Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco Emergency Responder 2.0(3)
Hardware and Software Requirements
Support for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1
Changing the Publisher's IP Address on a CER Server
Help Screen for the ERL Debug Tool Page Goes to Call History Help Page
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco Emergency Responder 2.0(3)
January 04, 2008
These release notes describe the feature enhancement and caveats for Cisco Emergency Responder (Cisco ER) 2.0(3).
Contents
These release notes provide the following information:
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Hardware and Software Requirements
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Hardware and Software Requirements
Cisco ER 2.0 supports a variety of hardware and software components, as shown in the following tables.
Note
The type of support can differ between types of hardware; read the tables carefully to determine how Cisco ER will work with the devices you use.
Table 1 lists other software that you must install to use Cisco ER 2.0.
Table 2 contains optional software that is recommended for use with Cisco ER 2.0.
Table 3 lists the different types of phones that support Cisco ER 2.0. The type of support Cisco ER 2.0 supplies differs depending on the type of phone and the type of switch port to which the phone is attached.
Note
Cisco ER supports SNMP version 1, version 2, and version 2c of a LAN switch.
Table 4 lists the switches that are supported for automatic tracking. You can use other switches, but you might have to manually define phones attached to those switches.
Cisco ER 2.0 supports the Cisco MCS Unified Communications Manager Appliance platforms shown in Table 5; Table 7 lists capacity for these platforms.
Note
The number of ERLs that can be deployed is determined by the number of route patterns and translation patterns configurable in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Note
Cisco ER does not support Cisco Integrated Communications System (ICS) 7750 servers.
Table 5 lists the supported Media Convergence Server (MCS) platforms.
Note
You must upgrade servers with less than 2 GB memory or less than 72 GB hard disk drive space.
Table 6 lists the supported Media Convergence Server (MCS) platforms for upgrades from Cisco ER 1.3 only. These servers are not supported for new installations.
Table 7 gives capacity information for Cisco Emergency Responder, assuming one synthetic voice alert per emergency call.
Related Documentation
Cisco Emergency Responder Documentation
Refer to the publications for Cisco ER 2.0. Navigate from the following documentation URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps842/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation
Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation Guide and other publications specific to your Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Documentation
Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Documentation Guide and other publications that are specific to your Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7273/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
New and Changed Information
The topics below contain new and changed information that are introduced in Cisco Emergency Responder release 2.0(3), but are not documented in the Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide 2.0 or Cisco Emergency Responder User's Guide 1.3(1).
Support for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1
Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide 2.0 does not specifically reference Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1. When you are configuring Cisco Emergency Responder to support Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1, follow the procedures for Configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0.
Changing the Publisher's IP Address on a CER Server
You can change the IP address of a Cisco ER Publisher by using the following procedure:
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Change the IP address on the Cisco ER Publisher by using one of the following options:
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In Cisco Unified Operating System Administration, enter the new IP address in
Settings > IP > Ethernet. Refer to the "Cisco Unified Operating System Administration Web Interface For Cisco Emergency Responder" appendix chapter in the Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide.–
On the command-line interface (CLI), configure the new IP address with the set network ip command. Refer to the "Command Line Interface" appendix chapter in the Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide.
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Once the Publisher reboots, login to Cisco Unified Operating System Administration on the Cisco ER Subscriber.
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Choose Settings > IP > Publisher. Cisco Unified Operating System Administration displays the old IP address of the Publisher. Enter the new IP address of the Publisher in the Edit box and click on Save.
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Reboot the Subscriber immediately, so that the Cisco ER Publisher maintains communication with the Cisco ER Subscriber.
Installation Notes
This section describes upgrade information for Cisco ER 2.0(3) and includes these topics:
Supported Upgrades
You must upgrade to Cisco ER 1.3.x or later before you can upgrade to Cisco ER 2.0(3). You cannot upgrade directly to Cisco ER 2.0(3) from earlier versions of Cisco ER.
Important Upgrade Notes
If you upgrade your system to Cisco ER 2.0(3) from Cisco ER 2.0(2), you can downgrade to Cisco ER 2.0(2).
Note
If you upgrade your system to Cisco ER 2.0(3) from Cisco ER 2.0(1), you should not downgrade to Cisco ER 2.0(1) because of known issues with Cisco ER 2.0(1).
If you upgrade your system to Cisco ER 2.0(3) from Cisco ER 1.3(2) or an earlier release, you cannot downgrade to the earlier release.
Important Notes
This section contains information on resolved defects for Cisco ER 2.0(3).
Help Screen for the ERL Debug Tool Page Goes to Call History Help Page
When you access the Help screen for the ERL Debug Tool using the following sequence—CER Admin GUI > Tools > ERL Debug Tool Page, the user is taken to the Call History Help page. For more information, refer to the Software Bug Toolkit for CSCsl74509.
Caveats
This section includes these topics:
Using Bug Toolkit
Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of:
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All severity level 1 or 2 bugs.
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Significant severity level 3 bugs.
You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:
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Internet connection
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Web browser
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Cisco.com user ID and password
To use the Software Bug Toolkit, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
To access the Bug Toolkit, go to http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/action.do?hdnAction=searchBugs.
Step 2
Log in with your Cisco.com user ID and password.
Step 3
To look for information about a specific problem, enter the bug ID number in the "Search for Bug ID" field, then click Go.
Open Caveats
Table 8 lists Severity 1, 2 and 3 defects that are open for Cisco ER 2.0(3).
For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.
Because defect status continually changes, be aware that Table 8 reflects a snapshot of the defects that were open at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of open defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in the Using Bug Toolkit.
Resolved Caveats
Table 9 lists Severity 1, 2 and 3 defects that are resolved for Cisco ER 2.0(3).
For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.
Because defect status continually changes, be aware that Table 9 reflects a snapshot of the defects that were resolved at the time this report was compiled. For an updated view of resolved defects, access Bug Toolkit as described in the Using Bug Toolkit.
Documentation Updates
This section provides documentation changes that do not appear in the existing Cisco Emergency Responder documentation or the online help for the application.
Migrating Cisco ER Data
Before you begin migrating data from a Cisco ER 1.3 system to a Cisco ER 2.0 system with Data Migration Assistance (DMA), verify that the server meets the list of supported hardware. Refer to Hardware and Software Requirements for more information.
Perform the following tasks before migrating data with DMA:
Table 10 Procedures to Follow Before Running DMA for Cisco Emergency Responder
Procedure ReferenceUse the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Backup and Restore Utility (BARS) to back up your data on the Cisco Emergency Responder publisher. You can use the BARS backup to fall back to your current software versions, if necessary.
Refer to the appropriate version of Backup and Restore Utility Administration Guide and related documentation at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html
Create the following directory on the publisher server:
C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\CiscoER\Subscriber_backup
Copy the call history files from the Cisco Emergency Responder subscriber that are located in C:\Program FIles\Cisco Systems\CiscoER\callHistory into the directory that you created on the publisher.
For more information, refer to the appropriate version of Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide.
Disable Cisco Security Agent.
After you complete the migration with DMA, be sure to verify that the backup file is not stored in the local directory of the server that is being upgraded. Copy the file to another location.
Note
The Cisco ER 1.3.x server and user licenses are not migrated. You must obtain a new set of Cisco ER 2.0 server and user licenses from Cisco. Please refer to the Cisco Emergency Responder Administration Guide for more information on obtaining licenses.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, 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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Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses. Any examples, command display output, and figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.
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