Where is 9?

[John Huthmaker]

I have software assuance with all of my Unified Communications products.  I'd like to start testing 9 in a lab.  I still havent seen anything other than the refresh cop files available for download.  Is there a way to request them from Tac, or do they have a special site they can be downloaded at?           

[Craig Cooper]

Hi John,

Given that you have a support contract, that does cover the product, you can order it via the Product Upgrade Tool (and even use Electronic Delivery if needed).

Kind regards,

Craig

[John Huthmaker]

If I do that, will it invalidate my Call Manager 8.6 licenses?  I'd love to get my hands it to start testing, but I cant risk my production enviornment losing its live licenses.

[Craig Cooper]

Hi John,

I don't know about the license side of things... but the installation software can certainly be provided via PUT.

Kind regards,

Craig

[barry]

Correct. You need upgrade licenses to run 9.0. An 8.6 license on it's own won't work.

If you download and install 9.0 as a new system you get a 60 day eval license; this is not the same as in older systems when you got a time unlimited demo license.

You'll need active ESW/UCSS on your CUCM installation to be able to order the software through PUT.

HTH.

Barry Hesk

Intrinsic Network Solutions