Release Notes for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.5(1)
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- Release Notes for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.5(1)
- Contents
- System Requirements
- Upgrade Information
- Determining the Software Version
- Cisco Unity Connection Application
- Using Cisco Unity Connection Administration
- Using the Command-Line Interface
- Cisco Personal Communications Assistant Application
- Cisco Unified Communications Operating System
- Using Cisco Unified Operating System Administration
- Using the Command-Line Interface
- Related Documentation
- New Functionality-Release 11.5(1)
- Support for Video Messaging
- Custom Roles
- Disable Inactive User Accounts
- Logon Session Limit
- PIN Synchronization between Unity Connection and Cisco Unified CM
- Auto Advance After Forward
- Enhanced Credential Policy
- Ensuring File Integrity
- Changed Functionality - Release 11.5(1)
- Next Generation Security
- Customized Log-on Message
- Support for Media Player
- SAML SSO Access
- Enhancements in Existing APIs
- Cisco Unity Connection Provisioning Interface
- Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface
- Installation and Upgrade Information
- Installing Cisco Unity Connection for the First Time on a Virtual Machine
- Downloading a VMware OVA Template for a Unity Connection 11.5(1) Virtual Machine
- Installation and Upgrade Notes
- Installing Additional Unity Connection Languages
- Reverting a Server to the Unity Connection Version on the Inactive Partition
- Limitations and Restrictions
- Secure Messaging Limitations Regarding ViewMail
- Using Internet Explorer for Playing Voice Messages May Raise Issues
- Caveats
- Resolved Caveats
- Open Caveats—Unity Connection Release 11.5(1)
- Related Caveats—Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.5(1) Components Used by Unity Connection 11.5(1)
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
- Cisco Product Security Overview
Release Notes for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.5(1)
Published June, 2016
These release notes contain information on Cisco Unity Connection 11.5(1) new and changed functionality, upgrade information, limitations, and restrictions.
System Requirements
System Requirements for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/requirements/b_11xcucsysreqs.html.
Upgrade Information
You can upgrade from Unity Connection 11.0(1), 10.x, 9.x, and 8.x to Unity Connection 11.5(1).For more information on upgrade process and supported upgrade paths, see the "Upgrading Cisco Unity Connection" chapter of the Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/install_upgrade/guide/b_11xcuciumg.html
Determining the Software Version
This section contains procedures for determining the version in use for the following software:
Cisco Unity Connection Application
This section contains two procedures. Use the applicable procedure, depending on whether you want to use Unity Connection Administration or a command-line interface (CLI) session to determine the version.
Cisco Personal Communications Assistant Application
Cisco Unified Communications Operating System
This section contains two procedures. Use the applicable procedure, depending on whether you want to use Cisco Unified Operating System Administration or a command-line interface session to determine the version.
Related Documentation
For virtualization requirements, see the "Requirements for Installing Unity Connection 11.x on a Virtual Machine" section and for the default licensefile, see the "Licensing Requirements" section of the System Requirements for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/requirements/b_11xcucsysreqs.html.
- For instructions on migrating from an existing Unity Connection physical server to a new virtual machine, see the "Migrating a Physical Server to a Virtual Machine" section of "Maintaining Unity Connection Server" chapter of the Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/install_upgrade/guide/b_11xcuciumg.html.
- For more information on Unity Connection complete documentation see the Documentation Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/roadmap/b_11xcucdg.html.
New Functionality-Release 11.5(1)
This section contains information about new functionality in the 11.5(1) release time frame only.
Support for Video Messaging
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, a user or an outside caller can send video message to another user using video enabled end point in case of Ring No Answer(RNA).
For more information on video messaging, see the "Video Messaging" chapter of Design Guide for Cisco Unity Connection 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/design/guide/b_11xcucdg.html.
Custom Roles
With release 11.5(1) and later, the role based access policy of Unity Connection has been changed by providing the following types of roles:
- System Roles - System Roles are the predefined roles that come installed with Unity Connection. The administrator can assign these roles to any user as applicable. These roles cannot be modified or deleted.
- Custom Roles - Custom Roles are the roles that a system administrator can create with a list of privileges based on the organizational requirements.
For more information on Custom Roles functionality , see "User Attributes" chapter of System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/administration/guide/b_cucsag/b_cucsag_chapter_010101.html#id_17479
Disable Inactive User Accounts
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, administrator can configure the number of days for user inactivity timeout. If a user does not login to the voicemail account for the configured numbers of days, the account is disabled and further access is denied.
For more information, see "Configuring Inactivity Timeout" section in "Passwords, PINs, and Authentication Rule Management" chapter of Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/security/b_11xcucsecx.html.
Note
By default, the feature is disabled.Logon Session Limit
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, the administrator can configure maximum number of concurrent sessions that a user can have on telephony, Visual Voicemail and IMAP interfaces. If the user attempts a new session beyond the configured maximum limit, the call gets disconnected.
For information on the feature, see "Restricting the Maximum Concurrent Sessions" section of "Passwords, PINs, and Authentication Rule Management" chapter of Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/security/b_11xcucsecx.html.
PIN Synchronization between Unity Connection and Cisco Unified CM
With Unity Connection 11.5 (1) and later, a new feature, PIN Synchronization is introduced that allows the user to maintain common telephony PIN for accessing the applications like Cisco Unity Connection Voicemail, Extension Mobility, Conference Now and Mobile Connect.
For more information on PIN Synchronization, see the "PIN Synchronization between Unity Connection and Cisco Unified CM" section of the "User Settings" chapter of the System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/administration/guide/b_cucsag.html.
Auto Advance After Forward
With Unity Connection 11.5 (1) and later, administrator can configure Unity Connection to move to the next message in the message stack by skipping the After Message Menu whenever a user forwards the current message through Telephone User Interface.
To enable this feature, login to Cisco Unity Connection Administration and check the Automatically Advance to the Next Message check box in the After Forwarding the Message section on the Playback Message Settings page of the user or the user template.
Note
Make sure to enable the feature on user template settings before creating a new user.For field information, see Help > This Page.
Enhanced Credential Policy
With Unity Connection 11.5 (1) and later, the administrator can specify the minimum number of characters that user must change between old and new password character sequence.
To enable the feature, login to Cisco Unity Connection Administration, navigate to System Settings > Authentication Rules and enter a value for the minimum number of characters change in the Minimum Number of Character Changes between Successive Credentials field.
For more information on authentication rules, see "Defining Authentication Rules to Specify Password, PIN, and Lockout Policies" section in the "Passwords, PINs, and Authentication Rule Management" chapter in the Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at, https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/security/b_11xcucsecx.html.
Ensuring File Integrity
Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later provides the SHA-512 checksum value to ensure the integrity of the download files.
For more information, see the "Ensuring File Integrity" section of the "Securing Administration and Services Accounts" chapter of the Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at, https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/security/b_11xcucsecx.html.
Changed Functionality - Release 11.5(1)
This section contains information about changed functionality in the 11.5(1) release time frame only.
Next Generation Security
Cisco Unity Connection supports Next Generation Security that provides confidentiality, integrity, and authentication through Suite B cryptographic algorithm. Suite B algorithm includes various components, such as AES encryption and ECDSA ciphers to meet security and scalability requirements of an organization.
In addition to SIP and SRTP interfaces, beginning with release 11.5(1) and later, Unity Connection has enhanced supports for Next Generation Security over HTTPS and SMTP interfaces.
For more information on Next Generation Security, see the Next Generation Security chapter of Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection 11.x at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/security/b_11xcucsecx.html.
Customized Log-on Message
In Unity Connection 11.0(1) and earlier releases, the administrator can configure Cisco Unity Connection to display a Customized Log-on Message on the login screen as well as home screen of the different web interfaces of Unity Connection, such as Cisco Unity Connection Administration and Cisco Unity Connection Serviceability.
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, the administrator can additionally configure Cisco Unity Connection to display the Customized Log-on Message in pop-up window whenever a user accesses the interfaces. The user must acknowledge the pop-up window to successfully accesses the interface.
For more information, see "Software Upgrades" chapter of the Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 11.x available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/os_administration/b_11xcucosagx.html.
Support for Media Player
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, Media Master is replaced with a new enhanced Media Player that provides improved user experience. You can use Media Player to play, record, upload and download the voice name of the user, contact, distribution list, handler and greetings using phone.
For more information on Media Player, see the "Working with the Media Player in the Messaging Assistant Web Tool (Release 11.5 and later)" chapter of the User Guide for the Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Assistant Web Tool (Release 11.x) available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/user/guide/assistant/b_11xcucugasst.html .
SAML SSO Access
Single sign-on allows you to access multiple Cisco collaboration applications after logging on to one of the application. In releases earlier to Unity Connection 11.5(1), when administrator enables SSO, each cluster node generates its own service provider metadata (SP metadata) file with a URL and a certificate. Each generated file has to be uploaded separately to the Identity Provider (IDP) server. As the IDP server considers each IDP and SAML exchange as a separate agreement, the number of agreement created is equivalent to the number of nodes in the cluster.
To improve the user experience and to reduce the total cost of the solution for large deployments, Unity Connection 11.5(1) can be configured in any of the two SAML SSO modes.
- Per node: Per node SSO mode allows you to import data using separate metadata file for each node in a cluster.
- Cluster wide: Cluster wide SSO mode allows you to import data using only one metadata file per cluster.
For more information on SAML SSO modes and the default configuration, see Quick Start Guide for SAML SSO Access at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/quick_start/guide/b_11xcucqssamlsso.html
Enhancements in Existing APIs
The following APIs have new functionality in this release:
Cisco Unity Connection Provisioning Interface
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, Cisco Unity Connection Provisioning Interface (CUPI) API has been enhanced to search users based on the corporate email address. CUPI API enhancements include the following:
- emailaddress is <emailaddress@domain.com>
- emailaddress startswith <emailaddress@domain.com>
- emailaddress isnull
- emailaddress isnotnull
For information on the CUPI API, see http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Cisco_Unity_Connection_Provisioning_Interface_%28CUPI%29_API_--_User_API#Listing_Users_based_on_Email_Address
Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface
With Unity Connection 11.5(1) and later, Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface (CUMI) API has been enhanced to return additional attributes such as, Unique Serial Number (USN) and UID Validity for mailbox folder operations.
For more information on CUMI API, see http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Cisco_Unity_Connection_Messaging_Interface_%28CUMI%29_API_--_Using_the_CUMI_API#About_Mailboxes_and_Folders
Installation and Upgrade Information
Installing Cisco Unity Connection for the First Time on a Virtual Machine
You must download and deploy a VMware OVA template, which automatically configures the virtual machine for Unity Connection. To download the template, see the next section, “Downloading a VMware OVA Template for a Unity Connection 11.5(1) Virtual Machine.” The installation and migration documentation tells you when to deploy the template.
Downloading a VMware OVA Template for a Unity Connection 11.5(1) Virtual Machine
ProcedureIt is recommended to use VMware OVA template to configure VMware for Unity Connection, which simplifies the process of configuring the virtual machine. If you want to deploy the VMware OVA template for Unity Connection, do the following procedure to download the OVA file.
Procedure to download a VMware OVA template:
Step 1 Sign in to a computer with a high-speed Internet connection, and go to the Voice and Unified Communications Downloads page at http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=280082558.
Note To access the software download page, you must be signed in to Cisco.com as a registered user. Step 2 In the tree control on the Downloads page, expand Products > Unified Communications >Unified Communications Applications > Messaging > Unity Connection, and select Cisco Unity Connection Virtualization. Step 3 On the Download Software page, select OVA-11.5(1), and the download links appear on the right side of the page. Step 4 Confirm that the computer you are using has sufficient hard-disk space for the downloaded files. (The download file sizes appear below the download links.) Step 5 Select the applicable link to download.
Restricted version UCSInstall_UCOS_11.5.1.11900-26.sgn.iso Unrestricted version UCSInstall_UCOS_UNRST_11.5.1.11900-26.sgn.iso The following configurations are available with the OVA file, and you can select the required configurations for deploying the OVA template:
- For up to 1,000 Unity Connection users.
- For up to 5,000 Unity Connection users.
- For up to 10,000 Unity Connection users.
Configures four virtual CPUs, 6 GB RAM, and two 146-GB virtual disks with the file system aligned at 64 KB blocks.
Comes in 3 variations: 146 GB, 300 GB, and 500 GB. In 300 GB and 500 GB variations, the datastore where the Unity Connection virtual machine will reside must be formatted with a VMware VMFS block size of 2 MB or more. A block size of 1 MB limits the maximum virtual hard disk size to 256 GB. A block size of 2 MB allows 512 GB virtual disks.
- For up to 20,000 Unity Connection users.
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installing Additional Unity Connection Languages
Note
All the locales for Unity Connection 11.5(1) will be released soon.For instructions on installing additional Unity Connection languages on the following server types, see the referenced documentation:
- On a Unity Connection server, see the “Adding and Removing Unity Connection Languages” section of “Maintaining Cisco Unity Connection Server” chapter of the Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/11x/install_upgrade/guide/b_11xcuciumg.html.
If you are installing Japanese because you want Cisco Unity Connection Administration to be localized, you must also install the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Japanese locale. See the “Locale Installation” section in the “Software Upgrades” chapter of the applicable Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-maintenance-guides-list.html.
If you are installing other languages because you want the Cisco Personal Communications Assistant to be localized, you must also install the corresponding Cisco Unified Communications Manager locales. See the “Locale Installation” section in the “Software Upgrades” chapter of the Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.
Reverting a Server to the Unity Connection Version on the Inactive Partition
If you revert from Unity Connection 11.5(1) to an earlier version of Unity Connection, some of the data for new Unity Connection 11.5(1) features is lost and cannot be retrieved when you upgrade again to Unity Connection 11.5(1).
Limitations and Restrictions
Caveats
This section contains the following caveat information:
Resolved Caveats
You can find the latest caveat information for Cisco Unity Connection version 11.5(1) by using the Bug Search tool, an online tool available for customers to query defects according to their own needs at https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/search?kw=*&pf=prdNm&pfVal=280082558&rls=11.5&sb=fr&svr=3nH&bt=custV. Bug Search tool is available at https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch. To access Bug Search tool, you must be logged on to Cisco.com as a registered user.
Open Caveats—Unity Connection Release 11.5(1)
This section list any Severity 1, 2, and 3 open caveats when Unity Connection version 11.5(1) was released.
Table 1 Unity Connection Release 11.5(1) and Unity Connection in Cisco Business Edition 11.5(1) Open Caveats Caveat Number Component Severity Description CSCva84379 Admin 3 User with Help Desk Administrator Role not changing user PIN CSCva84292 Build 3 Post upgrade CallManager-trust CA cert disappeared from the CUCxN PUB CSCuz44380 Conversations 3 Evaluation of connection for NTP_April_2016 CSCva82761 Conversations 3 UC - VVM Race Condition Locks Miu Threads - Causes RNA CSCva38762 Database 3 Unity connection upgrade failed - Failed to connect to datasource CSCva61873 Database 3 'Europe/Kaliningrad' time zone is set to (GMT+03:00) Related Caveats—Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.5(1) Components Used by Unity Connection 11.5(1)
Table 2 describes the Cisco Unified CM components used by Unity Connection. Caveat information for the Cisco Unified CM components is available in Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 11.5(1) at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/unified-communications-manager-callmanager/products-release-notes-list.html.
Table 2 Cisco Unified CM 11.5(1) Components Used by Unity Connection 11.5(1) Cisco Unified CM Component
Description
backup-restore
Backup and restore utilities
ccm-serviceability
Cisco Unified Serviceability web interface
cdp
Cisco Discovery Protocol Drivers
cli
Command-line interface (CLI)
cmui
Certain elements in the Unity Connection web interfaces (such as search tables and splash screens)
cpi-afg
Cisco Unified Communications Answer File Generator
cpi-appinstall
Installation and upgrades
cpi-cert-mgmt
Certificate management
cpi-diagnose
Automated diagnostics system
cpi-os
Cisco Unified Communications Operating System
cpi-platform-api
Abstraction layer between the Cisco Unified Communications Operating System and the applications hosted on the platform
cpi-security
Security for connections to the server
cpi-service-mgr
Service Manager (ServM)
cpi-vendor
External vendor issues
cuc-tomcat
Apache Tomcat and third-party software
database
Installation and access to the configuration database (IDS)
database-ids
IDS database patches
ims
Identity Management System (IMS)
rtmt
Real-Time Monitoring Tool (RTMT)
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