[cisco-voip] Upgrade Server

[Andre Beck]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:17:45AM -0500, Chris Ellington wrote:
> Normally I would agree but after working with CCM5 there are _very_ strict hardware checks so be careful.
> 
> My example-
> 
> I have an HP DL320G4 with a 3.0G dual core; 72G SATA drives & 2G RAM.  I have another server, MCS7825, which is a DL320G4 with a 2.8G processor, 72G SATA drives and 2G RAM.

In my case it was an IBM x346 in a slightly newer configuration, which
essentially failed on the product part number in the flash.
 
> Guess which one CCM 5 WILL NOT install on even though the only difference is a faster processor?  The screen comes back and informs me that all is supported except the 3.0G processor.  I would hope that on the drives and RAM it's a lower bound check and not a strict exact check but only Cisco can answer that (or I guess I could if I bought bigger drives and more ram)

Such checks are rather stupid on an ever changing plattform like the PC is
(even when it comes to dedicated server hardware). Certifying platforms is
one thing, but insisting on outdated models, BIOS and RAID firmwares is just
painful. In my case, the 4.1 installer (2000.2.7) forcibly downgraded the
machine's BIOS to a version that failed to detect the CPU correctly...

With CCM 5, have a look into the HWTABLE.data file on the DVD. It will
list the exact models that this DVD will support. If you think yours should
work as well, but fails on some silly detail like part number or 200MHz
clock difference, just add some new lines to this file and rebuild the DVD.
This works at least with 5.0. For newer versions, Cisco already threatened
to make the installation cryptographically signed...

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