CUCM BE6K & BE7K

[ahmed samir]

the CCW has a call manager announcement without any retirement documents as they will reach the EOS by 2-3-23 so is there any documents for a replacement or suggestions ?? 

[b.winter]

Hi,
I don't really get what you are trying to say.
What are you searching for as a replacement? Only the hardware server?

[ahmed samir]

yes i was searching for the HW server and i found that the replacement is the M6 but it is still in the pre-launching mode also not available on the CCW too, so we have to wait 

[Jonathan Schulenberg]

You can spec out an equivalent M6 chassis using the normal top-level PID for UCS: UCS-M6-MLB

http://cisco.com/go/virtualized-collaboration
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/virtualization/cisco-collaboration-infrastructure.html- see “ As Cisco Rack Server (UCS C-Series)” section.

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

There are 3 options today:
1) Use BE6K/7K M5 with 5-year HW support: this is for customers who still want the packaged offering and they need that today. It is EoL but end of sales is still a couple of months out.
2) Use Spec-based M6 HW: follow @Jonathan Schulenberg reply.
3) Wait for M6 BE servers: these are targeted for February. I will share with you budgetary pricing to take into account