[nsp] ios version & as5350/as5400

[Jason Houx]

I posted awhile back problems with 12.2(2)XA5-12.2(2)XB8 code for AS5400
and AS5350 units.  We run VoIP/VXML on these gateways and use them for
dial-up ,Pop-In-A-Box as we like to call it.  I had a TT open with TAC for
about 2 months on issues and we have been all over the 12.2-rebuild-map.  
We now have 12.2(2)XB9 that is working great for us in our enviornment.  
The workaround for our scripted/manuel login problem was found to be a bug
CSCdz44203 and the workaround was to remove:

dialer in-band
dialer idle-timeout
from the 'interface Group-Async0'

Just thought I would post a follow up on this one, and that XB9 runs great
on as5350/as5400.  Hats off to Sujit at Cisco.

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Nov 2002, Jason Houx wrote:> >Funny this came across the list.  We have
>many AS5400 and AS5350 in our
>network.  We were running 12.2(2)XA5 till we started to notice alignment
>errors and we where having some problems with VoIP mostly some VXML 
>stuff. 
>We moved to the 12.2(2)XB7 train starting at 7 and working our way to 8. 
>Problem with the XB train is when users dial in say slip or manual they
>get either an address 255.255.255.254 or 0.0.0.0 and then finally a
>address that won't route even though it is in the pool.  If they dial in
>say automagic (PAP in this case) everything is lovely.  We have tried
>Experimental version in the 12.2(12-12)T and 12.2(12-14)T1 and have
>software forced crashes daily.  Anyone else have any suggested IOS for 
>the
>AS5350s and AS5400s?  We currently have a ticket open with TAC to resolve
>our issues.  I will certainly post a follow-up if we find a IOS that does
>all the features we need nicely. 
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Blaz Zupan wrote: > > i am using some 5350's for VoIP, and was 
wondering what sort of mileage
> > others have had with ios versions.  i am currently running 12.2.5(a) 
and
> > have been told that it is buggy with regards to voip calls (sudden
> > disconnects, poor quality, etc) - i haven't been able to identify 
specific
> > bugs, and have been running this version for 4-6 months now.
>
> Are you talking about a 5350 or a 5300? Above you are  mentioning a 
5350, but
> your show version output shows the output from an AS5300.
>
> We run 12.2(7a) successfully on our VoIP AS5300's, it's actually the 
*only*
> version that runs without major issues - earlier releases have 
horrendous DSP
> bugs (one way or no way audio issues), later versions including 
12.2(12a)
> exhibit crashes and other bugs that make them unusable.
>
> The only problem with 12.2(7a) we have is, that the "security password"
> command does not stay in the configuration after a reboot, but we can 
live
> with that as we don't reboot the boxes that often (most of them 
currently have
> an uptime of 170 days).
>
> Make sure you use the matching vcware, which is 7.40 for IOS 12.2(7a).