MCS 7845 H2 not bootable from DVD or CD

[armin.wagenfuehr]

Hello Community, I stuggle arround w/ this problem the whole morning. I have a MCS 7845H2 with RAID and five Harddisk and a DVD ROM. I will boot from a bootable 8.6.2 CUCM DVD. In BIOS of the server is all fine configure. At first position is DVD in boot sequence.

But they wan´t to start from 8.6.2 CUCM DVD, no Chance! They always start from HDD.

Any help are appreciate. Any Idee?

Thanks in advance.

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[Hermanus Janse van Vuuren]

are 100% sure the DVD is bootable number 1.

Number 2 why don't you mount the DVD under edit VM options and select the check box to start and connect on power up.

Then you open the console view via vSphere and make sure it starts from the DVD.

or here:

       

[Gordon Ross]

Are you sure you've got a bootable CD there? The standard ISOs you download from Cisco.com aren't bootable.

Have your tried other CDs?

GTG

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[armin.wagenfuehr]

Hello, thanks for your answer.

No Vmware! 8.6.2 on MCS 7845 "Hardware".

Yes, the DVD is bootable, I double check in another PC.

The DVD is shown in Bios and at first position. But at second controler connected and I can´t move the controler on first position.

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[Hermanus Janse van Vuuren]

have you tried my methode in the vsphere client as per my screenshots?

[armin.wagenfuehr]

Hi, as I write in my last answer, I have "NO VMWARE". The 8.6.2 should be install at the HW 7845H2 w/o VMWARE. But the Server will not boot from this DVD. They boot the old Version 7.1 from HDD. NO Chance to boot from DVD.

But I have try DVD in Vmware Player, the DVD is bootable!

Still not solve and may be community have an Idea.....

Thanks ikn ahead

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[Hermanus Janse van Vuuren]

the ISO's you download from CVisco.com is bootable until ver 7 yes the rest is not bootable only on VM Ware can one get it bootable.

[Aman Soi · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I could some bugs related to MCS and other CUCM version but that is not exactly to your Hardware/CUCM version.

can u try using another Call manager media/version or application [unity connection] to find the cause?

regds,

aman

[armin.wagenfuehr]

Really thanks for that note! I try a W2K3 Server and 8.0.2 CUCM DVD at 7845H2 HW and it boots from DVD.

The medium 8.6.2 CUCM still not works in this 7845 H2 HW. But it works on other HW.

Confusing.

Thanks for your support.

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[Aman Soi]

Hi,

what is the exact MCS Hardware u are using ?

regds,

aman

[armin.wagenfuehr]

7845H2

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[Aman Soi]

Hi ,

Model has to be like

MCS7845H2-K9-CMA1
MCS7845H2-K9-CMA2
MCS7845H2-K9-CMB1

MCS7845H2-K9-CMB2

MCS7845H2-K9-CMA1D
MCS7845H2-K9-CMA2D
MCS7845H2-K9-CMB1D

MCS7845H2-K9-CMB2D

MCS7845H2-K9-CMC1
MCS7845H2-K9-CMC2

I was referring the Hardware compatibility matrix to find the CUCM support.Can u confirm which model u are using ?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6790/ps5748/ps378/prod_brochure0900aecd8062a4f9.html

regds,

aman

[armin.wagenfuehr]

MCS7845H2-K9-UCB1 , it is not at this matrix. It seems it is a CUC Server.

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[Aman Soi]

Hi,

yes , you are correct  it is a Unity Connection server.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6789/ps5745/ps6509/data_sheet_c78-491743.html

Cisco Unity Connection 7.x Currently Shipping Supported Platforms

Cisco MCS 7825	Cisco MCS 7835	Cisco MCS 7845
Cisco MCS 7825I4-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7825H4-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7825-I4-ECS1 Cisco MCS 7825-H4-ECS1	Cisco MCS 7835I3-K9-UCB2 Cisco MCS 7835I2-K9-UCB1A Cisco MCS 7835H2-K9-UCB1A Cisco MCS 7835I2-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7835H2-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7835l2-K9-UCA1A Cisco MCS 7835H2-K9-UCA1A Cisco MCS 7835-I2-ECS11 Cisco MCS 7835-H2-ECS11 Cisco MCS 7835-I2-ECS22 Cisco MCS 7835-H2-ECS22	Cisco MCS 7845I3-K9-UCB2 Cisco MCS 7845I2-K9-UCB1A Cisco MCS 7845H2-K9-UCB1A Cisco MCS 7845I2-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7845H2-K9-UCB1 Cisco MCS 7845l2-K9-UCA1A Cisco MCS 7845H2-K9-UCA1A Cisco MCS 7845-H2-ECS13 Cisco MCS 7845-H2-ECS24 Cisco MCS 7845-H2-ECS3 Cisco MCS 7845-H2-ECS45 Cisco MCS 7845-I2-ECS13 Cisco MCS 7845-I2-ECS24 Cisco MCS 7845-I2-ECS3 Cisco MCS 7845-I2-ECS45

regds,

aman