System Release Notes for IP Telephony: Cisco Unified Communications System, Release 8.5(1)
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System Release Notes for IP Telephony: Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000, 5000, 6000
Cisco Intercompany Media Engine
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco Unified Business/Department Attendant Console
Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console
Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway
Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Voicemail-Cisco Unity Express (SRSV-CUE)
Cisco Unified IP Phone Support
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
Cisco UC Integration™ for Microsoft Lync
Cisco Unified Communications for RTX
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance
Cisco Unified Operations Manager
Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager
Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager
Unified Computing System C-Series Blade Servers (Unified Communications Virtualization)
Latest Software Upgrades and Licenses
NextPort Digital Signal Processor card nearing end-of-life
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
System Release Notes for IP Telephony: Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1)
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Overview
As part of its standard methodology Cisco Systems performs system-wide testing of the Cisco Unified Communications family of products to supplement the product-level testing performed on each Cisco Unified Communications product.
A major deliverable of the System Release and Cisco Unified Communications System testing is a recommendation of compatible software releases that have been verified by the testing teams. The recommendations are not exclusive and are in addition to interoperability recommendations for each of the individual voice application or voice infrastructure products.
For information about component software releases for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1), see System Requirements, page 12. Software compatibility data for all Cisco Unified Communications System releases, as well as updated compatibility information for this release, is available from the Cisco Unified Communications Compatibility Tool at:
http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/vtgscaThis document focuses on the IP telephony components of Cisco Unified Communications system testing. Information about contact center components that were tested for Cisco Unified Communications System System Release 8.5(1) is available at: http://cisco.com/go/unified-techinfo
This document provides release notes for the testing conducted on systems including the following types of components:
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Tested Functionality
The system-wide testing of IP telephony functionality for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) included the following direct and upgrade paths:
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/UC6.1.1/release_notes/rnipt611.htmlFor a list of the target Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) versions that the main components were upgraded to, see Software Version Matrix, page 14.
For system upgrade procedures for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1), see the System Installation and Upgrade Manual for IP Telephony at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/UC8.5.1/ipt_system_inst_upg/suimt851.pdfThe following Unified Communications components were tested on Unified Computing System C-Series Blade Servers:
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New and Changed Features
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) integrates telephony, conferencing (voice and web), and messaging products for enterprise IP customers in a variety of deployment models using SIP and SCCP endpoints over IP networks. The IP telephony system is a part of the end-to-end system release for enterprise Cisco Unified Communications, which is centered on the latest Unified Communications Manager release.
The following sections provide brief overviews of new and enhanced features for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) major components and links to release note documentation:
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For detailed information about these changes, see New and Changed Info for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/8_5_1/delta/delta.pdfFor other information about Release 8.5(1), see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/8_5_1/cucm-rel_notes-851.pdfCisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000, 5000, 6000
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000, 5000, and 6000. For information about features and functionality, see New and Changed Info for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/8_5_1/delta/delta.pdfCisco Intercompany Media Engine
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Intercompany Media Engine for this release. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/ime/8_5_1/rel_notes/ime-rel_notes-851.pdfCisco Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cust_contact/contact_center/crs/express_8_5/release/guide/uccx851rn.pdfCisco Unified Presence
Cisco Unified Presence Server Release 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Presence Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cups/8_5/english/rel_notes/cup8xrn.pdfCisco Unified SIP Proxy
Cisco Unified SIP Proxy Release 8.5 includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified SIP Proxy Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cusp/rel8_5/release_notes/cuspr85.pdfCisco Emergency Responder
Cisco Emergency Responder Release 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Emergency Responder 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cer/8_5/english/release/notes/cer_851.pdf
Cisco Unified Business/Department Attendant Console
Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console 8.5.1 includes the following changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Business/Department Attendant Console Release v8.5.1.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucmac/arc/cubdacrn8515.pdf
Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console
Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console 8.5.1 includes the following changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console Release v8.5.1.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucmac/arc/cueacrn8515.pdf
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8.0. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace release version did not change from the previous Cisco Unified Communications release. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.0 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/meetingplace/8x/english/releasenotes/mp80rn.pdfNote that Adhoc conferencing feature in Unified MeetingPlace Releases 8.0/8.5 is not supported with Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1).
Cisco Unity
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Unity Release 8.0(3). Cisco Unity release version did not change from the previous Cisco Unified Communications release. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unity Release 8.0(3) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/8x/release/notes/803curn.pdfCisco Unity Connection
Cisco Unity Connection Release 8.5(1) includes the following new features:
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Cisco Unity Connection Release 8.5(1) includes the following changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unity Connection Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/8x/release/notes/851cucrn.pdfCisco Unity Express
Cisco Unity Express Release 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unity Express 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity_exp/rel8_5/rel_notes/rel_notes85.pdfCisco Unified Messaging Gateway
Unified Messaging Gateway Release 8.5(1) includes the following new feature:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/umg/rel8_5/rel_notes/rn_umg_85.pdfCisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Voicemail-Cisco Unity Express (SRSV-CUE)
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Voicemail-Cisco Unity Express (SRSV-CUE) 8.5.1. For a detailed description of features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Voicemail-Cisco Unity Express (SRSV-CUE) Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/umg/rel8_5/rel_notes/rn_srsv_cue_85.pdfCisco Unified IP Phone Support
Cisco Unified IP Phones 6901, 6911, 6921, 6941, 6961, 6945, 9951, 9971, and 8961(SIP) run on SIP firmware release 9.1(1). SIP Firmware Release 9.1(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For a detailed description of SIP Firmware Release 9.1(1) features and functionality, see Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9951, and 9971 (SIP) Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.1(1)SR1 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cuipph/9971_9951_8961/firmware/9_1_1/release_notes/9900_8900_911.pdfCisco IP Communicator
Cisco IP Communicator 7.0(5) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco IP Communicator Release 7.0 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cipc/7_0/english/release/notes/CIPC70_RN.pdfCisco Unified Personal Communicator
Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) supports Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Release 8.0(1). Cisco Unified Personal Communicator release version did not change from the previous Cisco Unified Communications release. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Release 8.0 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cupc/8_0/english/release/notes/cupc80.pdf
Cisco UC Integration™ for Microsoft Lync
Cisco UC Integration™ for Microsoft Lync 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco UC Integration for Microsoft Lync Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucimoc/8_5/english/release/cucimocReleaseNote.pdfCisco Unified Communications for RTX
Cisco UC Integration for RTX 8.5(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications for RTX Release 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucrtx/8_5/english/release/ReleaseNotes8_5.pdfCisco Adaptive Security Appliance
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Release 8.4(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, Version 8.4(x) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/release/notes/asarn84.pdfCisco Unified Operations Manager
Cisco Unified Operations Manager 8.5.1 will be available in CYQ1 2011. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/prod_release_notes_list.htmlCisco Unified Service Monitor
Cisco Unified Service Monitor 8.5.1 will be available in CYQ1 2011. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Service Monitor 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6536/prod_release_notes_list.htmlCisco Unified Service Statistics Manager
Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager 8.5.1 will be available in CYQ1 2011. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager 8.5 at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7285/prod_release_notes_list.htmlCisco Unified Provisioning Manager
Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 8.5 will be available in CYQ1 2011. For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 8.5 at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7125/prod_release_notes_list.html
Unified Computing System C-Series Blade Servers (Unified Communications Virtualization)
Cisco supports virtualization of Unified Communications components running on Unified Computing System C-Series Blade Servers:
For more information about Unified Communications on Unified Computing System (Virtualization), see http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_Virtualization.
Cisco IOS Release 15.1(3)T
In Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1), Cisco IOS Release 15.1(3)T includes the following new features and changes to functionality:
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For a detailed description of the new and changed information of Cisco IOS Release 15.1(3)T, see Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.1T at:
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System Requirements
This section provides information about the software versions of the Cisco and third-party components and the firmware versions of the Cisco Unified IP Phones used in system-wide testing of Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1). This section contains the following information:
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End-of-Sale Components
The following components have reached end-of-sale (EOS) status but are still supported. Because they may be present in existing customer deployments, they remained installed in the test-bed sites for this Cisco Unified Communications System release.
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The EOS date is the last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale. Another process, the end-of-life (EOL) cycle, guides the final business operations associated with the product.
The EOL process consists of a series of technical and business milestones and activities that, when completed, make a product obsolete. After a product becomes obsolete, it is not sold, manufactured, improved, repaired, maintained, or supported.
For information about recommended replacements, see the comprehensive list of announcements at End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Products at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.htmlFor information about specific products, choose a product from the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/web/psa/products/index.htmlThen click on the End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices link in the Product Literature box.
For an overview of the Products and Services EOL policy, see the information at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.htmlDeployment Considerations
The tables in this section list the recommended software and firmware releases based on Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1). Note that not every rebuild is tested as part of Cisco Unified Communications System. Therefore, additional regression testing in a customer or Cisco-specific certification lab is recommended before deployment.
When deploying IP Communications in a customer environment, consider the following:
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Software Version Matrix
Table 1 lists the software release versions of both Cisco and third-party components used in the Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) system test.
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Table 1 Software Release Versions in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) for IP Telephony
Call Control
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
8.5(1)
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 5000
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 6000
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
15.1(3)T1
Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST)
8.5(1)
15.1(3)T1
Cisco Intercompany Media Engine
8.5(1)
Contact Center
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Operating System
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Applications
Cisco Unified Presence
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified SIP Proxy
8.5(1)
Cisco Emergency Responder
8.5(1)
Cisco Emergency Responder—Cisco IP Telephony Operating System
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Cisco Unified Business Attendant Console and Unified Department Attendant Console
8.5
Cisco Unified Enterprise Attendant Console
8.5
Conferencing
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
8.02
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing
8.0
Microsoft Outlook for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
8.0
Jabber for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
8.0
Microsoft Office Communicator for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
8.0
Cisco Unified Media Server for 3545 MCU (video)
5.7.0.0.4
Cisco Unified Media Server for 3545 MCU (audio)
6.1.0.0.16
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3522 BRI Gateway
5.0.0.0.22
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3527 and 3545 PRI Gateways
5.0.0.0.22
Voice Mail and Unified Messaging
Cisco Unity
8.0(3)
Cisco Unity-CM TSP
8.4(3)
Cisco Unity—Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP2 (on Cisco Unity and partner Exchange servers) and Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 or Exchange 2003SP2 (on other message store servers)
Cisco Unity Connection
8.5.(1)
Cisco Unity Express
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Voicemail
8.5(1)
IOS 15.1(3)1T
Endpoints and Clients
Cisco Unified IP Phones models 7906G, 7911G, 7931, 7941G, 7942G, 7945G, 7961G, 7962G, 7965G, 7970G, 7971G, 7975G
Bundled with Unified Communications Manager
Firmware 9.1(1) SR1
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7921G, 7925G
1.3(4)
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7937G
1.4(3)
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7940G, 7960G
Firmware 8.1(2)
Cisco Unified IP Phones 3911, 3951
8.1(2) SR1
Cisco Unified IP Phones 6901, 6911
Firmware 9.1(1)
Cisco Unified IP Phones 6921, 6941, 6961
Firmware 9.1(1),
Firmware 9.0(2), 9.0(2) SR1
Cisco Unified IP Phones 8961, 9951, 9971
Firmware 9.1(1) SR1
Cisco IP Communicator
7.0(5)
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator
8.0(1)
Cisco UC Integration™ for Lync
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications for RTX
8.5(1)
Cisco Unified Communications Widgets
8.0(1) VVM
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7.0(1) PDWireless and Mobility
Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) 1200G
12.4(21a)JA2
Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
6.0.188.0
Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage
7.1(3)
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator
7.1(3)
Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator iPhone
7.1(3)
Security
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
8.4(1)
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (AIP-SSM, IDSM-2 Module, IPS-4200)
7.0(2)E3
Management Center for Cisco Security Agents
5.2.1
Cisco Security Agent for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Bundled with Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Security Agent for Cisco Emergency Responder
Bundled with Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Security Agent for Unified Contact Center Express
Bundled with Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco Security Agent for Cisco Unity
6.0(1)
Cisco Security Agent for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
6.0(1)
Network Management
Cisco Unified Operations Manager
8.5.13
Cisco Unified Service Monitor
8.5.13
Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager
8.5.13
Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager
8.53
Communications Infrastructure
Cisco IOS Mainline Release
IOS Extended MR 15.0.1M4
Unified Computing System B200 M2, C200 M2, and C210 M2 (Unified Communications Virtualization)
VMWare ESXi 4.0
Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) 2801, 2811, 2821, 2851, 3825, 3845
15.1(3)1T
Cisco 38xx Gatekeepers
15.1(3)1T
Cisco 3800 (IP-to-IP gateway)
15.1(3)1T
Cisco 3900 (IP-to-IP gateway)
15.1(3)1T
Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) 1861
15.1(3)1T
Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) 2901, 2911, 2921, 2951, 3925, 3945, 3925E, 3945E
15.1(3)1T
Cisco Unified Border Element - ISR
15.1(3)1T
Cisco Unified Border Element - ASR
3.2
Cisco Secure RTP and Cisco Secure SRST
15.1(3)1T
Cisco Catalyst 3750 (data center switch)
12.2(53)SE2
Cisco Catalyst 4503 Switch
12.2(53)SE2
Cisco Catalyst 4506 (access switch)
12.2(54)SG
Cisco Catalyst 6506, 6509 (voice access switch, supervisor 2/MSFC2)
12.2(33)SXI4 CatOS8.6(6a)
Cisco Catalyst 6608, 6624 (voice gateway)
Bundled with Unified Communications Manager
Cisco VG202 and 204 (analog voice gateway)
15.1(3)1T
Cisco VG224 (analog voice gateway)
15.1(3)1T
Cisco VG248 (analog voice gateway)
1.3(2)
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McAfee Antivirus4
Enterprise 8.7.0i
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2 Adhoc conferencing feature in Unified MeetingPlace Releases 8.0/8.5 is not supported with Unified Communications Manager Release 8.5(1).
3 Will be available in CYQ1 2011.
4 You can install third-party antivirus agents on Windows-based servers such as Unified Operations Manager and Unified Provisioning Manager, but not on non-Windows appliances such as Unified Communications Manager and Unified Communications Manager Business Edition.
Firmware Version Matrix
The following table lists the recommended firmware versions of the Cisco Unified IP Phones (SCCP and SIP) used in the Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) system test.
Latest Software Upgrades and Licenses
The following are links to the latest software upgrades and licenses for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) components:
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System Documentation
The components in these release notes, including the platforms tested, are discussed in the Technical Information site at: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/docs/iam/unified/ipt851/Install_and_Configure_System_Components.html
See this content for the specific versions of the components tested and links to relevant documentation for installation and configuration procedures.
Upgrade information for components that have been tested and verified during system testing is provided in the System Installation and Upgrade for IP Telephony Enterprise Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/UC8.5.1/ipt_system_inst_upg/suimt851.pdfFor additional information about specific hardware recommendations or bills of material for each product, see System Requirements.
Manageability Documentation
For manageability information about certain products, see documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/unified/communications/system/Managed_Services.html
Product Documentation
The following table provides links to the main page for documentation on various Cisco Unified Communications components, from which you can navigate to individual documents.
Limitations and Restrictions
This section includes the following topics:
If you are a Cisco partner or a registered Cisco.com user with a Cisco service contract, you can use the Bug Toolkit to find caveats of any severity for any release. Access the Bug Toolkit at: http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/
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Important Notes
This section includes important notes related to the testing of Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) for IP telephony and includes the following issue:
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NextPort Digital Signal Processor card nearing end-of-life
There will be no software updates for the NextPort Digital Signal Processor card after March 31, 2011. Outstanding issues with the NextPort DSP include the following:
CSCtj23118 AS5400 intermittent problem sending rtp-nte packets. Between 0.1 and 0.2% of calls experience mid-call DTMF failure. However, if the digits are re-entered, they are properly sent by the gateway.
CSCtj73695 AS5400 NextPort sip-notify leaking memory. The Console displays a "low memory" message. The problem does not occur if the rtp-nte protocol is used instead of sip-notify.
Workaround:
New installations and upgrades should use the Cisco AS5X-FC card.
Resolved Caveats
Table 4 lists caveats, grouped by severity, that are resolved now but are not included in the recommended component versions of Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) for IP telephony.
Note
To determine the software version that includes the fix, click on the linked caveat number in the Identifier column in Table 4 to access the Bug Toolkit.
Open Caveats
Table 5 lists known caveats, grouped by severity, related to the testing of IP telephony components in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.5(1) and previous releases, which were not resolved at the time this document was written.
For additional information about each defect, click on the linked caveat number in the Identifier column in Table 5 to access the Bug Toolkit.
Troubleshooting
For important troubleshooting information, tips, and recommendations related to Cisco Unified Communications System Release for IP telephony, see the troubleshooting information at:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/docs/iam/unified/ipt851/Introduction_to_Troubleshooting.htmlObtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information about 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
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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System Release Notes for IP Telephony: Cisco Unified Communications System, Release 8.5(1)
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