[mchandak]

Looks like you were shipped OS 2000.4.4 instead of OS 2000.4.5 and that is the reason you are getting the error message. This is a Supported Server for CallManager 4.x. Please check the following link for the list of servers which support OS version 2000.4.5 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/win_os/rel_note/rn200045.html#wp42549

The most simple thing that you can do is contact the Cisco Reseller/AM/SE from whom you bought the server and check if they have a copy of this version of CD. Incase try dont have a copy handy then you would have to order for the CDs using PUT (http://tools.cisco.com/gct/Upgrade/jsp/index.jsp).

For more info on ordering CDs, please refer AVVID CD FAQ:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_qanda_item09186a00802262ed.shtml

Hope this helps

[pmarques]

Hi mchandak,

thanks for your kind reply.

that's part of my problem. The shipped OS is a 2000.4.5. So, theoretically, I should have no problems installing it. As these installations are pretty straight forward in this preliminary phase of hardware detection I come up with two situations:

either it is detected as a conforming platform or it is not. Unfortunately for me I'm getting the later.

cheers,

pedro

[mchandak]

Ok, the culprit is CSCsk00441. As mentioned earlier in the thread the issue is with the BIOS version. Please open a TAC case and quote this Bug ID. The TAC Engineer should be able to give you the BIOS upgrade needed as a workaround.

Please check http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsk00441 for more details

Hope this helps

[pmarques]

mchandak,

Thank you for everything. I will open a TAC case asap.

cheers,

pedro