[cisco-voip] cisco licensing changes...

[Matthew Loraditch]

So here's some info that wasn't in the article and might help Ed and Lelio out.



1) If you have UCSS You will automatically get upgraded when you upgrade to 7.1.5 or 8.0 and later. At the moment this is just a paper conversion the licenses aren't going to enforced immediately. That will be in future upgrades. If your UCSS user counts aren't acurate you will have issues when license enforcement happens.

2) Server classes and node counts will no longer matter. You can now get the usually cheaper more powerful HP or IBM oem servers and not pay anything extra!!

3) Lelio, the DMA tool shouldn't have anything to do with this as it will convert your phone count to DLUs which will still be the actual license's being counted by the server until a post 8.0 release.



That's some basics not convered in the posting Lelio pointed out. If you have access to the partner link Ahmed gave pretty much every question under the sun is answered there, if you don't I am happy to answer or try to find any answers i don't quite know.



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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ahmed Elnagar [ahmed_elnagar at rayacorp.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:33 PM
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: cisco-voip voyp list
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] cisco licensing changes...

It is to be noted that UCL will be the only option for 8.0 version and it will start in 7.1.5

The good thing is that it will simplify the ordering as you no longer need to quote server software, DLUs, ports, options; you will just provide the number of users and Cisco will give you the optimum.

More in the below link:
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/sell/technology/ipc/integrated-solutions/user_connect_licensing.html

  Best Regards;
  Ahmed Elnagar
  Senior Network PS Engineer
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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: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:15 AM
To: cisco-voip voyp list
Subject: [cisco-voip] cisco licensing changes...

an interesting article

http://www.nojitter.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223101050

i wonder how the DMA tool to go from 4.1(x) to 7.1(x) is going to handle all this.

my headache just got worse.


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