Upgrade VCS 7 to 8.1

[Eduardo Lau Alayo]

Hello,

We want to migrate our BE6K 9.1.1 to version 9.1.2 to test MRA features and VPN-less Jabber clients.

I understand that VCS needs to be migrated also from current version 7 to new one 8.1, and I have two questions about it:

- VCS Traversal calls 7.X licenses can be used to implement the new Expressway Edge? Or different licenses will be necessary?

- This upgrade requires a Release Key. How can it be obtained ?

We count also with a valid UCSS for 3 years.

Thanks!

[Andrew Hickman]

Hi Eduardo,

If you have Smartnet for the BE6000 server, then you can get the 7.2 licenses upgraded to X8.1 by sending a request to vmvcs-sn-entry@cisco.com. See the BE6000 Ordering Guide for more details.  (www.cisco.com/web/partners/sell/technology/ipc/uc_tech_readiness.html)

Expressway is a $0 purchase (you must order it, even though it's free to get the licenses) that's available for all 9.1(2) or newer solutions.

Unless you have already purchased VCS-Expressway, purchasing Express-C and Expressway-E for $0 would be your best solution.

Regards,

Andy

[Eduardo Lau Alayo]

Thanks.

Do you know if with Expressway, it is still necessary to acquire licenses for Non-traversal and traversal calls?

Regards,

Eduardo.

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Enviado el: martes, 06 de mayo de 2014 04:22 a.m.

Para: Eduardo Lau Alayo

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[skilambi]

Expressway uses rich media licenses for b2b, jabber guest and MSFT interop

Jabber IMP or UC or TC endpoints registered to ucm is no charge

Thanks

Srini