[cisco-voip] List of MCS hardware equivalents for CallManager 5

[Jonathan Charles]

Interestingly, the two lists don't jive with each other.

One says dual 2.4 Ghz Xeon CPUs works, one doesn't.




Jonathan

On 1/3/07, Ryan Ratliff <rratliff at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> Did you look at the list of supported servers for 5.0 and 5.1 at
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/
> prod_brochure09186a0080174928.html?  You will have to scroll down
> past the 4.x and earlier versions.  You will eventually get to the
> 5.x section which starts with MCS servers and then goes to the HP and
> IBM server models.   For example...
>
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>
> Now in another page (side by side even) you bring up http://
> www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/
> prod_brochure09186a0080107d79.html.  Find the server in the table
> above and you will get the HP/Compaq part numbers for each item in
> the box.
>
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> Both of those pages I mentioned are linked off of www.cisco.com/go/
> swonly.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Jan 2, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Jonathan Charles wrote:
>
> But that isn't 'everything' I need to know.
>
> I want to know the mods... not just the model numbers for latest and
> greatest, I want a list of everything that is supported (and will be
> by TAC)
>
> So, for instance...
>
> I have a cust that has a lot of DL380 G3s... how do I need to
> configure that bad boy so I can install CCM5?
>
> I have another customer that has a DL320 G4 (P4 3.4Ghz, dual 80GB
> SATA, 2GB of RAM), CCM5 installed fine, no probs...
>
> However,  a single 2.8Ghz Xeon with 2GB of RAM and dual 72GB U320
> SCSI drives failed the hardware check... (so did a dual 2.4Ghz Xeon
> with 4GB of RAM and dual 72GB U320s...)
>
> So, is there a G3 config that will work?
>
> (as far as I can get from that page, a single 2.4Ghz Xeon with 2 36Gb
> drives should work... which doesn't make sense... a dual Xeon with
> more HD space fails?? What????)
>
> I think there should be logic behind this, there appears to not be.
>
> BTW, I think the dual Xeon box is faster than the crappy DL320..
>
> Here's for fun... they don't have any DL380G3s with 2.4Ghz processors
> left, they do have a 380 with a 3060Mhz box, but they want to use it
> for their Unity server... They have literally dozens of the 2.8s, but
> they aren't supported.
>
> This is slowly getting into 'this blows' territory....
>
> I am going to have retask something here...
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 1/2/07, Ryan Ratliff <rratliff at cisco.com> wrote: Everything you
> need to know about Cisco MCS servers both hardare and
> software can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Jan 2, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Jonathan Charles wrote:
>
> I need a list of HP hardware equivalents that will support
> CallManager 5...
>
> Customer has an HP contract and will not buy Cisco servers...
>
> They also have a crapload of HP servers lying around and don't see
> the reason to buy another one... (all servers are G3s, combination of
> DL320s, 360s and 380s).
>
> I am looking for hardware specs for each that Cisco will allow an
> install on (I would rather get a list and match requirements than do
> the trial and error thing...)
>
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> Jonathan
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