[cisco-voip] CCM Reboot Times

[Mike Armstrong]

We reboot servers and switches only when needed -- usually as a result of 
power failures (no backup generator) or software/hardware upgrades.  Only 1 
server failure (all HP DL380G2s) as I remember.  Minor router/PRI problems. 
Something like 5 or 6 switch failures requiring replacement (out of a 
population of 24 switches) in 6 years.  When a switch goes, though, that 
means 24 or 48 phones go, potentially.  Lots of phone handset 
replacements -- the 79xx phones can't hold a candle to the old Western 
Electric 500s, as far as physical durability goes.  We have spares for most 
equipment, which minimizes downtime, and SNT or SNTP SMARTnet contracts for 
everything.  Overall, I wouldn't call this system as reliable as our old 
Northern Telecom SL-1 was (until it finally went casters-up, 2 months before 
our planned migration to VoIP).  However, we only have a single Pub/Sub 
cluster, and no redundancy in the switched fabric.

It does have an edge over the SL-1 as far as function goes, however :~).  I 
would definitely do it again.

Mike Armstrong
UF/IFAS CREC
Lake Alfred, FL

> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 07:59:29 -0400
> From: "Todd Franklin" <toddnh65 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [cisco-voip] CCM Reboot Times
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
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> Just curious.  How often do you find yourself rebooting CCM?  As an 
> example,
> in one year, how often have you rebooted your CCM boxes?  Or the switches
> that run the phones?  I am trying to generate a report that shows Cisco 
> VOIP
> is as dependable as a traditional PBX.
>
> Thanks!