Cisco Unified Communication Manager - UCM - Basic configuration

Cisco UCM basic configuration steps

Required Hardware :

Integrated Service Router – ISR
PVDM / DSP – Digital signal Processor
Integrated Service Module – ISM
Voice / WAN Interface Card

Integrated Service Router : Multiple services on a single platform

Packet Voice DSP Module – PVDM : Voice connections both digital and analog connections. conferencing and transcoding capabilites. Voice quality such as compression and echo cancellation. PVDM3s are available with 256 channels. Supported many different voice codecs.

Use Cisco DSP Calculator: Check the requirement

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tools-catalog.html

Integrated Service Module – ISM Provides voice mail and IVR/auto attendant functionality. Support multiple ports and easy administration.

Voice WAN Interface Card: Connect ISR to PSTN and support full PRI

Console connections

Download and Installing the console USB drivers from Cisco.com website.

Go to website Cisco.com – support & Downloads – select a product type : 2911 – search result choose “2911 Integrated Services Router” – then select option list – software on chassis – Usb console software

Download Putty from this link: https://www.putty.org

If you getting error after connect com3 port then choose correct version from the list.

Putty Error: Unable to open connection to COM3 / Unable to open serial port

Fix this error change system Com port to Cisco usb driver from the list

Choose let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

putty connection – Serial line: COM3 – Serial – Speed: 9600

Router initial configuration set hostname and enable password

Configure SNMP Network Management: NO

Enter the interface name used to connect to the management network from the above interface summary: Vlan1

Configure IP on Vlan interface : Yes

Save the configuration on NVRM and exit

Fix error message popup while booting ios “opening tftp://255.255…….”

Fix this error message popup while accessing console on putty.

Fix this error enter below command on console

PSIR_2911# terminal no monitor

PSIR_2911# Configure Terminal

PSIR_2911(config)# no logging console

PSIR_2911(config)# no service config

PSIR_2911(config)# Exit

PSIR_2911# copy running-config startup-config – hit enter again to save configuration settings.

PSIR_2911# reload – Reboot the entire system.

Next time reboot those error will remove from the iOS.

Console user creation:

PSIR_2911# config terminal

PSIR_2911(config)# user John privilege 15 secret 0 P@ssw0rd

PSIR_2911(config)#exit

Virtual terminal enable:

PSIR_2911(config)#line vey 0 4

PSIR_2911(config)#no password

PSIR_2911(config)#login local

IOS – Flash upgrade

Find correct iOS from Cisco software research site

For IOS upgrade required TFTP server

TFTP- Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Download tftp server from solarwinds.com

https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/free-tftp-server

We have to configure router physical interface to particular IP address in order to access tftp server.

Open tftp server turn On

tftp root directory – move iOS downloaded file to that folder

PSIR_2911(config)# line vty 0 4

PSIR_2911(config-line)#transport input telnet ssh

PSIR_2911(config-line)#exit

PSIR_2911(config)#wr mem

now move latest iOS file to flash drive on router

PSIR_2911(config)#copy tftp://192.168.220.141/c2900-universal-mz.SPA.156-2.T2.bin flash:

After complete transfer iOS file. check flash drive file received or Not

PSIR_2911# dir

Now we have to change old booting iOS file to new iOS file path.

PSIR_2911(config)#boot system flash:c2900-universal-mz.SPA.156-2.T2.bin

PSIR_2911(config)#exit

PSIR_2911#wr mem

PSIR_2911# reload

Now we have old iOS kept in flash drive. we have to remove from the system.

PSIR_2911#dir. – Note on the old file name

PSIR_2911# del flash:c2900-universal……M2.bin

confirm delete old iOS file.

Setting IP address on data vlan and voice vlan using sub interface.

PSIR_2911(config)#interface gigaethernet 0/1

PSIR_2911(config-if)#no ip address

PSIR_2911(config)#exit

PSIR_2911(config)#interface gigaethernet 0/1.1

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#encapsoluation dot1q 1 native

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#IP address 192.168.220.205 255.255.255.0

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#desc interface for data vlan1

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#exit

PSIR_2911(config)#interface gigaethernet 0/1.10

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#encapsulation dot1q 10

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#IP address 172.20.220.205 255.255.255.0

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#desc interface for voice vlan10

PSIR_2911(config-subif)#exit

PSIR_2911(config)#wr mem

Set time and date –

Configure NTP server and DNS access

PSIR_2911(config)#ntp server 1.pool.ntp.org prefer

PSIR_2911(config)#ntp server 2.pool.ntp.org

PSIR_2911(config)#ntp server 3.pool.ntp.org

PSIR_2911(config)#exit

PSIR_2911#show ntp config

PSIR_2911#show ntp status

PSIR_2911#wr mem

Check and confirm ntp server working well.

Installing UCME GUI

UCME- web based administration , easy configuration of some settings. not installed by default.

Download Cisco UCME from website.

Download file and copy to tftp root folder

start run on tftp server

Open putty and copy UCME file to flash drive

Now enable embedded webserver

PSIR_2911(config)#ip http sever

PSIR_2911(config)#ip http auth local

PSIR_2911(config)#file privilege 0

PSIR_2911(config)#telephony-service

PSIR_2911(config-telephony)#web admin system name johnGUI secret 0 GUIPass0

PSIR_2911(config-telephony)#dn-webedit

PSIR_2911(config-telephony)#time-webedit

PSIR_2911(config-telephony)#exit

PSIR_2911(config)#ip http path flash:/CME-11.6-GUI

PSIR_2911(config)#exit

PSIR_2911#wr mem

Now finished installation UCME Gui- access from web browser.

Backup configuration: Save router configuration to local desktop using tftp server

First turn on tftp server and note it down IP address

PSIR_2911#copy running -configuration tftp://192.168.220.205

Cisco Unified Communication Manager – UCM – Basic configuration