I had the same issue in my lab going from 10.5.2SU3 to 10.5.2SU6. The Publisher hung at the end, but the Subscriber finished the upgrade normally.
I let the Publisher sit for at least 16hrs just to see if it would finish, or timeout, or other. It was happy to sit in upgrading mode. Nothing in the logs indicate why it hung at that point.
I rebooted the publisher, then switched versions, and followed it with a switch versions on the Subscriber. Everything seems to have come back just fine (it's a lab though, so I haven't verified most of the features).
I seem to recall having similar issues when I upgraded to 10.5.2SU3. I was hoping to find a root cause, but the workaround seems to have done the trick.
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Ultimately I came up empty on this. After lots of testing/troubleshooting and working with TAC we found this:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/interfaces/NIM/software/configuration/guide/b-ConfVoiFxNIM.html#con_1136968
I deployed Cisco 4XXX gateways using 4th Generation NIMs. In the document above, MoH from a live feed is explicitly unsupported.
I'm sure the CUCM rebroadcast of a multicast stream will work just fine... I would just need to find a different source.
It turns out what the customer really wanted is a way for employees to listen to the local radio station while at their desk. MoH really wouldn't be a great solution for that.
If I had time, I may have found a way to configure a phone service which would simply listen for a multicast stream and play it on the speakerphone. I'll leave that for an exercise when I have lots of free time.
Brad.
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Does anyone know if you could create an IP Phone service which would just listen for/play the multicast stream? This would take most of the onus off of call control for resources (active calls and conferencing). I've never done this and don't really know where to start.
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I had a request today to provide the ability for a user to listen to a local radio broadcast over their VOIP Phone.
The local broadcast itself would be 'digitized' using a 3.5mm input into an FXO port and probably multicast broadcast from there.
What solutions would there be to have a user dial into "something" and listen to the broadcast at their desk?
I think that using software conferencing would be infeasible resource wise. If I was to assume 50 users wanted to use this feature, then I would have to increase the ad-hoc conferencing max participants to accommodate (which would totally eat up the available software conferencing resources).
Could you call a number and configure it to automatically put you on hold, and leverage MoH?
Maybe leverage the call queuing feature and not have any agents online?
Apparently this was an option on a PBX this client previously used.
Thanks in advance for any insight and ideas.
Brad.
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I have a customer who wants to broadcast MoH from a local radio station via 3.5mm or USB connector.
There have been posts about using an E&M or FXO port in a Cisco ISR to do this.
In the 11.5 SRND, the following information is given:
"Beginning with Cisco Unified CM 11.5, Cisco IOS routers can be configured to provide a multicast audio RTP stream from a .wav file or externally connected audio source. The audio source can be from a .wav file, CD player, radio, or other audio device connected to the Cisco IOS router."
1) What is really different here than what was previously done?
2) Is there any way to leverage the USB connection on an ISR4000 series?
3) Has anyone successfully used the 3.5mm connection to FXO and what did you use to interface (ie. a commercial 3.5 to RJxx connector or a DIY connection by cutting a 3.5 and crimping into the appropriate RJxx)
Thanks for any insight!
Brad.
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