CUCM 11.5 is here and with it, deprecated phones announcement

Looking for more information on this one, is always good idea to look at the field notices on CCO.

In a nutshell here is a list of the phones that will no longer be supported by CUCM on version 11.5

Problem Description

The following phone models are deprecated and are not supported by Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 11.5(x). If you are using any of these phone models and you upgrade to release 11.5(x), you will be unable to use the phone after the upgrade. After you switch over to the new release, registration on the phone will be blocked.

Cisco IP Phone 12 S
Cisco IP Phone 12 SP
Cisco IP Phone 12 SP+
Cisco IP Phone 30 SP+
Cisco IP Phone 30 VIP
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7902G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7905G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7910
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7910G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7910+SW
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7910G+SW
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7912G
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920
Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7935

Background

The legacy phone models are deprecated for the following reasons:

  • Security—since legacy phone models are not updated with critical software fixes, we have limited ability to protect customers when security issues arise.
  • New feature implementation—legacy phone usage slows down implementation of newer features.
  • Sustaining—no development support or regression testing is currently being done for these older phones.

 

Products Affected Version
Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.5(x)
Cisco Business Edition 6000 11.5(x)
Cisco Business Edition 7000 11.5(x)

to learn more about this Field Notice, look under CCO and hover over the downloadable ISO image and click on Field Notices.

If Laziness is your thing, no worries, this post has all the information you need to know about this one, but if you are curious check the following link:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/11_5_1/fieldNotice/cucm_b_fn-deprecated-phone-models-1151.html

About the Author:

Andres Sarmiento, CCIE # 53520 (Collaboration)
With more than 13 years of experience, Andres is specialized in the Unified Communications and Collaboration technologies. Consulted for several companies in South Florida, also Financial Institutions on behalf of Cisco Systems. Andres has been involved in high-profile implementations including Cisco technologies; such as Data Center, UC & Collaboration, Contact Center Express, Routing & Switching, Security and Hosted IPT Service provider infrastructures.

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