[cisco-voip] Incompatibility Issues

[Sum Ding Wong]

Can anyone relate?

We just received our order for a MCS-7825-I1-IPC server and Call
Manager 4.1.3 software bundle to go with it. The OS version that was
shipped with the CCM software is version 2000.2.7a which is not
compatible with the MCS-7825-I1-IPC server. I need version 2000.4.1 or
later.

I am beginning to hate Cisco over software incompatibility issues. I
have not had one install this year where I did not have
incompatibility issues with software/hardware or software versions.
TAC engineers can not send out media or make it available for
download. They just forward me to the PUT tool. The PUT tool is no
help, because I do not have a SASU contract yet. Our vendor can't help
because they cannot get the OS version individually.

I keep hearing that things will get better with ver 5.0 …. But I do
not seeing a light at the end of this long tunnel.

There are too many IPT vendors for Cisco to make things this
complicated. Nortel, Avaya, Mitel ... the list goes on. Open source
IPT is building steam. Even Microsoft has anounced an interest. I
think Cisco could be the next SUN if they do not change their
practices. I think they could be giving software away just to sell
hardware. Don't get me wrong, I think Cisco's IPT product is the best
but so is Solaris.

- Why does Cisco not allow downloads for the full OS versions for IPT?
- Why is it impossible to get a demo for CCM 5.0?
- Why is the Compatability matrix such a mess?

--
Ding

"I feel more like I do now than I did a while ago"