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Change History

Table 1. Mobile and Remote Access Through Cisco Expressway Deployment Guide Change History

Date

Change

Reason

April 2020

Various clarifications and corrections to the guide.

Document corrections & enhancements

December 2019

Various clarifications to the guide:

  • Reverse DNS requirement updates

  • TLS verify subject name requirement

  • Minimum TLS version pre-11.5(1)SU3

  • No call preservation if node fails

Document corrections & enhancements

March 2019

Clarify that from X12.5, local DNS no longer requires _cisco-uds._tcp.<domain> SRV records (still recommended).

Document correction

February 2019

Clarify UID mapping is mandatory on IdP for single, cluster-wide SAML agreement.

Content enhancement

February 2019

Add Jabber 12.5 clients to supported endpoints for ICE passthrough (subject to Unified CM 12.5).

Software dependency change

January 2019

Document correction

January 2019

Updated for X12.5.

X12.5 release

September 2018

Updated for X8.11.2 (change to Unsupported Expressway Features and Limitations for chat/messaging if user authentication by OAuth refresh).

X8.11.2 release

September 2018

Updated for Webex and Spark platform rebranding, and for X8.11.1 maintenance release.

Added, to Unsupported Expressway Features and Limitations section, a known issue with chat/messaging services over MRA if user authentication is by OAuth refresh (self-describing tokens).

X8.11.1 release

Clarification

July 2018

Included Hunt Group support, subject to Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.5(1)SU5 or later fixed version.

Software dependency change

July 2018

Updated for X8.11. Also removed port reference topic, which is now available in the Cisco Expressway IP Port Usage Guide.

X8.11 release

May 2018

Clarify MFT over MRA is not supported when using an unrestricted version of IM and Presence Service.

Clarification

March 2018

Clarify no Jabber support for redundant UDS services.

Clarification

December 2017

Added configuration step to enable SIP protocol (disabled by default on new installs).

Content defect

November 2017

Clarified which Cisco IP Phones in the 88xx series support MRA (Configuration Overview section).

Content defect

September 2017

Added links to information about supported features for MRA-connected endpoints. Add information about Collaboration Solutions Analyzer.

Content enhancement

August 2017

Deskphone control functions bullet removed from "Unsupported Contact Center Features" as not applicable.

Content defect

July 2017

Clarify required versions for Unified Communications software. Corrected duplicated prerequisites for Push Notifications feature.

Content defect

July 2017

Updated.

X8.10 release

April 2017

Added details on partial support for Cisco Jabber SDK features.

Content defect

January 2017

Updated section on unsupported features when using MRA. Added description of Maintenance Mode. Clarified that Expressway-C and Expressway-E need separate IP addresses.

X8.9.1 release

December 2016

Updated.

X8.9 release

September 2016

Unsupported deployments section updated. Minimum versions note about TLS added.

Clarification to avoid misconfiguration

August 2016

Updated DNS prerequisite to create reverse lookup entries for Expressway-E.

Customer found defect

June 2016

HTTP Allow list feature updates.

X8.8 release

Entries before X8.8 are removed for clarity

This Guide Does not Apply for the VCS


Important

New features in software version X12.5 and later are not supported for the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) product. They apply only to the Cisco Expressway Series (Expressway) product. This software version is provided for the VCS for maintenance and bug fixing purposes only.


From version X12.5 onwards, this guide applies only to the Cisco Expressway Series product (Expressway) and no longer applies to the Cisco VCS product (VCS).

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