Cisco Unified CME 7.0 Or 4.3 is released!

As Steve Foy mentioned in a previous comment on the site. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express version 4.3 is available for the ISR Router Platform. (It usually take a few months for a new release to make it to the UC500)

Cisco has renumbered the release numbers for CME to align with full blown Unified Communications Manager &.0 that is due out soon.  So CME 4.3 = CME 7.0.

It is available for download, but I can't yet seem to find release notes for it.

 

The Following is a list of New Features in Cisco Unified CME 7.0/4.3  (From Cisco)

7.0/4.3

Autoprovisioning Directory Numbers in SRST Fallback Mode

Allows you to specify whether Cisco Unified CME in SRST Fallback mode creates octo-line or dual-line directory numbers for ephone-dns that are "learned" automatically from the ephone configuration.

Configuring SRST Fallback Support

Barge

Enables phone users to join a call on a shared octo-line directory number by pressing the Cbarge soft key and converting the call to an ad hoc conference.

Configuring Barge and Privacy

Call Transfer Recall

Enables a transferred call to return to the phone that initiated the transfer if the destination does not answer.

Configuring Call Transfer and Forwarding


Cisco 3200 Series Mobile Access Router

Support for Cisco Unified CME on the Cisco 3200 Series Mobile Access Router was added.

Cisco Unified CME Overview

Cisco Unified IP Phones

SCCP support was added for the following phone types:

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7915 Expansion Module

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7916 Expansion Module

Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937

Nokia E61

Configuring Phones to Make Basic Calls

Consultative Transfer Enhancements

Modifies the digit-collection process for consultative call transfers. After a phone user presses the Transfer soft key for a consultative transfer, a new consultative call leg is created and the Transfer soft key is not displayed again until the dialed digits of the transfer-to number are matched to a transfer pattern and consultative call leg is in alerting state.

Configuring Call Transfer and Forwarding

Directory Search Enhancement

Increases the number of entries supported in a search results list from 32 to 240 when using the directory search feature.

Configuring Directory Services

Extension Mobility Enhancement

Adds support for the following:

Automatic Logout, including:

Configurable time-of-day timers for automatically logging out all Extension Mobility users.

Configurable idle-duration timer for logging out an individual user from an idle Extension Mobility phone.

Automatic Clear Call History when a user logs out from Extension Mobility.

Configuring Extension Mobility

Phone-Type Configuration

Allows you to dynamically add a new phone type to your configuration without upgrading your Cisco IOS software.

Configuring Phones to Make Basic Calls

Live Record

Enables IP phone users to record a phone conversation when Cisco Unity Express is the voice mail system.

Integrating Voice Mail

Maximum Ephones

The max-ephones command now sets the maximum number of SCCP phones that can register to Cisco Unified CME, without limiting the number that can be configured. This enhancement also expands the maximum number of phones that can be configured to 1000.

Configuring System-Level Parameters

Octo-Line Directory Numbers

Adds octo-line directory numbers that support up to eight active calls, both incoming and outgoing, on a single phone button. Unlike a dual-line directory number, an octo-line directory number can split its channels among other phones that share the directory number.

Configuring Phones to Make Basic Calls

Privacy

Enables phone users to block other users from seeing call information or barging into a call on a shared octo-line directory number.

Configuring Barge and Privacy


Speed Dial/Fast Dial Phone User Interface

Allows IP phone users to configure their own speed-dial and fast-dial settings directly from the phone. Extension Mobility users can add or modify speed-dial settings in their user profile after logging in.

Configuring Speed Dial

Transfer to Voice Mail

Allows a phone user to transfer a caller directly to a voice-mail extension by pressing the TrnsfVM soft key.

Integrating Voice Mail

Voice Hunt-Group Enhancements

Supports the following Voice Hunt Group features:

Call Forwarding to a Parallel Voice Hunt-Group (Blast Hunt Group).

Call Transfer to a Voice Hunt-Group.

Member of Voice Hunt-Group can be a SCCP phone, FXS analog phone, DS0-group, PRI-group, SIP phone, or SIP trunk.

Configuring Call-Coverage Features

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CME 7.0

Hi,

I tried 7.0 fora while and had to go back. If an analog extension or voicemail/AA was in the conversation the CPU was at 100%.

One of the RTSP processes went nuts. All went back to normal back at WX9.

Just my 2c...

Nick

So far, 4.3 and 7.0 seem

So far, 4.3 and 7.0 seem useless to me, and a customer of ours. Using BRI's, after 10-15 seconds, any call would drop silent (the call itself is not dropped however), and IOS reports that all DSP's have shut down ("No more ring descriptors available"), only to re-appear after a few seconds.

Downgrading to 4.1 seemed to help the problem. This is still an open caveat in 12.4(20)T. Shame, as the new features of 4.3 look really good on paper, but we like our calls to last longer than 15 secs.

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CME 7.0 WooHoo

Been waiting for this version now for about 3 months, a customer of mine had CME 4.2 with a SIP Trunk from PaeTec Communications (northeast provider) and has had nothing but issues with it from the beginning, SIP that is. Opened a TAC Case and they were like uh, yeah that's a bug. With PRACK enabled on the SIP, calls to certain telco's would drop that call after about 30 - 40 seconds... Disabled PRACK took care of that, but caused quite a bit of voice quality issues.
Now that 7.0 is out and installed on this system, I haven't heard a peep about any calls over the SIP!
New features look pretty awesome too, octo-line and live record will be helpful!

Matt

IOS release notes 12.4(20)T

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