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System Release Notes for Contact Center: Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1)

Overview

As part of its standard methodology, Cisco Systems performs system-wide testing of Cisco Unified Communications components 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 9.0(1), see System requirements. 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/​vtgsca

This document focuses on the Contact Center products of Cisco Unified Communications System testing. Information about IP Telephony (IPT) components that were tested for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) is available at: http:/​/​cisco.com/​go/​unified-techinfo

This document is the Cisco Unified Communications System release notes on the testing conducted on voice systems including the following major components:

  • Call control components, such as Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Presence
  • Contact center components, such as Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (Unified CCE), Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise (Unified ICME), Cisco Unified IP IVR, Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (Unified CVP), Cisco MediaSense, Cisco Finesse, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX).
  • Endpoints and clients, such as Cisco Unified IP Phones 6900, 7900, 8900, and 9900 Series
  • Security devices, such as Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and Cisco Security Agents
  • Communications infrastructure devices, such as Cisco routers, gateways/gatekeepers, and switches

Note


For a more complete list of Contact Center components that are included in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1), see Software version matrix.


Tested functionality

Feature testing

The system-wide testing of Contact Center functionality for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) included the following features:

  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise
    • Windows 2008 R2 Support
    • Microsoft SQL 2008 Support
    • SIP based Outbound calls over PSTN
    • CTIOS Agents with video phones
    • Upgrades
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
    • HA over WAN
    • IVR Out Bound - customers over PSTN
    • Agent phones
    • End-to-end tests with CUPS, Unity Connection
    • Upgrades
    • Multiple call legs
  • Cisco Unified Intelligence Center 8.5(4)
    • Ability to replace report definitions
    • Support for value list version
    • Hostname change
    • Answer key file generation
  • Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal 9.0(1)
    • Windows 2008 support
    • Data Migration from Windows 2003
    • Informix Upgrade to version 11.7
    • Video queuing
    • IP PSTN calls through CUBE to CVP
    • Agent Greeting, Whisper Announcement
    • Reporting
  • Cisco Finesse
    • Finesse High Availability
    • Support for mobile agents
    • Finesse over virtualized clients on standalone VXC 22xx and VXC 6215(VDI)
    • Finesse Agents over VPN
    • Switch over from CTIOS Agent Desktop to Finesse Agent Desktop and vice versa
    • CUCM based silent monitoring
  • Cisco MediaSense
    • CUBE based media forking and CUCM based media forking
    • MediaSense on SRE 910
    • Live monitoring
    • Recording and playback
    • Failover of MediaSense
  • Cisco SocialMiner 9.0(1)
    • Functionality tested as part of Unified CCX

Upgrade paths

The system-wide testing of Contact Center functionality for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) included the following upgrade paths:

For system upgrade procedures to Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1), see the System Installation and Upgrade Manual for Contact Center.

Upgraded components

The following major components were upgraded:

  • Unified Communications Manager to Release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise to release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco Unified Intelligence Center to Release 8.5(4)
  • Cisco Finesse to Release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco MediaSense to Release 8.5(4)
  • Cisco SocialMiner to Release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco Unified Presence to Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service Release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco Unified IP IVR to Release 9.0(1)
  • Cisco IOS Extended Maintenance Deployment to Release 15.1(4)M3

For a list of the target Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) versions that the Contact Center components were upgraded to, see Software version matrix.

For system upgrade procedures to Cisco Unified Communications System Release 8.6(1), see the System Installation and Upgrade Manual for Contact Center at: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​docs/​voice_ip_comm/​uc_system/​UC8.6.1/​cc_system_inst_upg/​siumc861.pdf

Testbed summary

The Contact Center test environments are summarized in the following table:

 

CVP-PR

Deployment Models

SIP with Unified CVP, Comprehensive, Combined Branch Gateways, Branch Agents

Protocols and Endpoints

SCCP, SIP, CTIOS, CAD, Finesse

Ingress Gateway

Cisco Unified Border Element, PSTN Gateway (SIP)

For more information about Unified Communications on Unified Computing System (Virtualization), see http:/​/​docwiki.cisco.com/​wiki/​Unified_​Communications_​Virtualization.

New and changed features

Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) integrates telephony, conferencing (voice and web), messaging, and Contact Center products for enterprise IP customers in a variety of deployment models using SIP and SCCP endpoints over IP networks. The Contact Center 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, and links to release note documentation, for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) major components.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 9.0(1) includes new features and changes to functionality in the following areas:

  • AS-SIP Line Endpoints
  • Avatar device type
  • Real-Time Transport Control Protocol
  • Binary Floor Control Protocol
  • Far End Camera Control
  • Codec preferences
  • Confirmed Answer and DVO VM detection
  • CTI support for Native Call Queuing
  • Enhanced E911 support
  • Enhanced Location Call Admission Control
  • Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) over SIP trunks without Smart Client
  • G.Clear support for BRI interfaces
  • Hunt Pilot connected number
  • HuntList connected number CTI support
  • HCS Anonymous Call Rejection ISC Trunks
  • HCS supplementary services for VoLTE IMS mobile device
  • IM and Presence service consolidated administration
  • Multiple syslog destinations
  • Native Call Queueing on CUCM
  • NextGen mobile clients with QoE
  • Originally Called Party Name in Placed Call History
  • Pause in speed dials
  • Record Line Key
  • Secure Adhoc Conference MCU setup
  • Secure Cross Cluster Extension Mobility
  • Serviceability for locations CAC enhancements
  • Session Trace enhancement
  • SIP CLI handling change
  • SIP Diversion Counter
  • SIP normalization and transparency
  • Single step IP and hostname changes in CUCM cluster
  • SNMP and billing setup using syslog destination address
  • URI dialing and Intercluster Lookup Service
  • User Options page enhancements
  • Video for SNR call
  • Video over Wi-Fi
  • XML Axis framework 2.0 update
  • 2000 character LDAP filter size

Cisco Unified Communications Manager operates with the Enterprise License Manager (ELM). For more information about ELM, see the ELM User Guide at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​docs/​voice_ip_comm/​cucm/​elmuserguide/​9_0_1/​CUCM_​BK_​E596FD72_​00_​enterprise-license-manager-user-90_​chapter_​01.html

For detailed information about changes to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, see New and Changed Information for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps556/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

For more information about Release 9.0(1), see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps556/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise and Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise

Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise Release9.0(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Precision Routing
  • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6945 support
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Management Portal changes
  • Congestion Control
  • EMSMON changes
  • 1-2-2 Call Model in Reverse Conference
  • PIM and NIC Support with Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Siebel driver for Avaya Aura CC (Symposium)
  • Video Contact Center changes

For configuration options, and for information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1001/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express and Cisco Unified IP IVR

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express and Cisco Unified IP IVR Release 9.0(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Web Chat
  • Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
  • Unified sign-on
  • SELinux
  • Cisco Mobile Skill Manager
  • Increase in High Availability recording space

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1846/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal Release 9.0(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Windows Server support changes
  • Informix Database support
  • SIP Proxy support
  • Application Control Engine support
  • Virtual Machine template simplification
  • UDP support on Virtual Machines
  • Media Resource Control Protocol Version 2 Support
  • Operations Console Web interface support
  • Video-in-Queue support
  • Unified CVP-controlled DTMF transfer

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1006/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html.

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Release 8.5(4) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Report versions
  • Report definition version
  • Value list versions
  • Hostname changes
  • Answer File generator

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Release 8.5(4) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps9755/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Finesse

Cisco Finesse Release 9.0(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Generic PG with multiple PIMs
  • Agent connections over WAN
  • Client-side logging
  • Agent Desktop changes
  • Supervisor changes
  • Administration Console changes
  • API changes
  • New notifications

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Finesse Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11324/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco MediaSense

Cisco MediaSense Release 8.5(4) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Scalability enhancements
  • VMware ESXi 5.0 support
  • Integration with Cisco Unified Border Element
  • Services Ready Engine support
  • Recording mode updates
  • Automatic metadata removal
  • Database replication and recovery
  • Codec changes
  • API changes
  • Simplified software upgrade

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco MediaSense Release 8.5(4) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11389/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco SocialMiner

Cisco SocialMiner Release 9.0(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Unified Contact Center Express integration
  • Deployment size options
  • Live chat enhancements
  • Social media enhancements

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco SocialMiner Release 9.0 at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11349/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service

Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service are more closely integrated in Release 9.0(1).

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 9.0(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​docs/​voice_ip_comm/​cucm/​rel_notes/​9_0_1/​CUCM_​BK_​RF912712_​00_​cucm-release-notes-90.html

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy Release 8.5(3) is a maintenance release. There are no new features in this release.

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for Cisco Unified SIP Proxy Release 8.5 at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10475/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Unified IP Phone support

Cisco Unified IP Phones run on SIP firmware release 9.3(1). SIP Firmware Release 9.3(1) includes the following new features and changes to functionality:

  • Assured services SIP
  • Display Survivable Remote Site Telephony message
  • Device invoked recording
  • Edit speed dial without restart
  • Extension mobility cross cluster enhancement
  • Handset bass adjustment
  • Pause in speed dial
  • PLK Support for Queue Statistics
  • RTCP hold on SIP
  • Secure extension mobility cross cluster
  • SIP Phone Alert Name in placed calls history
  • Uniform Resource Identifier dialing
  • Unique Call ID display

For a detailed description of SIP Firmware Release 9.3(1) features and functionality, see Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9951, and 9971 Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.3(1) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10453/​prod_​release_​notes_​list.html

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Release 8.4(3) includes new features and changes to functionality in the following areas:

  • NAT
  • Remote access
  • AAA
  • Troubleshooting

For information about features and functionality, see Release Notes for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, 8.4(x) at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps6120/​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 Extended Maintenance Deployment 15.1(4)M3

Cisco IOS Extended Maintenance Deployment 15.1(4)M3 includes support for new hardware and software features.

For a detailed description of new and changed features for Cisco IOS Extended Maintenance Deployment 15.1(4)M3, see Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.1M&T at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​docs/​docs/​ios/​15_1/​release/​notes/​151TRN.pdf

System requirements

This section provides information about system requirements for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) for Contact Center.

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.

  • Cisco Unity has reached EOL and will not be tested any further in solution integration or load. Cisco Unity will be removed from the load testbeds.
  • Cisco 7815-1000 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7825H-2266 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7825, 7827,7835, 7837 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7845H/7835H/7825H-3000 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7845H/7835-2400 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7855I-1500 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 7845-H1/I1 and 7835-H1/I1 Media Convergence Servers
  • Cisco 831, 836, and 837 Series Routers
  • Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches (replaced by Cisco 3750 Catalyst Switches)
  • Cisco 3600 Series Multiservice Platforms (Cisco 3620, Cisco 3640A, and Cisco 3660 (non "-CO" models)
  • Cisco 3700 Series Multiservice Access Routers (replaced by Cisco 3800 Series Routers)
  • Cisco AS5850 Series Universal Gateways
  • Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2 / MSFC2
  • Cisco Communications Media Module (CMM) (replaced by Cisco 3800 Series Routers)

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.html

For information about specific products, choose a product from the following URL:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​web/​psa/​products/​index.html.

Then click on the End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Products link in the Select a category 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.html

Deployment considerations

Tables in this section list the recommended software and firmware releases based on Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) for Contact Center. Note that not every rebuild is tested as part of the Cisco Unified Communications System testing. Therefore, additional regression testing in a customer or Cisco-specific certification lab is recommended before deployment.

When deploying the Cisco Unified Communications System in a customer environment, remember the following:

  • At the minimum, customers should deploy the software release recommended in these tables.
  • For CSA, customers should use the latest engine and policy release. CSA software is available at: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cgi-bin/​tablebuild.pl/​csa
  • For other software components, customers should use the most current rebuild of a maintenance release. For IOS, information about the latest releases, including deferral advisories, is available at: http:/​/​tools.cisco.com/​ITDIT/​CFN/​jsp/​index.jsp
  • If the recommended release has been deferred to a subsequent release, customers should use the subsequent release.
  • Before deploying a release, examine the open caveats in the chosen release to determine if any will affect your implementation. Open caveats can be viewed through the Bug Toolkit, located at: http:/​/​tools.cisco.com/​Support/​BugToolKit/​
  • Deploy the chosen release in a lab environment that uses the same product components as the customer's product components before moving to a production environment.

Latest software upgrades and licenses

The following are links to the latest software upgrades and licenses for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) components.

To launch the Product Upgrade Tool, go to:

http:/​/​tools.cisco.com/​gct/​Upgrade/​jsp/​index.jsp

To access the Cisco Agent Desktop Web licensing site, go to:

http:/​/​209.46.83.138/​sws/​WebLicensingInitial/​InitialLicensePage.html

To download the latest software for all other components, go to:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cisco/​software/​navigator.html

Software version matrix

The following table lists the software release versions of the system components in the Contact Center test environment. For links to the latest software upgrades and licenses for Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) components, see Latest software upgrades and licenses.


Note


You can set up a virtualized environment by running Unified Communications applications on a virtual machine on a Unified Computing System (UCS). For additional details, including UCS hardware information and third-party requirements, see:

http:/​/​docwiki.cisco.com/​wiki/​Unified_​Communications_​Virtualization.


Table 1 Software versions for Contact Center Components in Cisco UC Release 9.0(1)

Category

Component

Release 9.0(1)

Call Control

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

9.0(1)

Contact Center

Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise and Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise

9.0(1)

Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise and Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Operating System

Win2008 R2 SP1

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express

9.0(1)

Cisco Unified IP IVR

9.0(1)

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express/Unified IP IVR Operating System

Bundled with Software

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal

9.0(1)

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal Operating System

Win2008 R2 SP1

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

8.5(4)

Cisco Finesse

9.0(1)

Cisco MediaSense

8.5(4)

Cisco SocialMiner

9.0(1)

Applications

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service

9.0(1)

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy

8.5(3)

Voice Mail and Unified Messaging

Cisco Unity Connection

9.0(1)

Endpoints and Clients

Cisco IP Communicator

8.6(1)

Cisco Unified Video Advantage

2.2(2)

Cisco TelePresence System EX90 and Cisco TelePresence System EX60

TE 6.0.0

Cisco IP Video Phone E20

TE 6.0.0

Cisco Unified IP Phones 6900 Series: 6921, 6941 6961, 6945

Firmware 9.3(1)

Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series: 7921G (Wireless), 7940, 7962, 7970

Bundled with Unified Communications Manager.

Firmware 9.3(1)

Cisco Unified IP Phones models 8961, 8941, 8945

Firmware 9.3(1)

Cisco Unified IP Phones models 9951, 9971

Firmware 9.3(1)

Wireless

Cisco Aironet 3502 Access Point

AIR-WLC4400-

K9-7-0-116-0-ER.aes

Cisco Aironet 1142 Access Point

AIR-WLC4400-

K9-7-0-116-0-ER.aes

Security

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (5520, 5540, 5580) Services

8.4(3)

Cisco Security Agent for Unified Communications Manager

Bundled with Unified Communications Manager

Cisco Security Agent for Unified IP IVR

Bundled with Unified IP IVR

Cisco Security Agent for Unified Contact Center Express

Bundled with Unified Contact Center Express

Licensing

Enterprise License Manager

9.0(1)

Communications Infrastructure

Cisco IOS Extended Maintenance Deployment

15.1(4)M3

Cisco Unified Computing System B200 M2, C200 M2, and C210 M2 (Unified Communications Virtualization)

VMware ESXi 4.1

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

2.0(1q)

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers

1.4(3c)2

Cisco Unified Computing System Express

2.0.1

Cisco 3825, 3845 (Unified CVP VXML, voice/data, H.323, SIP, MGCP, IOS-based Transcoders and Conference Bridges, and Cisco Unified Border Element gateways)

15.1(4)M3

Cisco 3900 series routers

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco AS5400XM (Unified CVP VXML, voice, H.323, SIP and PSTN gateways)

15.1(4)M3

Cisco Unified Border Element Enterprise Edition for Cisco ISR Series

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco Unified Border Element Enterprise Edition for Cisco ASR 1000 Series

3.6

Cisco SRE 910 Service Module

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) 2901, 2911, 2921, 2951, 3925, 3945, 3925E, 3945E

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco ASR 1002 Router

IOS-XE 15.1(1)S

Cisco Catalyst 6506 (WS-SUP720-3BXL)

12.2(33)SXH2a

Cisco Catalyst 6503 (WS-SUP720-3BXL)

12.2(18)SXF10

Cisco Catalyst 3750 (WS-C3750E-24PD)

12.2(55)SE1

Cisco 3825 MGCP gateway

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

RSVP Agent (on 38xx platforms)

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco 881 router

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco 891 router

15.2(3)T1 or 15.2(4)M

Cisco Catalyst 3750 (access switch)

12.2(53)SE2


Note


Product specific compatibility documents provide complete compatibility information between components.


Firmware version matrix

The following table lists the recommended firmware versions of the Cisco Unified IP Phones (SCCP and SIP) used in the Contact Center test environment.

Table 2 Firmware versions of Cisco SCCP and SIP Phones in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1)

Component

SCCP Firmware Version

SIP Firmware Version

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921

SCCP69xx.9-3-1-3

SIP69xx.9-3-1-5

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941

SCCP69xx.9-3-1-3

SIP69xx.9-3-1-5

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6945

SCCP6945.9-3-1-3

SIP6945.9-3-1-5

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961

SCCP69xx.9-3-1-3

SIP69xx.9-3-1-5

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7921

CP7921G-1.4.2

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940

P00308010200

P0S3-8-12-00

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962

SCCP42.9-3-1-1S

SIP42.9-3-1-1S

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970

SCCP70.9-3-1-1S

SIP70.9-3-1-1S

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8941

SCCP8941_8945.9-3-1-19

SIP8941_8945.9-3-1-18

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8945

SCCP8941_8945.9-3-1-19

SIP8941_8945.9-3-1-18

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961

sip8961.9-3-1-33

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9951

sip9951.9-3-1-33

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971

sip9971.9-3-1-33

Related documentation

System documentation

For high-level information about the Cisco Unified Communications System, see Cisco Unified Communications System Documentation at: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​go/​unified-techinfo

See this content for additional information about the components tested and links to relevant product documentation for installation and configuration procedures.

The Cisco Unified Communications System Description provides an overview of the Cisco Unified Communications System. It describes the Cisco Unified Communications system-level approach, lists key features of the Cisco Unified Communications components, and illustrates the various Cisco Unified Communications deployment models.

The System Installation and Upgrade Manual for Contact Centerprovides installation and upgrade information for components that have been tested and verified during system testing.

For additional information about specific hardware recommendations or bills of material for each product, see System requirements.

Manageability documentation

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.:

Table 3 Component resources documentation

Category

Component

Documentation URLs

Call Control

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps556/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1001/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Contact Center

Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1846/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified IP IVR

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps3651/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​custcosw/​ps1006/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps9755/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Finesse

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11324/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco MediaSense

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11389/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco SocialMiner

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps11349/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Applications

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps6837/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified SIP Proxy

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10475/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Endpoints and Clients

Cisco IP Communicator

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps5475/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified Video Advantage

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps5662/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10326/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​phones/​ps379/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900 Series

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10451/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 Series

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10453/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Wireless

Cisco Aironet Access Points

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps5678/​Products_​Sub_​Category_​Home.html

Security

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps6120/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Communications Infrastructure

Cisco IOS Software Release 15.1

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10592/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps5855/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco AS5400 Series Universal Gateways

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​univgate/​ps505/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Unified Border Element

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​sw/​voicesw/​ps5640/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

RSVP Agent

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps6832/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco 7200 Series Routers

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​routers/​ps341/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco 800 Series Services Routers

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​routers/​ps380/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​switches/​ps5023/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​hw/​switches/​ps708/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Unified Computing

Cisco Unified Computing System

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10477/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10280/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps10493/​tsd_​products_​support_​series_​home.html

Limitations and restrictions

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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Note


Not all caveats documented in this section are applicable to the Contact Center environment or deployment scenarios. They have been included for information purposes only.


Important notes

This section includes important notes related to the testing of Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) for Contact Center and includes the following issues:

DTMF signaling type 'no preference' with DTMF relay sip-kpml

Do not configure a Unified Communications Manager SIP trunk pointing to the SIP gateway as DTMF signaling type no preference when the SIP gateway is DTMF relay sip-kpml.

This combination results in bulk call failures during heavy traffic loads, followed by a gateway crash. To recover from the crash the gateway router must be reloaded. For more information, see CSCtq56727, SIP GW crash with MALLOCFAIL during heavy call traffic.

Workaround

Set the DTMF signaling type as 'OOB and RFC 2833' in Unified Communications Manager SIP trunk configuration.

OR

Configure dtmf-relay rtp-nte at the SIP gateway dial-peer configuration, instead of sip-kpml. The Unified Communications Manager SIP trunk is configured with 'no preference.'

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express compatibility considerations

Unified CCX versions prior to 8.5(1) are not supported with Unified Communications Manager 9.0 or higher. You must upgrade Unified CCX to 8.5(1)SU3 or 9.0(1) before upgrading Unified Communications Manager to 9.0(1) or higher. For more information, see CSCts67056.

Critical caveats

Critical caveats are intended to address those defects that can adversely impact operations if customers are not aware of the situations and conditions where specific issues can arise.

Call hold failure after Cisco Unified Border Element failover

A call hold attempt fails after the active Unified Border Element has failed over to standby in High Availability Mode in a Unified CCE/Unified CVP contact center. The caller is dropped when the agent attempts to hold the call, and the call is stale in the CTI-OS agent desktop. The hold attempt results in the following errors:

  • Error 20001 Operation failed due to timeout - Please try again
  • The Call has failed because of a network interruption

This defect is resolved and the fix will be available to customers in 15.2(4)M. This defect fix is also committed for 15.2(3)T2. This issue will affect customers with Unified Border Element High Availability deployments on 15.2(3)T1.

For more information, see CSCtx02390.

First held call disconnected after Cisco Unified Border Element failover

The first held call is disconnected by Unified CVP after the active Unified Border Element has failed over to standby in High Availability Mode, and the secondary Unified Border Element is active with held calls. The call is disconnected when the agent attempts to retrieve the call.

All other held calls can be retrieved normally by the holding agents.

This defect is currently marked as an enhancement to be fixed in a future CVP release.

For more information, see CSCtz76894.

SIP Dialer failure when Low Energy Call Reporting disabled

With large agent based campaigns configured, and the system under load, dialer failure (and MR PIM exit) is known to occur when Low Energy Call Reporting is disabled.

This failure is known to occur with 100+ agent based campaigns configured and 30-40 campaigns active, with the time zone set and CPA enabled for most campaigns.

Workaround

Enable Low Energy Call Reporting by setting Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cisco Systems, Inc\ICM\apl\Dialer\EnableLowEnergyCallReporting registry to its default value of 1.

For more information, see CSCua46558.

Resolved caveats

The table below lists caveats, grouped by severity, that are resolved now but are not included in the recommended component versions of Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1) for Contact Center.


Note


For information about the caveats that were resolved in specific versions of each component, see the appropriate release notes for each component.


To determine the software version that includes the fix, click on the linked caveat number in the Identifier column in the following table to go to the Bug Toolkit.

Table 4 Resolved caveats not included in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1)

Identifier

Headline

Severity 2-3 Caveats

CSCty23228

Out of disk space on root partition on a 55GB installation

CSCtq26609

Dataset status failed DB error displays on scheduled reports

CSCte86123

If System IPCC is selected and Peripheral ID is 5000 CTIOS error occurs

CSCty77518

CAC BW intermittently not adjusted after connection with shared line

Severity 4-6 caveats

CSCtv19931

Old RPID/PAI in connected hunt list call shown in MCU 4505 join message

CSCtk66134

Service cores during shutdown

Open caveats

The table below lists known caveats, grouped by severity, related to the testing of Contact Center components in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(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 the following table to go to the Bug Toolkit.

Table 5 Open caveats in Cisco Unified Communications System Release 9.0(1)

Identifier

Headline

Severity 2-3 Caveats

CSCtx02390

After call xfer & then SSO, hold/resume fails on switched calls ASR CUBE

Supersedes CSCtz63423

CSCty94482

BW allocated is less when video is removed/re-added, but TIAS is same

CSCua09803

Pause in Speed Dial DTMF not working for SCCP phones when HW MTP invoked

CSCtz28526

Hold/resume issues on second audio prompt after video queue interrupt

Severity 4-6 caveats

   

CSCty43560

CSF gets empty device type for CTI controlled EMCC phone

CSCtw76154

Secure SIP Trunk Security profile cannot be applied to EMCC trunk

CSCtf81218

P-Asserted-ID header updates not forwarded by CUBE

CSCtz17757

CUBE does not process SIP REFER after HA switch over

CSCtz25787

Support for variable length check pointing in voip-ha

CSCtz76894

Hold/Retrieve fails-Abruptly unplugging Active CUBE net.cable(CVP issue)

Troubleshooting

For important troubleshooting information, tips, and recommendations related to Cisco Unified Communications System Release for Contact Center, see the Troubleshooting information at: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​iam/​unified/​ipcc851/​Introduction_​to_​Troubleshooting.htm

Documentation and service requests

For information about 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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