CME on a 2821... license?

mikearama

Hey Voice-techies.

I snagged a good-lookin 2821 ISR that's collecting dust... up'd it to 15.1(2)T1, and did the base config to get interfaces, ntp, dhcp, etc, all good to go. Then I checked the license status... nothing but ios-ips-update. Ugh.

For CVOICE studies, what's the easiest way to get CME up and running? Does Cisco provide temp licenses for CME? I checked the cisco.com/go/license page and cannot find anything for CME. Am I just blind?

Thanks guys,
Mike

azaghul

Assuming you are using adventerprise, ipvoice or advipservices (or simular) IOS feature sets?

Check to see if your IOS supports (in global config):

telephony-service
max-dn 1
max-ephone 1

then do a show telephony-service

it should show you the CME version supported. If not, you'll need to try a supported IOS feature set.

mikearama

Yep, looks good:

Router(config)#telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)#
*Feb 7 19:53:24.143: CEF-HWIDB: EDSP0 LES switching vector set to Null
*Feb 7 19:53:24.143: CEF-HWIDB: EDSP0 LES switching vector set to CEF switching
Router(config-telephony)#max-dn 1
Router(config-telephony)#max-ephones 1
Router(config-telephony)#end
Router#
Router#sh telephony-service
CONFIG (Version=8.1)
=====================
Version 8.1
Max phoneload sccp version 17
Max dspfarm sccp version 18
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
!
!
max-ephones 1
max-dn 1
max-conferences 8 gain -6
dspfarm units 0
dspfarm transcode sessions 0
conference software
!

I expected a license requirement. Looks like I'm solid as is, yeah? Sweet.

Thanks for the pointers. I appreciate it.
Mike

azaghul

Happy to assist....

IOS 15.x is a funny one, at some point around 15.1/15.2 licensing becomes an issue, prior to that.....how should I put it.....its more relaxed thankfully.

shodown

Ensure you follow the VOIP security features set in the 15.x IOS. Can't tell you how many calls I have ran into that.

mikearama

Two questions... I'm on a roll now!! hehe

First... VOIP security features, sho? Can you elaborate? What should I be looking out for?

Second... I added the 15.1(2)T1.bin file (I didn't come across the equivalent .tar), so I have no load files...
!
Voice-2821#dir
Directory of flash:/

2 -rw- 2751 Dec 28 2009 01:26:14 -05:00 sdmconfig-28xx.cfg
3 -rw- 931840 Dec 28 2009 01:26:28 -05:00 es.tar
4 -rw- 1505280 Dec 28 2009 01:26:44 -05:00 common.tar
5 -rw- 1038 Dec 28 2009 01:27:00 -05:00 home.shtml
6 -rw- 112640 Dec 28 2009 01:27:12 -05:00 home.tar
7 -rw- 1697952 Dec 28 2009 01:27:32 -05:00 securedesktop-ios-3.1.1.45-k9.pkg
8 -rw- 415956 Dec 28 2009 01:27:50 -05:00 sslclient-win-1.1.4.176.pkg
9 -rw- 62917384 Feb 7 2013 10:12:58 -05:00 c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.151-2.T1.bin
!

I found them separately, but wondered about their placement. The CVOICE guide I'm using saw that they should go in a /phone directory... but then to create aliases so the phones can find them. Any issue down the road if I just place them in the root of flash?

Thanks again.

azaghul

Voice security features, from memory goes under the voice services voip command, and restricts voip calls to specified (ip address) destinations. This was allowed under 12.4, but has to be manually configured and allowed under 15.x. When the router boots, there is a BIG warning displayed to the console about this.

2 -rw- 2751 Dec 28 2009 01:26:14 -05:00 sdmconfig-28xx.cfg
3 -rw- 931840 Dec 28 2009 01:26:28 -05:00 es.tar
4 -rw- 1505280 Dec 28 2009 01:26:44 -05:00 common.tar
5 -rw- 1038 Dec 28 2009 01:27:00 -05:00 home.shtml
6 -rw- 112640 Dec 28 2009 01:27:12 -05:00 home.tar
7 -rw- 1697952 Dec 28 2009 01:27:32 -05:00 securedesktop-ios-3.1.1.45-k9.pkg
8 -rw- 415956 Dec 28 2009 01:27:50 -05:00 sslclient-win-1.1.4.176.pkg

Those files are all for SDM, gives you a GUI to configure some router features, mostly initial config, routing, security, qos, vpn, etc. These all go in the root of flash.

The CUCME files should come as a tar ball of about 200-250M, it will extract and create all the folders needed. You can prune this down to a manageable size by extracting the tar ball, removing unneeded phone firmware versions, and repacking it.

shodown

Toll-Fraud Prevention Feature in IOS Release 15.1(2)T - Cisco Systems


Even after a few years of it being out I either run into it or forget it myself,lol.