06-25-2010 01:07 AM - edited 03-19-2019 01:08 AM
Hello Everyone,
Hope doing well!
I had to migrate a cluster in 4.2 to 7.1 version. Befor I would like to upgrade the gw of the remote sites to the 12.4(24)T version, and then, some days after, migrate the CUCM. Is there any compatibility matter between CUCM 4.2 and IOS 12.4(24)T? I know that the embedded SRST 7.1 is ok with 4.2 (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6788/vcallcon/ps2169/prod_qas0900aecd8028d113.html), but what about the other features? Maybe wrong question but i would like to be sure
Thanks everyone, have a nice day!
Cheers,
Greg
06-25-2010 08:31 AM
Hi Greg,
You should be fine with that IOS for 7.1.2. Check http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/vtgsca/VTGServlet for more details on recommended versions...
Cheers,
Jose
06-28-2010 06:36 AM
Hello,
Thanks a lot for your answer... But my question was more about the compatibility between 12(4)24T and CUCM 4.2? The link you provided start at the 5.0 CUCM's versions...
Thanks again,
Gregory
06-28-2010 12:35 PM
Hi Greg,
Since CUCM 4,x became EoS/EoL before the 12.4.24.T, I'm don't think that particular compatibility test has been performed. My experience on similar situations tells me that you should be fine in most cases (certainly if you use H.323 as the control protocol) but I'd recommend you test that combination in a lab first and also that you open a case with TAC for further confirmation.
Cheers,
Jose
06-29-2010 09:04 AM
Greg and Jose,
Althought Cisco does not backwardly test IOS versions against older versions of CUCM, there should not be an issue with it. Since SRST functionality is normally isolated from CUCM versions, SRST is not normally an issue. Additionally, Cisco does not depricate backward compatibility. So even though you're moving up IOS verisons, it shouldl still support older CUCM versions.
As mentioned by Jose, it's always good to validate this in the lab prior to making a production change, but I would not expect any issues with deploying a newer IOW with an older CUCM version.
Thanks,
Dan Keller
Technical Marketing Engineer
06-30-2010 01:51 AM
Hello,
Thank to both of you, that answers fit well for me!
Have a nice day!
Greg
10-04-2010 10:24 PM
Hi Daniel,
This is an interesting topic, as I see it coming up for discussion quite a bit these days.
Although my angle is normally CUCM version - is there a minimum IOS version required?
In the support matrices, IOS 15.x is listed as the only supported release on the routers for CUCM 7.1(3) and above.
Are you saying this is not the case?
My thoughts are that especially for H.323 and MGCP it would still work.
However the SRST version is also listed, and the other consideration would be SCCP conferencing, transcoding and MTP resources.
So does CUCM 7.1(3) + and IOS 12.4 = a supported configuration?
Cheers,
Tim.
10-05-2010 01:17 PM
I will try to repeat what I tought I heard Dan say, but in a slightly different way.
We have not tested CUCM 7.1(3) + and IOS 12.4. So regardless of stated support, you are taking a slight risk there.
We think that the risk is low and yes TAC will answer the call and do appropriate troubleshooting on this combination. If on the odd chance that you run into an interop issue between the two, we will have to look at the fix and the development/test effort to fix to determine how we address the issue.
In the end your safest path is to go with fully supported/tested sets. We realize that this is not always practicle or possible, and hence will support this to the best of our ability, but reailize that we can not guarantee that there will not be an upgrade required to fix some issues.
10-11-2010 07:23 AM
To hopefully close the loop on this question, Wade accurately summarized my response.
Thanks,
Dan Keller
Technical Marketing Engineer
10-05-2010 01:34 PM
12.4(24)T or 12.4(15)T will work fine with 7.1.3.
A large number of Cisco customers are running CUCM 7.1.x with 12.4T image.
HTH
Saeed
11-17-2010 04:14 AM
Hi Saeed,
I've same question for CUCM 8.0.
I've to migrate from 4.2 to 8.0.
Do you know if IOS 12.4T image works with CUCM 8.0 ?
Thanks in advance
Marco
11-17-2010 04:36 AM
Same question, only different version. Same answer with same guidance/caveats listed above.
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