<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Here's my take (because I'm slightly interested as well):<br><br>from the description:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">8.6(2a) US Export Restricted - full encryption capabilities
(non-bootable) - For upgrade from 8.x+. Upgrades from 6.1(4)+, 7.1(3),
7.1(5) need to be requested via PUT (www.cisco.com/upgrade) or purchased
to obtain necessary license<br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br></div>from the compatibility matrix:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">8.6(2a) <br><br>Direct upgrade:<br><br>8.6(2), 8.6(1a), 8.6(1), 8.5(1), 8.5(1)SU3, 8.5(1)SU2, 8.5(1)SU1, 8.0(3a)SU3, 8.0(3a)SU2, 8.0(3a)SU1, 8.0(3a), 8.0(3), 8.0(2c)SU1, 8.0(2c), 8.0(2b), 8.0(2a), 8.0(2), 8.0(1), <strong>7.1(5b)SU4(restricted), 7.1(5b)SU3(restricted), 7.1(5b)SU2(restricted), 7.1(5b)(restricted), 7.1(5a)(restricted), 7.1(5)SU1a(restricted), 7.1(5)SU1(restricted), 7.1(5)(restricted)</strong>, 7.1(3b)SU2, 7.1(3b)SU1, 7.1(3b), 7.1(3a)SU1a, 7.1(3a)SU1, 7.1(3a), 7.1(3), 6.1(5)SU3, 6.1(5)SU2, 6.1(5)SU1, 6.1(5), 6.1(4a)SU2, 6.1(4a), 6.1(4)SU1, 6.1(4) <br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"></div><span><br>looks like you're good to go as long as you get the licenses....<br><br><br><span name="x"></span>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (ANNU)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br><span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Ed Leatherman" <ealeatherman@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Cisco VOIP" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:57:15 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[cisco-voip] 8.x upgrade question<br><br>This is probably a dumb question (since when has that stopped me before right?)<div><br></div><div>Can I use the
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;line-height:13px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">UCSInstall_UCOS_8.6.2.20000-2.sgn.iso</span> image from <a href="http://cisco.com" target="_blank">cisco.com</a> to upgrade from 7.1.5, assuming I have an 8.x upgrade kit? In-place upgrade, no new hardware or anything. </div>
<div><br></div><div>My upgrade kit DVD is 8.6.1, I'd like to just skip up to the latest release instead of upgrading to 8.6.1 and then doing another round of patches/reboots to get there.</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br>
Ed Leatherman<br><br>
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