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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don’t know about the EOL, but these servers have a ton of horsepower. Go to <a href="http://www.cisco.com/go/uc-virtualized">www.cisco.com/go/uc-virtualized</a> to get more details. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It seems that the best positioning of this is either when you’ll have a significant number of 7835 or 7845 servers. Here’s an example. I had a customer wanting to add Unity Connection for around 5000 users. So, a 7845 would be in order, at $24000 list price. The UCS C-series came in at $23000 list plus some support stuff and VMWare license which put it at around $25,000 list. The difference? The C-series could run not just the Unity Connection but can run UCM as well on that box. It turned out to be a good deal. Now, eventually they’ll buy another C-series for full redundancy, but when considering the 7845 versus the C-series, the C-series made more sense. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>James Buchanan </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> Senior Network Engineer </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> <b>South Region </b></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> Presidio Networked Solutions <br>12 Cadillac Dr, Suite 130, Brentwood, TN 37027 </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="mailto:jbuchanan@ctiusa.com">jbuchanan@presidio.com</a><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>D: 615-866-5729</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>| <b>F:</b> </span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>615-866-5781</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="http://www.presidio.com">www.presidio.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="http://www.presidio.com">http://www.presidio.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>CCIE #25863, Voice</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>george.hendrix@l-3com.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] Cisco MCS vs UCS Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I noticed Cisco has the new UCS C and B series servers. Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether these are the way to go or not? Do they perform better than the MCS H or I series? Also since these are out now, does anyone know if there are plans to put the remainder of the MCS servers EOL? BTW, this would be for a new CUCM 8 installation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Bill Hendrix </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>