About this Release

About Release Notes

This release describes new features, restrictions, and caveats for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified Communications Manager) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service (IM and Presence Service). The release notes are updated for every maintenance release but not for patches or hot fixes.

Supported Versions

The following software versions apply to Release 14:

  • Unified Communications Manager: 14.0.1.10000-20

  • IM and Presence Service: 14.0.1.10000-16

Version Compatibility Between Unified CM and the IM and Presence Service

Version compatibility depends on the IM and Presence Service deployment type. The following table outlines the options and whether a release mismatch is supported between the telephony deployment and the IM and Presence Service deployment. A release mismatch, if it is supported, would let you deploy your Unified Communications Manager telephony deployment and your IM and Presence Service deployment using different releases.


Note


Any respin or ES that is produced between Cisco.com releases is considered part of the previous release. For example, a Unified Communications Manager ES with a build number of 12.5.1.18[0-2]xx would be considered part of the 12.5(1)SU7 (12.5.1.17900-x) release.

For Release 12.5(1)SU7a, a Unified Communications Manager ES with a build number of 12.5.1.181xx would be considered part of the 12.5(1)SU7a (12.5.1.18100-x) release.

For Release 12.5(1)SU8a, a Unified Communications Manager ES with a build number of 12.5.1.19[0-2]xx would be considered part of the 12.5(1)SU8a (12.5.1.18901-1) release.


Table 1. Version Compatibility between Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service

Deployment Type

Release Mismatch

Description

Standard Deployment of IM and Presence Service

Not supported

Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service are in the same cluster and must run the same release—a release mismatch is not supported.

Centralized Deployment of IM and Presence Service

Supported

The IM and Presence Service deployment and the telephony deployment are in different clusters and can run different releases—a release mismatch is supported.

Note

 
The IM and Presence Service central cluster also includes a standalone Unified CM publisher node for database and user provisioning. This non-telephony node must run the same release as the IM and Presence Service.

Note

 
Centralized Deployment is supported for the IM and Presence Service from Release 11.5(1)SU4 onward.