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Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6
Compatibility Matrix and Supported Upgrades
Downloading the Server Operating System
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6
Revised: April 1, 2009 OL-16911-01These release notes describe all versions of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6.
To view the release notes for all versions of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/prod_release_notes_list.html
You download Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager software from the Software Center: http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/pub/Redirect.x?mdfid=280889186
You must have an account on Cisco.com to access this site.
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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Introduction
This document contains information that supplements Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 documentation. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager contains the following components:
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Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager includes an internal ITU-T H.323 version 4-compliant gatekeeper to provide call-control for IP telephony and multimedia communication networks and an internal SIP User Agent to provide management and call-control for IP telephony and multimedia communication on SIP networks.
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System Requirements
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Customers upgrading from previous releases of this product can obtain the latest application and OS media. See the "Downloading the Server Operating System" section.
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Resource Manager and Network Manager—Automatically install with a 30-day demo license.
Desktop—Request an initial demo license.
To obtain an initial Desktop demo license, an extension to any of the demo licenses, or the permanent licenses of a purchased product, follow the instructions in the License Fulfillment document provided with the software or accessed via the Help icon in the Resource Manager web user interface.
All initial demo licenses are for 30 days and two additional extensions are allowed for a total evaluation period of 90 days.
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Compatibility Matrix and Supported Upgrades
Supports Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU Release 5.6 with High Definition Continuous Presence capability.
Supports Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series Gateway Release 5.6.
Related Documentation
You can find the following related documentation at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
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New and Changed Information
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 introduces the following features:
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For information about all available features and benefits, see the data sheet for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/products_data_sheets_list.html.
Table 1 provides comparison of features present in Microsoft Outlook Plug-in for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager releases 5.5 and 5.6.
Installation Notes
For step-by-step installation and upgrade instructions, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6.
Perform only one upgrade procedure on any single computer.
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For more information, see the "Compatibility Matrix and Supported Upgrades" section of the Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU Release 5.6.
We strongly recommend that you back up the database and configuration files before performing an upgrade procedure. For more information, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6.
Downloading the Server Operating System
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 requires the Cisco MCS servers to run the Cisco Media Convergence Server Operating System (MCS-OS), which is a Cisco Systems version of the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server operating system. The platform-specific version of the operating system is shipped automatically to customers purchasing this product for the first time.
Customers who are upgrading from previous releases of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager product installed on Windows 2000 Server need to back up the database and configuration files. Then they must reinstall the server operating system using MCS-OS 2003, minimum requirement is OS2003-1-2a, before installing the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6. We recommend that you also install the latest MCS OS Updates after the base operating system is installed.
You can download the Media Convergence Server operating system software updates from the Cisco.com Software Download tool at this location:
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/PlatformList.x?sftType=Voice%20Applications%20OS%20and%20BIOS%20Updates&mdfid=280771554&treeName=Voice+and+Unified+Communications&mdfLevel=Software%20Version/Option&url=null&modelName=Cisco+Unified+Communications+Manager+Version+4.3&isPlatform=N&treeMdfId=278875240&modifmdfid=null&imname=&hybrid=Y& imst=N
After the linked location is displayed, click CCM-OS v.2K to open the list and select the latest OS2003 updates. Open the accompanying README file and follow the update instruction.
Alternatively, you can find the download location from Cisco.com by following these instructions.
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The required operating system 2003.1(3b) is listed in the All Releases folder under CCM-OS v.2K folder. The latest Service Release (SR) at the time of this document's creation was SR5. Updated Service Releases are routinely posted, and you should use the latest service release.
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Technical documentation, release notes, and other file information are available to the right.
Caveats
Using Bug Toolkit
Known problems (defects) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of the following:
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You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
Before You Begin
To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:
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For information about how to search for defects, create saved searches, and create defect groups, click Help in the Bug Toolkit page.
Open Caveats
Table 2 describes possible unexpected behavior by Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager. Only severity 1, severity 2, and select severity 3 open caveats, as well as all customer-found defects, are provided in this document (highest severity listed first and then in alphanumeric order by identifier).
Unless otherwise noted, these caveats apply to all Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager releases. For details about an individual defect, click the identifier to access the online record for that defect in the Bug Toolkit.
Because defect status continually changes, be aware that the tables reflects a snapshot of the defects that were open at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of open defects, access the Bug Toolkit. For details, see the "Using Bug Toolkit" section.
Resolved Caveats
Troubleshooting
For detailed troubleshooting procedures, see the Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.
Documentation Updates
For the latest versions of all Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager documentation, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
This information was omitted from Installing and Configuring Microsoft Outlook Plug-in for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.6:
The body of a message sent using the Microsoft Outlook Plug-in for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager can contain a maximum of 2000 characters. Additional characters are not saved when the message is sent.
The Attendee Availability display is limited to 7 days.
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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