Cisco Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 8.5 White Paper
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UPM does not limit the creation of distribution lists, which may have thousands of members, as long as
the add operation is done by adding 200 members each time. However, slow response in the user
interface may be encountered when a user views a distribution list that has a large number of
members.
New Features in UPM
UPM Version 8.6
Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 8.6 adds the following features:
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Analog voice gateway and Analog phone support: Support for VG202, VG204, and VG224
infrastructure products and analog phones
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Enhanced device support: Support for new versions of devices and new phones (for example, Cius
tablets)
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Batch enhancements: Ability to add, update, or delete devices through bulk provisioning
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Security enhancements:
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Logged-in user sessions with audit logging
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Locking/unlocking user accounts after failed logins
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Device passwords stored in UPM are now encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit
algorithm
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Corporate email address: Support for corporate email address in voice mail product
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Subscriber ID can contain space and apostrophe
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UI performance improvements for ordering and service area
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DN block report
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Non-case-sensitive subscriber ID search
The major new features are discussed in detail in the following sections.
Analog Voice Gateway and Phone Support
UPM 8.6 allows provisioning analog voice gateway references and analog phones.
What is a voice gateway reference?
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Each analog voice gateway registered to UCM is called a voice gateway reference in UPM.
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UPM supports voice gateways (VG224, VG204, VG202) with Skinny Call Control Protocol (SCCP).
Why we need a voice gateway reference?
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To provision analog phones from UPM
How do you get voice gateway references in UPM?
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To get the voice gateway reference from UCM into UPM, perform an infrastructure sync on the UCM to
which the analog voice gateway is registered.
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UPM also allows to add voice gateway references into UCM through
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Infrastructure configuration
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Configuration template
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API