Unity Connection H/W check for upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.1(5b)

[Beth Verish]

Greetings,

I'm having difficulty finding the answer to this on the cisco website.  I am planning to upgrade my unity connection cluster from v 7.1.3 to 7.1(5b).  My hardware is mcs-7845h2-k9-uca1.  Is this ok to go to 7.1(5b)?

Thanks,

Beth

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Beth,

Just to add another reference to the great tips from Justin (+5)

Your server is, in fact, supported into the 8.x (8.5) train so you are good to go;

Cisco MCS 7845-H2 Media Convergence Servers (HP)

Revised June 23, 2010

Table 24     Cisco MCS 7845-H2 Media Convergence Servers 

Feature	Description
Model numbers	Cisco, version 1: •MCS 7845-H2-UC1 •MCS 7845-H2-ECS1 Cisco, version 2: •MCS 7845-H2-ECS2 •MCS 7845-H2-K9-UCA1 Cisco, version 3: •MCS7845H2K9-UCA1A •MCS7845H2-K9-UCB1 HP DL380G5 Dual Processor
Supplier	Shipped by Cisco or provided by customer; manufactured by HP
Platform overlay	3
Form factor	Rack-mount
Mounting	2 RU
Processor(s)	Intel Dual-Core Xeon Woodcrest 2.33-GHz processor
RAM (as shipped)	4 GB
Hard disk	Version 1: Eight 72-GB hard disks Version 2: Four 72-GB hard disks Version 3: Four 146-GB hard disks
RAID controller	P400 controller (part number: 405132-B21)
RAID configuration	RAID 1
Total available disk space	Version 1: 134 GB after you remove four hard disks to support Connection 8.x, or 272 GB if you replace 72-GB hard disks with 146-GB hard disks to support Connection clusters Version 2: 134 GB, or 272 GB if you replace 72-GB hard disks with 146-GB hard disks to support Connection clusters Version 3: 272 GB
Hardware reconfiguration required	Version 1 servers require that you: •Remove 4 hard disks (shipped with 8 hard disks). •Replace the remaining 72 GB hard disks with 146 GB or larger hard disks. Version 2 servers require that you replace 72 GB hard disks with 146 GB or larger hard disks.
Battery-backed write cache enabler (BBWC)	BBWC enabler (part number: 383280-B21)
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives	1 DVD-ROM drive
Tape drive	Optional
Power supply	Redundant
Remote management	Yes
Total number of available ports (Voice + TTS + Voice recognition) per server	144
Total number of users with mailboxes	10,000
Number of Cisco Personal Communications Assistant users	10,000
Total number of LDAP corporate directory users	10,000
Approximate message storage, G-711 codec, minutes	Versions 1 and 2: 97,500 Version 3: 240,000
Field-replaceable spares part numbers	Memory: MEM-7845-H2-1GB= Hard disk: HDD-7845-H2-72= and HDD-7845-H2-146= Power: PWR-7845-H2= Fan: FAN-7845-H2=
More information	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/products_data_sheets_list.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/8x/supported_platforms/8xcucspl.html#wp662306

Cheers!

Rob

[Justin Brenton]

Hi Beth,

It's usually a safe bet that if your upgrading within a major release that you do not have to upgrade your hardware but you can always check in the release notes for the upgrade.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/7x/release/notes/715cucrn.html#wp506366

HTH,

Justin