Cisco Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 8.5 Information Guide
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Platform
Q. What hardware is required to run Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager?
A. Table 3 outlines the minimum server requirements recommended for different levels of performance and
scale. Consult the Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning Manager Installation Guide,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7125/prod_installation_guides_list.html
, for detailed
recommendations.
Table 3.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager
Server
Requirements
Requirements
Up to 1,000 Phones
Up to 10,000 Phones
Up to 30,000 Phones
Up to 60,000 Phones
CPU
Single 3.0 GHz Intel P4
processor or equivalent
processor or equivalent
2.33 GHz or higher
quad core processor or
equivalent
quad core processor or
equivalent
Two-machine deployment with both:
2.33 GHz or higher quad core
processor or equivalent each for the
database server and the
web/application server
2.33 GHz or higher quad core
processor or equivalent each for the
database server and the
web/application server
Two-machine deployment with both:
2.33 GHz or higher quad core
processor or equivalent each for the
database server and the
web/application server
2.33 GHz or higher quad core
processor or equivalent each for the
database server and the
web/application server
Memory
2 GB RAM
4 GB RAM
4 GB RAM on each machine
4 GB RAM on application/web server
and 8 GB RAM on the database
server
and 8 GB RAM on the database
server
Disk Space
One 30 GB hard disk
One 60 GB hard disk
with SAS or SCSI
drives
with SAS or SCSI
drives
One 30 GB hard disk on machine for
web and application servers, and One
80 GB SAS hard drive in a RAID 1+0
configuration for the database
web and application servers, and One
80 GB SAS hard drive in a RAID 1+0
configuration for the database
One 30 GB hard disk on machine for
web and application servers, and One
120 GB SAS hard drive in a RAID
1+0 configuration for the database
web and application servers, and One
120 GB SAS hard drive in a RAID
1+0 configuration for the database
Network
100 Mbps network
interface card (NIC)
interface card (NIC)
100 Mbps NIC
100 Mbps NIC
1 Gbps NIC
Q. Will Cisco Prime UPM run on a Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) platform?
A. Yes. Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning Manager will run on an MCS. This server, however, requires a standard
Windows 2003/2008 Server OS, not a Cisco customized version shipped with some versions of MCS.
Q. Will Cisco Prime UPM run in a virtual environment?
A. Yes. Cisco Prime UPM is commonly deployed on VMware ESX 3.5 to ESXi 5.0 versions.
Q. Will Cisco Prime UPM run on Cisco Unified Computing System
™
(Cisco UCS
™
)?
A. Yes. Cisco Prime UPM has been tested on both Cisco UCS B blades and C blades, as well as on the Cisco
UCS raw hardware.
Licensing
Q. How is Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning Manager priced?
A. Like all Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite products, Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning
Manager is priced in a tiered manner, with tiers based on the number of managed endpoints (phones).
Q. Do all the phones need to be in the same cluster?
A. No. Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning Manager can manage up to the licensed number of phones across
multiple Cisco Communications Manager clusters or Cisco Communications Manager Express devices.
Q. Is there a charge to upgrade from Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 2.2 to Cisco Prime Unified Provisioning
Manager 8.7?
A. No. UPM 8.7 is a minor upgrade from Unified Provisioning Manager 2.2 and is covered by the customer’s
Software Application Support (SAS) contract. UPM 8.7 can operate with any UPM 2.x license.