[cisco-voip] cisco-voip Digest, Vol 39, Issue 66

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: documentation woes (again) (Craig M Staffin)
   2. pros, cons, and recommendations (Brown, Matthew A.)
   3. Re: pros, cons, and recommendations (Lelio Fulgenzi)
   4. Re: pros, cons, and recommendations (Voll, Scott)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:23:15 -0500
From: Craig M Staffin <CMStaffin at ra.rockwell.com>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] documentation woes (again)
To: Kevin Thorngren <kthorngr at cisco.com>
Cc: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
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	<OFE3C35439.9A3C92DF-ON8625716B.0059F9D6-8625716B.0059F3AD at ra.rockwell.com>
	
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Sweet!

Fonally!!!!!!

We have been asking for this since 3.3

Craig




Kevin Thorngren <kthorngr at cisco.com> 
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05/11/2006 11:17 AM

To
"Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
cc
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject
Re: [cisco-voip] documentation woes (again)






Yes, the Hold Reversion Timer feature is in 4.2(1)sr1, just checked one 
of my servers.  Sorry, I u don't have an answer why the docs are 
unclear about this.

Here is the help info for your reading pleasure:

Clusterwide Parameters (Feature - Hold Reversion)

Hold Reversion Duration : This parameter specifies the number of 
seconds that a call remains on hold before Cisco CallManager reverts 
the call back to the phone that placed the call on hold. When the value 
specified in this parameter expires, a hold reversion notification 
(audio and/or visual) occurs on the holding party's phone until the 
call is answered or the value specified in the Maximum Hold Duration 
Timer service parameter expires. Be sure to specify a value in this 
parameter that is lesser than the value specified in the Maximum Hold 
Duration Timer service parameter; if a greater value is specified in 
this parameter, the Maximum Hold Duration Timer will expire first and 
the held call will be dropped. A value of zero disables the hold 
reversion feature.
This is a required field.
Default: 0.
Unit: sec.
Minimum: 0.
Maximum: 1200.

Hold Reversion Notification Interval : This parameter specifies the 
number of seconds that must elapse between notifications of a call on 
hold. When the time specified in the Hold Reversion Duration service 
parameter expires, Cisco CallManager reverts the call back to the phone 
that placed the call on hold and reminds the user of the call on hold. 
Reminder notification occurs by either ringing the phone once, flashing 
the line and handset light once, or beeping once, depending on the 
phone's state and the selections made in the Ring Setting of Busy 
Station and Ring Setting of Idle Station service parameters. The timer 
in this parameter resets after each notification and the notification 
occurs again when the specified interval elapses. For example, if a 
phone has Beep Only configured for both Ring Setting parameters, the 
Hold Reversion Interval service parameter is set to 30 seconds, and a 
call is waiting on hold, when the Hold Reversion Duration service 
parameter expires, the phone will beep once every 30 seconds until the 
call is answered or the value specified in the Maximum Hold Duration 
Timer service parameter expires. If Disable is selected for the Ring 
Setting parameter, no notification occurs when the Hold Reversion 
Interval expires. You can also disable the notification by setting this 
parameter to zero. If Ring is selected for the Ring Setting parameter, 
Cisco CallManager converts that setting for hold calls only (no change 
to incoming call settings as specified by the Ring Setting parameters) 
to Ring Once and rings the phone only one time at the expiry of the 
Hold Reversion Interval (so that for calls reverting from hold, the 
phone will not ring continuously).
This is a required field.
Default: 30.
Unit: sec.
Minimum: 0.
Maximum: 1200.

Kevin

On May 11, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:

> so i'm ready the release notes for 7940/60 8.0.2 and it talks about 
> hold reversion timer for CallManager 4.2(1)sr1 and I'm all like 'hold 
> reversion timer' I haven't heard of that in 4.2. So I double checked 
> the 4.2(1) release notes and there's nothing there. Is this a new 
> feature added in SR1 and why do the SR1 release notes not mention 
> anything of this?
>  
> It's really hard to plan upgrades when you don't get the whole 
> picture. :(
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------
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> Network Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:48:31 -0400
From: "Brown, Matthew A." <mbrown at highpoint.edu>
Subject: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations
To: <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
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My organization is preparing to move from a traditional PBX to a Cisco
IPC system and has been given contradicting recommendations for certain
equipment by different potential vendors.  What are your pros, cons, and
recommendations for these pieces:

Gateway between internal network and PSTN:
2 Cat6500 Communications Media Modules (installed in separate core
6500s) w/ 6-port T1 adapter
vs.
2 3845 ISR voice bundles w/ 3 PVDM2-64 DSPs, 2 2-port T1 VWICs, and 2
4-port FXO VICs each 

CallManager servers:
MCS-7825 v. MCS-7835

Our environment will have 675 phones at time of install with projected
growth of 250 phones in the next 5 years, and 4 T1s for PSTN interaction
(2 DID, 1 WAT, 1 other).  Important to our consideration are redundancy,
performance, ease of configuration and management, scalability, and
cost.

TIA,

Matthew Brown
High Point University
 




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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:07:06 -0400
From: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations
To: <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
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I think the vendors should be able to provide you with reasons of going with one over the other. Let them do the work is what I say. ;)

That being said, with respect to the servers, the Cisco site has plenty of information on hardware content as well as the total number of phones supported per server. It all depends on your comfort level with the availability and serviceability of the servers. For example, the 7825 doesn't have dual/removable power supplies.

As for the gateways, you have to look at functionality here. MGCP vs H323 (or at least that's what I hear ;) and configuration. We use the old 6608s for T1 connectivity as well as conferencing and I love them. But we lose out on some of the feature sets like VXML and some of the fancy Tk/tcl things that people can do on routers. If you already have the 6500s, I would say get the CMMs.

Lelio



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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
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50 messages in my inbox at the end of the day:   buffer overrun
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brown, Matthew A. 
  To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
  Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:48 PM
  Subject: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations


  My organization is preparing to move from a traditional PBX to a Cisco
  IPC system and has been given contradicting recommendations for certain
  equipment by different potential vendors.  What are your pros, cons, and
  recommendations for these pieces:

  Gateway between internal network and PSTN:
  2 Cat6500 Communications Media Modules (installed in separate core
  6500s) w/ 6-port T1 adapter
  vs.
  2 3845 ISR voice bundles w/ 3 PVDM2-64 DSPs, 2 2-port T1 VWICs, and 2
  4-port FXO VICs each 

  CallManager servers:
  MCS-7825 v. MCS-7835

  Our environment will have 675 phones at time of install with projected
  growth of 250 phones in the next 5 years, and 4 T1s for PSTN interaction
  (2 DID, 1 WAT, 1 other).  Important to our consideration are redundancy,
  performance, ease of configuration and management, scalability, and
  cost.

  TIA,

  Matthew Brown
  High Point University
   




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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:59:50 -0700
From: "Voll, Scott" <Scott.Voll at wesd.org>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations
To: <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
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Just my two cents:

 

Always go with a 7835 over a 7825.  unless the 7825 has RAID 1 mirroring
which the older 7825 didn't.  we use a 7835 as the pub and 7825 as the
sub. 

 

We have the CMM in our Cat65xx and I love it.  I have also used some
28xx series routers.  As far as easy there isn't much difference both
run IOS. MGCP is going to be the easiest but you might need H323 if you
are integrating with any old PBXs.  If you want the most scalable I
would use the CMM as you can put high port density on the CMM. 24 FXO, 6
T1, and Conferencing / transcoding resources and you can get up to 4 of
those cards in a single blade.  We use both the 6 port t1 and ACT cards.

 

The biggest consideration is always going to be how many $$$$.

 

Scott

 

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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:07 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations

 

I think the vendors should be able to provide you with reasons of going
with one over the other. Let them do the work is what I say. ;)

 

That being said, with respect to the servers, the Cisco site has plenty
of information on hardware content as well as the total number of phones
supported per server. It all depends on your comfort level with the
availability and serviceability of the servers. For example, the 7825
doesn't have dual/removable power supplies.

 

As for the gateways, you have to look at functionality here. MGCP vs
H323 (or at least that's what I hear ;) and configuration. We use the
old 6608s for T1 connectivity as well as conferencing and I love them.
But we lose out on some of the feature sets like VXML and some of the
fancy Tk/tcl things that people can do on routers. If you already have
the 6500s, I would say get the CMMs.

 

Lelio

 

 

 

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Network Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Sanity First : Number of days with fewer than
50 messages in my inbox at the end of the day:   buffer overrun

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: Brown, Matthew A. <mailto:mbrown at highpoint.edu>  

	To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 

	Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:48 PM

	Subject: [cisco-voip] pros, cons, and recommendations

	 

	My organization is preparing to move from a traditional PBX to a
Cisco
	IPC system and has been given contradicting recommendations for
certain
	equipment by different potential vendors.  What are your pros,
cons, and
	recommendations for these pieces:
	
	Gateway between internal network and PSTN:
	2 Cat6500 Communications Media Modules (installed in separate
core
	6500s) w/ 6-port T1 adapter
	vs.
	2 3845 ISR voice bundles w/ 3 PVDM2-64 DSPs, 2 2-port T1 VWICs,
and 2
	4-port FXO VICs each 
	
	CallManager servers:
	MCS-7825 v. MCS-7835
	
	Our environment will have 675 phones at time of install with
projected
	growth of 250 phones in the next 5 years, and 4 T1s for PSTN
interaction
	(2 DID, 1 WAT, 1 other).  Important to our consideration are
redundancy,
	performance, ease of configuration and management, scalability,
and
	cost.
	
	TIA,
	
	Matthew Brown
	High Point University
	 
	
	
	
	
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caring people.
	
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