Mondopad on a Cisco platform

Has anyone been able to register and use a Mondopad on their Cisco VCS platform? We have a freebie that would like to be used internally but I have had no luck. We currently have this as our backbone
VCS Control 7.0.3
VCS Expressway 7.0.3
MCU 4.4
TMS 13.1.2
No problems with Cisco or Polycom devices and we also use Jabber Video I just do not want to put too much effort in this if it will not work.

Hello Dave,
I have a bunch of these here that I have registered to our VCS.
The Mondopad Shell that runs has a built in SIP client. Wording for it's configuration is a bit different to what I would expect and some features are still "in the air" however I managed to get them to work on our VC network using the VCS's.
Some simple things in the clients configuration to note.
Display Name = alias
Address = alias@domain
Register = SIP DOMAIN NAME
Port = 5061
Username = user credential to connect to VCS - can't be blank - I have entries in the local database on the VCS for this
Password = for above - can't be blank
Proxy Server = SIP SERVER ADDRESS
Proxy Port = 5061
SIP Transport = TCP
SIP Security = TLS
Encyption = None
On the VCS side I found it was best to create a Subzone for these Mondopads as I found they had issues calling Jabber unless I did this. Within the Subzone for the Mondopads I have to select Media Encryption Mode to "Best Effort" for calls to be successful.
I am yet to get these devices to be managed by TMS or to recieve a phone book from TMS.
I am happy to help or listen to any other ideas you guys have for these.
I have also written a document and sent it to Infocus in regards to configuration for these on the Cisco VCS.
Thanks, Craig

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According to next document:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk801/tk36/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094694.shtml
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Hi,
I have a HP server model:
HP Proliant DL380-G5 E5420, 4GB RAM, 4 HDD 146GB, Intel Dual Core 2,5MHz.
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What is a similar in Cisco?
Thanks.

Hi Miguel,
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Ask the Expert: ISE 1.2: Configuration and Deployment with Cisco expert Craig Hyps

Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn and ask questions about how to deploy and configure Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Version 1.2 and to understand the features and enhanced troubleshooting options available in this version, with Cisco expert Craig Hyps.
October 27, 2014 through November 7, 2014.
The Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) helps IT professionals meet enterprise mobility challenges and secure the evolving network across the entire attack continuum. Cisco ISE is a security policy management platform that identifies users and devices using RADIUS, 802.1X, MAB, and Web Authentication methods and automates secure access controls such as ACLs, VLAN assignment, and Security Group Tags (SGTs) to enforce role-based access to networks and network resources. Cisco ISE delivers superior user and device visibility through profiling, posture and mobile device management (MDM) compliance validation, and it shares vital contextual data with integrated ecosystem partner solutions using Cisco Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) technology to accelerate the identification, mitigation, and remediation of threats.
Craig Hyps is a senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Cisco's Security Business Group with over 25 years networking and security experience. Craig is defining Cisco's next generation Identity Services Engine, ISE, and concurrently serves as the Product Owner for ISE Performance and Scale focused on the requirements of the largest ISE deployments.
Previously Craig has held senior positions as a customer Consulting Engineer, Systems Engineer and product trainer. He joined Cisco in 1997 and has extensive experience with Cisco's security portfolio. Craig holds a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and certifications that include CISSP, CCSP, and CCSI.
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Because of the volume expected during this event, Ali might not be able to answer each question. Remember that you can continue the conversation on the Security community, sub-community shortly after the event. This event lasts through November 7, 2014. Visit this forum often to view responses to your questions and the questions of other community members.
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1. Without more specifics it is hard to determine actual issue. It may be possible that if configured in same subnet that asymmetric traffic caused connections to fail. A key enhancement in ISE 1.3 is to make sure traffic received on a given interface is sent out same interface.
2. Common use cases for using different interfaces include separation of management traffic from user traffic such as web portal access or to support dedicated profiling interfaces. For example, you may want employees to use a different interface for sponsor portal access. For profiling, you may want to use a specific interface for HTTP SPAN traffic or possibly configure IP Anycast to simplify reception and redundancy of DHCP IP Helper traffic. Another use case is simple NIC redundancy.
a. Management traffic is restricted to eth0, but standalone node will also have PSN persona so above use cases can apply for interfaces eth1-eth3.
b. For dedicated PAN / MnT nodes it usually does not make sense to configure multiple interfaces although ISE 1.3 does add support for SNMP on multiple interfaces if needed to separate out. It may also be possible to support NIC redundancy but I need to do some more testing to verify.
For PSNs, NIC redundancy for RADIUS as well as the other use cases for separate profiling and portal services apply.
Regarding Supplicant Provisioning issue, the flows are the same whether wireless or wired. The same identity stores are supported as well. The key difference is that wireless users are directed to a specific auth method based on WLAN configuration and Cisco wired switches allow multiple auth methods to be supported on same port.
If RADIUS Proxy is required to forward requests to a foreign RADIUS server, then decision must be made based on basic RADIUS attributes or things like NDG. ISE does not terminate the authentication requests and that is handled by foreign server. ISE does support advanced relay functions such as attribute manipulation, but recommend review with requirements with local Cisco or partner security SE if trying to implement provisioning for users authenticated via proxy. Proxy is handled at Authentication Policy level. CWA and Guest Flow is handled in Authorization Policy. If need to authenticate a CWA user via external RADIUS, then need to use RADIUS Token Server, not RADIUS Proxy.
A typical flow for a wired user without 802.1X configured would be to hit default policy for CWA. Based on successful CWA auth, CoA is triggered and user can then match a policy rule based on guest flow and CWA user identity (AD or non-AD) and returned an authorization for NSP.
Regarding AD multi-domain support...
Under ISE 1.2, if need to authenticate users across different forests or domains, then mutual trusts must exist, or you can use multiple LDAP server definitions if the EAP protocol supports LDAP. RADIUS Proxy is another option to have some users authenticated to different AD domains via foreign RADIUS server.
Under ISE 1.3, we have completely re-architected our AD connector and support multiple AD Forests and Domains with or without mutual trusts.
When you mention the use of RADIUS proxy, it is not clear whether you are referring to ISE as the proxy or another RADIUS server proxying to ISE. If you had multiple ISE deployments, then a separate RADIUS Server like ACS could proxy requests to different ISE 1.2 deployments, each with their own separate AD domain connection. If ISE is the proxy, then you could have some requests being authenticated against locally joined AD domain while others are sent to a foreign RADIUS server which may have one or more AD domain connections.
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MCS-7825-I4 Platform Disc Won't Use RAID1

We have an MCS-7825-I4 server which we are installing Unity 7.0 onto.
We have setup the 2 disks as RAID 1 in the BIOS and then boot from the correct Cisco Platform DVD. The Cisco setup then resets the RAID to 2 separate disks instead of RAID 1 and installs the Windows 2003 OS on the first disk only (with 2 partitions) and leaves the 2nd disk unused.
We then try and set the disks back to RAID1 (mirror) using the installed MegaRAID software that Cisco preinstalls, but it says that it cannot add a disk with an existing boot partition into a RAID array so this isn't possible.
We then try to set it again in the RAID settings on reboot via Ctrl-C but when trying to copy the contents of the first drive to the second, it says there is insufficient space on the 1st disk to do this and that it will have to erase the disk first in order to re-create the array.
This obviously leaves us once again with a blank server and when booting from the Cisco CD to install it resets the RAID back to 2 separate disks and we go in an endless circle!
Please can someone help us to get this server setup using the Cisco Platform disk in a RAID1 (mirror) configuration?
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Thanks!

The platfor disc can be goofy to say the least.
Here is what i do.
I yank out all the drives except for the first 2 drives. then I boot with the platform disc.
It will then automatically setup the RAID1 correctly. You should not need to go into the bios utility to set it up. If you do, the platform will simply reset it anyways. The disc has (from what I have seen) has a problem if you have more than 2 drives in the machine.
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Cisco Tomcat service hung on CUCM publisher

Hi,
I have CUCM v7.1.5.32900-2.
The web interface became unreachable, restarted Cisco Tomcat service fixed it.
Does anyone know why it happened and what can be done to mitigate future occurrence.
CUCM Cisco Tomcat Security log:
==============================
2014-06-02 08:09:42,819 ERROR [http-8443-9] impl.DatabaseAccessor - updateLastSuccessfulLoginTime: Failed to execute execute procedure ImsUpdateSuccessfulLoginTime
2014-06-02 08:09:45,691 DEBUG [DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-7] impl.AuthenticationDB - Constructor:
2014-06-02 08:09:51,808 ERROR [http-8443-9] impl.DatabaseAccessor - updateLastSuccessfulLoginTime: Exception Can't load driver java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
2014-06-02 08:09:57,947 ERROR [http-8443-9] impl.AuthenticationDB - authenticateUser: Failed to execute reset last login timeCan't load driver java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
2014-06-02 08:10:43,980 ERROR [http-8443-9] authentication.AuthenticationImpl - loginUtil: SQLException occured. Throwing IMSexception.
java.sql.SQLException: Can't load driver java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.informix.util.IfxErrMsg.getLocSQLException(IfxErrMsg.java:494)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver.connect(IfxDriver.java:271)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:582)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:207)
at com.cisco.ccm.dbl.Connector.getConn(Connector.java:671)
at com.cisco.ccm.dbl.Connector.connect(Connector.java:588)
at com.cisco.ccm.dbl.Connector.connect(Connector.java:530)
at com.cisco.ccm.dbl.Connector.createTemporaryStatement(Connector.java:851)
at com.cisco.ccm.dbl.Connector.execute(Connector.java:953)
at com.cisco.security.ims.impl.DatabaseAccessor.updateLastLoginTime(DatabaseAccessor.java:943)
at com.cisco.security.ims.impl.AuthenticationDB.authenticateUser(AuthenticationDB.java:253)
at com.cisco.security.ims.authentication.AuthenticationImpl.loginUtil(AuthenticationImpl.java:146)
at com.cisco.security.ims.authentication.AuthenticationImpl.login(AuthenticationImpl.java:74)
at com.cisco.platform.realm.Realm.authenticate(Realm.java:109)
at com.cisco.platform.valve.BasicAuthenticationValve.authenticate(BasicAuthenticationValve.java:219)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:528)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:555)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:394)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver.connect(IfxDriver.java:254)
... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
=============================================
Checked Cisco Tomcat Service logs from RTMT, noticed following in Tomcat Manager Logs:
========================================================
Jun 2, 2014 8:00:24 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet Manager threw exception
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Jun 2, 2014 8:00:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet Manager threw exception
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
======================================

Thank you Sreekanth
Did not find anything interesting about memory in System and Application logs.
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Size Date Core File Name
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299252 KB 2014-04-18 19:39:50 core.28338.11.cef.1397864390
118156 KB 2012-11-17 02:00:36 core.13997.6.cimlistener.1353135636
118284 KB 2011-10-29 03:04:30 core.14005.11.cimlistener.1319871870
603908 KB 2013-09-07 02:07:57 core.18107.11.cef.1378534077
368192 KB 2014-02-03 05:14:23 core.25216.11.cef.1391422462

Cisco Call Accounting/Billing System

We are looking for recommendations on a Call Accounting/Billing system to work with our Cisco 9.1.2.1, we have four Call Managers and approximately 22,000 lines.
We are interested in easily capturing costs for bill back and being able to run call detail reports by extension.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
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County of San Bernardino

Hi Sue,
With my company MAF InfoCom we provide solutions to capture, process and rate CDR’s from Cisco platforms.
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Re: CISCO DCNM

Hi all,
Using Performance manager in Cisco DCNM for historical reporting, I know that it doesn't require any manual management for collecting logs, since it automatically summarize the past data.
Actually DCNM webclient shows these performance stats in GUI mode, I want to find the same log folder in CLI, I am trying to login to DCNM CLI using putty with the same credentials i am using for GUI mode, but the access got denied, How can i get that Log file in CLI.
How can we know when the Memory allocated for collecting these data is full. so that we can collect the past data and delete it from the memory, so that it will save the new data.

Hello,
DCNM is meant for data centre network management and as such only supports the MDS, Nexus and the 6500 series switches, see the RN under supported Cisco platforms and software:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/dcnm/release/notes/dcnm_6_2_5a_relnotes.html#pgfId-314209
For the discovery issue DCNM should 'see' the other devices so you need to have a look at your SNMP and CDP (used for neighbour discovery on a per hop basis) settings on each of the devices.
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We are going through the same problem, it would be nice to be able to manage the DC and LAN from DCNM.
Regards
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Cisco DCNM 6.2 does not support most of the switches in my network

Hi All,
I have just installed Cisco DCNM 6.2. I have run a discovery using SNMP v1 my core switch which is a 3750G stack. DCNM discovers all my switches but does not support the 2960 and 3750 switches. The only switches I can select to manage and are supported are a 4510 and 3550. I have also run another discovery using SNMPv3 on a different core switch (Nexus 3K) at one of our remote sites. DCNM found all the other 2960s in that network but I can only select the two Nexus switches in the core to manage. What do I need to do to be able to manage all my switches switch?
Thank you in advance.

Hello,
DCNM is meant for data centre network management and as such only supports the MDS, Nexus and the 6500 series switches, see the RN under supported Cisco platforms and software:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/dcnm/release/notes/dcnm_6_2_5a_relnotes.html#pgfId-314209
For the discovery issue DCNM should 'see' the other devices so you need to have a look at your SNMP and CDP (used for neighbour discovery on a per hop basis) settings on each of the devices.
For an software package to manage LAN/WAN environments you really need to be looking at Cisco Prime LMS.
We are going through the same problem, it would be nice to be able to manage the DC and LAN from DCNM.
Regards
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Using M1 and F1 ports in OTV set up

I am building a typical OTV architecture (on a stick, not inline) on Nexus 7000s; the join and internal interfaces in my OTV VDC are using M1 card ports. Can the other end of those links -- i.e. the interfaces in my Agg VDC -- use ports on my F1 card? Or do both ends of the internal and join links (all 4 ports) need to be on my M1 card? Asking because my M1 card is full at present.

Hi,
What is your nexus version ?? , below version 6.0 don't support on F1 module . 6.2 version supports on F1 module .
Version 6.2
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/nx-os/release/notes/62_nx-os_release_note.html#31296
OTV
The following Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) features are available in Release 6.2(2):
The VLAN translation feature allows you to connect applications that reside in separate Layer 2 domains between data centers.
Selective unknown Unicast flooding is a per MAC address configuration that allows OTV to flood across the DCI for the specified MAC address. This feature is particularly helpful for applications that go silent and timeout from the ARP tables.
Dedicated broadcast group allows you to configure a separate multicast address for broadcast traffic. This feature is useful for organizations that need separate QoS policies for broadcast traffic.
OTV has built-in BFD support that does not require any additional configuration on the OTV side, which helps with any reconvergence that OTV might have to handle.
The scale of OTV and how fast it converges are improved in this release.
F1 Series and F2e Series modules can be used as internal interfaces with the OTV VDC.
Version 6.0
Q. What modules of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series will support OTV?
A. OTV is supported on all M-series modules. OTV is not supported on F1-series modules. Deployments using F1 series can leverage VDC separation to achieve the desired combination of line cards and functionality.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/qa_c67-574969.html
OTV Hardware Support and Licensing Information
The only Cisco platform supporting OTV functionality at this time is the Nexus 7000. Figure 1-37 shows all existing M1 linecards OTV fully supports.
Figure 1-37 M1 Linecards Supporting OTV
Full support essentially means that both Join and internal interfaces can be configured on one of the M1 modules mentioned. OTV on F1 modules is not supported on NX-OS releases shipping at the time of writing of this document (5.2 and 6.0 releases) and will be introduced in a future software release but restricted only to internal interfaces (an M1 linecard will always be required on the OTV edge device to source the OTV encapsulated traffic out of the Join interface).
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/DCI/whitepaper/DCI3_OTV_Intro/DCI_1.html#wp1186106
HTH
Sandy.

My problems with the 3G iPhone (post yours)

Missing features:
Copy & Paste (I read that it's not high up on the priority list for the iPhone developers - huh?)
Ability to take video clips (even my old, free, crappy phone from Verizon does that)
Remote Desktop App. (what good is a VPN without it? I guess for accessing corp. e-mail)
SSH client (no brainer for any admin)
Rotating the screen doesn't work in all applications (it would be nice if you could set the default view for all apps including the home screen)
Flash support in Safari (I hear it's coming but when?)
Turn by turn navigation (I hope we get this soon - it's a waste of a GPS at the moment)
No "Week" view in the calendar (I guess the list view will do but it just seems inconsistent that there is the Day and the Month view but no Week view)
No way to display e-mails on the home screen (in a similar way to the SMS messages)
No way to change the new e-mail ring or configure custom rings for different accounts (My Blackberry 8700 does it)
No IPSEC VPN support for older Cisco platforms (ie PIX501 and PIX506 - Steve J. said they listened to the users on this one - I guess with only one ear though)
Other issues:
Calls get lost. I go to pick up. Looking at the screen the call is connected but there is nothing there - got that 7 or 8 times less than a week. I never get that on the
Blackberry (EDGE on AT&T).
MobileMe - It should allow you to push mail from any account to the iPhone (just like the Blackberry BIS).
There aren't many useful apps in the App. Store - but I guess that's not Apple's fault.
I do love the interface and the phone's got a lot of potential ...if the developers would only truly listen to us!

Make sure that your computer has USB 2.0 ports and that you're not using a hub.
Turn the iPhone completely off, start up iTunes. Plug the USB cable into the 2.0 port on your computer. While holding the Home button down on the iPhone, plug the iPhone into the cable. Keep holding the Home button down until you see the USB symbol. At this point, iTunes should reinstall the software.

CUCM 8.6 WEBADMIN ERROR

Hi,
I have a CUCM version 8.6. It was working fine for a couple of month and then suddenly one day there is the below error.
Command Line Interface is starting up, please wait ...
   Welcome to the Platform Command Line Interface
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        at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:470)
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        at com.cisco.platform.install.ihardware.Hardware.getDiskSize(Hardware.java:319)
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The phone are registering. I can even see the opening page which says installed products. But after I click on CUCM it shows me a blank page. the url for the blank page is
https://<ip add of cucm>:8443/ccmadmin/showHome.do
The CLI is frozen after the above message is displayed. I tried to SSH into the machine. Same problem. I tried searching supportforums.cisco.com for a similar issue. Did not find one. In case such a case exists, do point me out in that direction.

Hi Javalenc
Thanks for your reply. well I am telling you from the scratch. I am installing this first time so may be .
1- I have my desktop Dual core when my ESXi 5.0 installed (60 days trail version)
2- I am connected through cisco 2950 switch
3 - vsphere client i am using on my laptop and on my laptop i am using windows 7 64
you said that you are using cucm on 2851 router. I got 2811 router but I dun know about the setup procedure on router if you guide me on that side that will be more help ful
Many thanks in advance
Faisal

Fundamental question on etherchannel hashing.

Folks,
I had some very basic questions on the way hashing takes place on Cisco switches connected to each other over a port channel.
Considering that 2 links are used between the switch, namely port Gi 0/1 and Gi 0/2.
1) By default I understand that this could be a L2 etherchannel or L3 etherchannel, the default mode of hashing is still the Source and destination MAC id, am I correct?
2) So now if the source IP of 1.1.1.1 needs to reach to 1.1.1.2 how would the hashing calculation take place? Again I understand that this is on the basis of the last 3 bits from the IP address field. 001 and 010 come to 011 which is 3. So based on the number of ports it will select which interface to assign.
I still do not understand what has the below output got to do with the selection:
Core-01#sh interfaces port-channel 40 etherchannel
Age of the Port-channel   = 204d:07h:40m:10s
Logical slot/port   = 14/3          Number of ports = 2
GC                  = 0x00000000      HotStandBy port = null
Passive port list   = Te1/4 Te2/4
Port state          = Port-channel L3-Ag Ag-Inuse
Protocol            =    -
Port security       = Disabled
Fast-switchover     = disabled
Fast-switchover Dampening = disabled
Load share deferral = disabled
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index   Load      Port          EC state       No of bits
------+------+------------+------------------+-----------
0      E4            Te1/4                 On   4
1      1B            Te2/4                 On   4
Time since last port bundled:    204d:07h:19m:44s    Te2/4
Time since last port Un-bundled: 204d:07h:19m:54s    Te1/4
Core-01#
What does that load-value mean? and how is that calculated? and does that have a role to play in the selection of the port?
Thanks,
Nik

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So it looks like how to divide the bits is decided by the switch.
Ah, yea, reread my original post for answer to your second question. ;)
An actual hashing algorithm can be rather complicated. What they try to do is to "fairly" divide the input value across the number of hash buckets. For example, if you have two Etherchannel links, they will try to hash the hash attribute such that 50% goes to one link and 50% to the other link.
For example, assuming you hash on source IP, how do you hash 192.168.1.1, .2, .3 and .4? A very simple hash algorithm could just go "odd"/"even", but what if your IPs were .2, .4, .6 and .8? A more complex algorithm would try to still hash these IPs equally across your two links.
Again, hashing algorithms can get complex, search the Internet on the subject, and you may better appreciate this.
Because of the possibility of such complexity, one vendor's hashing might be better than another vendor's, so they often will keep their actual algorithm secret.
No matter, though, how good a hashing algorithm might be, they all will hash the same attribute to the same bucket. For example, if you're still using source IP, and only source IP, as your hash attribute, all traffic from the same host is going to use the same link. This is why what attributes are used are important. Choices vary per Cisco platform. Normally, you want the hash attributes to differ between every different traffic flow.
Etherchannel does not analyze actual link loading. If there are only two active flows, and both hash to the same link, that link might become saturated, while another link is completely idle.
Short term Etherchannel usage, unless you're dealing with lots of flows, is often not very balanced. Longer term Etherchannel usage, should be almost balanced. If not, most likely you're not using the optimal hash attributes for your traffic.

VDN Return Destination feature in UCCE ?

Hi,
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We have a requirement. Please find the scenario below and do let me know how feasible this requirement is in Cisco environment ?
1)     Call routed to Agent desktop.
2)     When Agent disconnects the call, that call has to be sent to IVR for survey?
3)     This has to happen only when Agent disconnects the call and not when Customer disconnects the call.
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This has to happen without any manual intervention or customization at desktop level.
Above scenario is very much feasible Avaya environment thorough VDN return Destination.
About VDN Return Destination
The VDN Return Destination feature allows an incoming trunk call to be placed back in vector processing after all parties, except the originator, drop. This feature is activated through switch administration of the VDN form. This feature is included in the Avaya Contact Center Deluxe package and the Avaya Contact Center Elite package.
A field on the VDN form allows the user to enter a VDN extension as a Return Destination. In this section, the VDN which has the Return Destination field administered will be called the VDN with this feature active. The Return Destination VDN (the one specified in the new field) will be referred to as the Return Destination.
Every incoming trunk call that is processed through a VDN with this feature active will be placed back in vector processing when all parties on the call, except the originator, drop. For this feature, the originator is the incoming party that originated the call at the time the call entered the VDN with this feature active.
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Does UCCE have any mechanism where this can be achieved ?
Thanking you in advance.
Thanks & Regards
Venkatesh.V

David - thanks for the reply, but that is exactly what I don't want to do. I already have an outside system (been using since 2009) which has an extremely sophisticated post call survey + inbound survey + direct mail (they then dial into the inbound survey)  + email (w/ weblink) + texting + social media + api tool (to integrate into our website). This allows our customer to respond to one centralized platform regardless of their preferred method of communication.
With the Avaya's "Return Destination", I can easily route calls to this outside solution by creating a vector. I will be the first to admit I know little about the Cisco platform, but I don't see anything comparable which allows me the flexibility to transfer the caller after the Agent hangs up. From what I read in the past, the CVP post call survey option doesn't allow me to transfer call to an outside system like Avaya.

Load-balancing in MPLS Core

How is load-balancing achieved in MPLS L3 vpns and equal cost multiple links exist to reach egress PE along with per-destination load-balancing enabled on interfaces.
I have tried to simulate the network below
Ingress PE--->P1--->>P2--->Egress PE
Multiple equal cost links exist between P1 and P2, cisco platform,LDP, IGP-ospf being used.

Hi,
Destination based load balancing in MPLS L3VPNs can be categorized into two scenarios:
1) multiple pathes between two PE routers
2) multiple access links to a single CE or site
Your question as I understand it was about the first scenario. So let me first quickly review how customer traffic is forwarded between VRFs on two different PE routers.
The VRF routing table will have BGP entries for the routes learned from the remote PE usually with next hop addresses being the remote PE loopback IP used for PE-to-PE BGP peering.
The traffic will be forwarded across P routers using the label for the BGP next hop.
Thus the load balancing accross the MPLS core in a first step is decided by the IGP, which has to insert several equal cost pathes into the global routing table for the BGP next hop networks (PE loopbacks).
Side note: MPLS traffic engineering in the core would allow for unequal cost load balancing.
The decision, which labeled packet to send across which path in the core is done by CEF using a hash algorithm. To achieve the same load balancing as with unlabeled IP traffic, a Cisco MPLS enabled router will look for the bottom label - the one with bottom-of-stack bit set to 1 - and try to determine, if the transported packet behind the bottom label is IP. If so, the hash is calculated for the customer IP header like for normal IP traffic. This ensures all traffic for a certain customer destination will always go through the same path. No unwanted packet reordering will occur.
Be aware, that the customer IP packet header will only be used for CEF hash calculation, no IP lookup will be performed, as core routers in MPLS L3VPNs do not have any knowledge about customer addresses.
As a side note: if the traffic transported is not IP (e.g. Ethernet over MPLS), the bottom label will be used for the CEF load balancing (e.g. the VC label).
For the second scenario - CE load balancing with multihomed CE/sites - it is first required to have two equal cost entries in the VRF routing tables. The difference will be the two different PE BGP next hop addresses. The first load balancing decision is the performed by CEF based on the IP packet received by the CE and the VRF routing table entries. Once CEF decided, which VRF entry to use, the required BGP next hop label (and the VPN label) is applied and the packet is transported across the MPLS core. load balancing there is done as described above.
Hope this helps! Please rate all posts.
Regards, Martin

Mondopad on a Cisco platform

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