[cisco-voip] CCM 5.0 vs. DL360

[Andre Beck]

Trying to install 5.0 on a DL380, I'm getting the unsupported plattform
blurb. Quite surprisingly, as the machine is well in the specs, but not
completely unexpected, as I've already had to patch HWTABLE.data for a
supposedly supported IBM x346 which happened to have the wrong letters
in the PROM platform name.

>From HWTABLE.data:

VENDOR, #CPU, CLOCK, MEM ,Hard_Disk,,Product_Name,  ==    ,HWTYPE
------  ----  -----  ---  ---------  ------------          ------
[...]
HP,       2,  3400, 4096 ,4x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G4,   ,7845H, 
HP,       2,  3066, 4096 ,4x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G3,   ,7845H, 
HP,       2,  2400, 4096 ,4x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G3,   ,7845H, 
HP,       1,  3400, 2048 ,2x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G4,   ,7835H, 
HP,       1,  3066, 2048 ,2x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G3,   ,7835H, 
HP,       1,  2400, 2048 ,2x72 SCSI,,ProLiant DL380 G3,   ,7835H, 
[...]

Argh. So you can install on a G3 with 3GHz CPU, or on a G4 with 3.4GHz
CPU, but not on a G4 with 3GHz CPU, despite every spec is completely
fulfilled? How silly is that?

I can patch HWTABLE.data and rebuild the DVD no problem, but what scares
me is that future installers will be signed (that means no way to tinker
with the incomplete hardware database) and this madness might happen in
the middle of an upgrade with TAC just telling me that it's my problem
because a chassis with an airbrushed pink front is of course not in the
scope of supported models. Does anyone know if this hardware check is
about to be repeated when adding updates to an existing installation or
if Cisco is extending the hardware database at least so it matches any
OEM model that is sufficiently in spec?

TIA,
Andre.
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