Archive for June, 2007

< CME 4.1

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Well, I think I might have worked out why we're having transfer problems from external numbers, to a CME SIP phone via a normal CME SCCP phone on full-consult... Only CME 4.1 supports the command set 'voice register dialplan' - CME 4.0(2) doesn't have such a command. And there's only one IOS ...

The woes of incompatible RAID hardware

Friday, June 29th, 2007

So in the last few weeks, we've been wondering why all these sets of new 500GB hard disks have been degrading in their RAID-5 array, merely hours after being created. Which was also around the time that I'd finished setting up Gentoo, frustratingly. Eventually it was decided that instead of making ...

You’ll never guess what..

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Yep, a second lot of Seagate drives has failed in the server that I mentioned a few days back... It's got me wondering if the drives aren't the problem here. It's two different series of drives, albeit from the same manufacturer, though the second lot were the more expensive line. But either ...

That Cisco way

Monday, June 18th, 2007

So in the last few days I've been playing around with a new Cisco 2811 and CallManager Express 4.0. One thing that's bugged me hurrendously, ever since I began working with CME, is the generation of config files. When I first started my job, the phones were running from an ...

Finding the connection

Monday, June 11th, 2007

It's taken a little time, but this Saturday saw the installation of a BT land line in my flat. It's not going to be used for calls though, no, this is purely for Broadband. And that means, the best broadband I can lay my hands on. I had originally anticipated ordering ...

A fortnight of ups and downs (literally)

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

It's been two weeks (roughly) since I started my placement, and there has been quite a bit to learn. My first week has given me time to get to grips with my new environment, and also gave me a steep introduction into the systems that I'm going to be responsible for ...