[cisco-voip] Large deployment of IP Phones

[Paul]

I would *definitely* read as much of this document as possible to ensure that any potential design factors are clear to you.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/srnd/8x/uc8x.html

Hopefully your version of MS Exchange is recent to prevent any major hiccups with the Single Inbox-Unity Connection integration as MS Exchange 2003 can be a bit problematic.

I would start with the UCS servers as do a test migration of your 7.1.x cluster on an isolated network so you can feel comfortable and familiar with the process.

The SRND covers a lot of the nitty-gritty about the processes you need to be aware of to implement specific features. The complexity of the project will depend on if Cxxes are asking for lots of whistles and bells or not. Also if the fundamentals of your network are weak, you'll have to focus on shoring that up first or you'll be asking for a lot of trouble.

Divide and conquer and you should come out of it okay.



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From: Daniel Martin <daniel.martin at cae.com>
To: "cisco-voip at puck.nether.net" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net> 
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 4:56 AM
Subject: [cisco-voip] Large deployment of IP Phones


Hello gang,

Our CFO finally agreed to fund our IP Telephony project to decommission our old PBX and replace 3,500 legacy phones with IP phones. I’ve been working on the justification for more than two years.

I would like to know if any of you would know where I can find or have a deployment plan to rollout a project like that. 

I already have about 1,800 IP phones on our current cluster. Our MCS servers are old and must be replaced (with Cisco UCS servers) and will be upgrading from 7.1 to 8.6 at the same time. We’re replacing all our network switches with PoE switches and putting all voicemail on Microsoft Unified Messaging.

I just want to make sure that the rollout goes well since all of Upper Management (CIO, CFO and CEO) will be keeping track of the progress and know if things go very bad.

I’m looking for any info on the planning, deployment and support. By the way, we will be getting some professional services by our Cisco gold partner but I still need to make sure I have everything covered.

Thanks.

Daniel Martin
Chef de Groupe – Gestion du Réseau des TI
Group Leader – IT Network Management
CAE Inc.
St-Laurent, Québec Canada
H4T 1G6
Tél:  1-514-341-2000 x4878
Fax: 1-514-340-5489
daniel.martin at cae.com

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