[cisco-voip] what do you do for test/lab/beta scenarios?

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

Just wondering what options paths people have chosen for their test/lab/beta scenarios? With Cisco tightening up the licensing on their products our ability to simply install software for testing is becoming less of an option. 

>From my last recollection of v7.1 CUCM, you can install on real hardware and get 50 or so DLUs, but you can't install additional subscribers since you don't have node licenses. If you install on VMware, you get additional node licenses and DLUs, but you really can't call for support since v7 is not supported on VM. 

For 7.x Connection, you can install on physical hardware and get 10 VM boxes and 2 ports. Not sure about VMware. 

The biggest question we have right now is how does UCCx v8 PRE behave out of the box without licenses? Do we get at least one or two agents and/or ports that we can configure and test with? How does that differ if we install on VM? 

I also know that there are a few NFR SKUs - are those reserved for partners only or can anyone order these? 

Any information on how you run your test/lab/beta scenarios without spending high $ values on them would be great. 

Thanks! 

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
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