Often times, it’s necessary to access a CUCM server via the CLI instead of the web server. If you’ve not done much of this yet, the command structure may seem a little awkward. It’s nothing like IOS and can give many voice and network engineers pause when they first encounter it. This large post contains a list of all Cisco UC 9.1(1) CLI commands and their syntax in brief format. This included CUCM CLI commands,…
Read MoreBACKING UP UCS Backing up UCS can be a little confusing especially since it presents you a few options. What you may be expecting is something simple like a one button easy “Back it up” button. But in fact, that is not the case. And the nice thing about it is there are lots of different things you can do with backup files. From the Admin Tab under All in UCS Manager, under the general…
Read MoreBackup and Export Configuration When you perform a backup through Cisco UCS Manager, you take a snapshot of all or part of the system configuration and export the file to a location on your network. You cannot use Cisco UCS Manager to back up data on the servers. You can perform a backup while the system is up and running. The backup operation only saves information from the management plane. It does not have any impact on the…
Read MoreField Notice: FN – 63249 MGX – A software bug CSCea28215 in VxWorks caused incorrect handling of rollover tick counter, various MGX Modules may require reset after 466+ days – Workaround procedure available Cisco BUG and FN; – CSCea28215 466+ days Wxworks BUG – FN 63249: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/632/fn63249.html NOTICE: THIS FIELD NOTICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY. YOUR…
Read MoreVerifying the Platform State of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitches You can determine which of your Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitches is the active Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch and which is the standby Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch. If your system uses a Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch in a simplex configuration, the single Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch is always active. To do this, complete the following steps: Step 1 Log into one of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitches,…
Read MoreThis is just a collection of convenient settings I’ve found elsewhere on the Internet. SecureCRT is a nice little piece of software to have in sitting on your laptop to connect to console/Telnet/SSH sessions you frequent/etc. Some of the settings I’d prefer to change from the default, mainly around appearance and with it not automatically creating a log file on connect. Change Default Appearance To change the default colour theme do the following: Go to Options > Global…
Read MoreHow to patch ESXi 5 from command line. Usually the patching of VMware vSphere Cluster is done through vSphere Update Manager (VUM), but for this you need vCenter. In case you’re managing single ESXi host without vCenter, you might be interested to know how to patch the ESXi host from the command line. The patching of VMware ESXi 5 is quite straightforward process, but there is one condition: SSH access The SSH access can…
Read MoreInstalling patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line (2008939) Purpose This article outlines the procedure for installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line using esxcli software vib commands. For more information on installing VIBs on an ESX host, see Update a Host with Individual VIBs in the vSphere 5 Documentation Center. You can also install patches using esxcli software profile commands. For more information, see vSphere Command-Line Interface…
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Verification and backup commands before upgrade: ! show redundancy!show rom-monitor slot 5 sp show rom-monitor slot 5 rp show rom-monitor slot 6 sp show rom-monitor slot 6 rp show tac ! First start ROMMON upgrade with standby supervisor: Note: standby supervisor is in module 6: Please note first upgrade the SP image on standby supervisor and verify after that you can upgrade RP image on standby…
Read MoreCDR Reading for Transferred Calls Transferred Calls Calls that are transferred generate multiple CDRs. One CDR exists for the original call, one for the consultation call, and another for the final transferred call. For the original call, the origCause_value and destCause_value gets set to split = 393216, which indicates the call was split. The origCallTerminationOnBehalfOf and destCallTerminationOnBehalfOf fields get set to Transfer = 10 to indicate that this call was involved in a transfer. For…
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