Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1Release Notes

First Published: 2017-04-12

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning OverviewCisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning provides provisioning for Cisco Unified Communications initialdeployments and implementations. It remains deployed to provide ongoing operational provisioning andactivation services for individual subscriber changes.

See Cisco Prime Collaboration 12.X Data Sheet for further details. You can download the image from theCisco Prime Collaboration software download site.

ContentsThese release notes contain the following sections:

• New Features and Changed Features, on page 1

• Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Bugs, on page 7

• Related Documentation

• Accessibility Features in Cisco Prime Collaboration

• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

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New Features and Changed FeaturesCisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 supports the following new features.

Root Access Disable

The root user login to access PCP cli that was available in earlier PCP version has been disabled as part ofsecurity improvements. You can now login as a troubleshooting user for a secured, time based, and limitedaccess to the PCP functionalities.

Eliminate Distributed Server Model

From PCP 12.1 onwards, the need for distributed server model (two different servers for installing a verylarge scale setup) has been eliminated. Both the PCP application and database can be installed on the sameserver to support upto 150 K endpoints. Also, there are only 3 ova types available for installation to supporta range of endpoint count from 3000 to 150 K.

Troubleshooting Account and Troubleshooting UI

You, as a user with full access, can:

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• Create a troubleshooting account (Administration > Logging and ShowTech) from Cisco PrimeCollaboration Provisioning to debug and monitor issues.

• Use a troubleshooting user interface to debug and monitor the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioningserver.

• Monitor the system activities such as memory usage and disk usage of the Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning server without root access.

• Use the troubleshooting user interface even when the Prime Collaboration Provisioning database orJBoss is down.

Phone Button Template in Service Templates

You can:

• Provision endpoints through the service templates using the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioninguser interface and batch.

• Preselect a phone button template when you create a service template for an endpoint.

• Choose the phone button template through the endpoint service templates for automatic serviceprovisioning and quick service provisioning.

• Select the Phone Button Template (Provisioning Attributes > Endpoint Information) when addinga service template through the Provisioning Setupmenu in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioninguser interface.

• If model specific template is not set as default, and Universal Phone template is the default template,then the Universal template should get applied. If model specific template is set as default, then theselected phone button template is applied during quick service provisioning.

Provisioning of Directory URIs

• You can provision Directory URIs through the Line service template.

• You can add up to five Directory URIs.

• The template text field includes keyword support for Directory URI auto-creation along with partition.

• Supports a new keyword DIRECTORYURI in the service template. While creating a line template, ifthis keyword is used for a Directory URI, it will be replaced with the value set at user level.

• Template can include the Directory URI synchronized from LDAP.

Enable Attendant Console Standard through Batch

• You can enable Attendant Console Standard through batch provisioning from Cisco Unified CM 10.0and later versions. To enable, you must perform the following on the Cisco Unified CM:

• Create a new Access Control Group

• Assign Roles to Access Control Group

• Assign Application User

• Assign End User Account for Presence

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• You can create, update, and delete the Access Control Group service through batch provisioning fromCisco Unified CM 10.0 and later versions.

• Supports add, change, and cancel operations through the batch provisioning.

• Supports the following attributes:

• Name

• End user(s) to group

• App user(s) to group

• Role(s)

For more information, you can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch helpfeature available in the Prime Collaboration Provisioning user interface..

Provisioning of Cisco Expressway Devices

• Support for Cisco Expressway Edge 8.9 and Cisco Expressway Core 8.9 fromCisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning user interface and batch.

• Provision the Cisco Expressway devices and Cisco Unified CM for Mobile and Remote Access andB2B Video Calling.

• The following infrastructure configuration objects are supported on the Expressway devices through thebatch:

• System > DNS > DNS settings

• System > DNS > Default DNS servers

• System > DNS > Per-domain servers

• System> Time > NTP

• System> Time > Time Zone

• Configuration > Dial plan >Transforms

• Status > Restart Expressway

• Configuration > Dial plan > Search Rule

• Configuration > Domains

• Configuration > Unified Communication > Enable XMPP(Edge)

• Configuration > Zones > Zones > Traversal server(Edge)

• Configuration > Zones > Zones > Unified Communications traversal(Edge)

• Configuration > Unified Communications > Configuration > MRA

• Configuration > Zones > Zones >Traversal client(Core)

• Configuration > Zones > Zones > Unified Communications Traversal(Core)

• Configuration > Zones > Zones > dnszone

• Configuration > Zones > Neighbor zone

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• Configuration > Unified Communications > Unified CM servers (Core)

• Configuration > Unified Communications > IM and Presence Service Nodes (Core)

• Call Routing > SIP Route Patterns

For more information, you can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch helpfeature available in the Prime Collaboration Provisioning user interface.

Batch Provisioning of Auto Attendant

• You can enable the Auto Attendant feature through batch with all the supported attributes from CiscoUnified CM 10.0 and later versions.

Supports add, change, and cancel operations through the batch provisioning.

• The following attributes are supported for the CTI Route Point object:

• Voice Mail Profile

• Call Forward and Call Pickup Settings—Forward All

• Maximum Number of Calls

• Busy Trigger

For more information, you can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch helpfeature available in the Prime Collaboration Provisioning user interface.

Restriction Table Configuration

• You can enable the Restriction Table feature through batch with all the supported attributes from CiscoUnified CM 10.0 and later versions.

Supports add, change, and cancel operations through the batch provisioning.

• The following attributes are supported for the Restriction Table:

• Remove-Restriction-Pattern

• Pattern

• Display Name

• Update-Restriction-Pattern

• New Restriction Patterns are Blocked by Default

• Minimum Length of Dial String

• Blocked

• Maximum Length of Dial String

• Add-Restriction-Pattern

You can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch help feature available in thePrime Collaboration Provisioning user interface.

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Transfer Rule Configuration

• You can enable the Transfer Rule feature through batch with all the supported attributes from CiscoUnified CM 10.0 and later versions.

Supports add, change, and cancel operations through the batch provisioning.

• The following attributes are supported for the Transfer Rule object:

• Tell Me Who the Call Is For

• If Extension is Busy

• Rings to Wait For

• Ask Me If I Want to Take the Call

• Transfer Rule Type

• Ask for Caller's Name

• Call Handler

• Extension

• Play the Wait While I Transfer Your Call Prompt

• Tell Me When the Call Is Connected

• Status

• Time Expire

• Transfer Calls

• Transfer Type

You can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch help feature available in thePrime Collaboration Provisioning user interface.

Batch Provisioning Support for Port Group

You can enable the Port Group feature through batch with all the supported attributes from Cisco Unified CM12.1 and later versions.

Supports add, change, and cancel operations through the batch provisioning.

The following attributes are supported for the Port Group object:

• Authentication Username

• Call Process IP Address

• Retry Interval After Successful Attempt

• Delay between Requests

• Maximum Concurrent Requests

• Register with SIP Server

• SIP Transport Protocol

• Authenticate with SIP Server

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• MWI On Extension

• MWI Off Extension

• Enable Message Waiting Indicators

• Display Name

• SIP Contact Line Name

• Retries After Successful Attempt

• Device Name Prefix

• Authentication Password

• Port Group Type

You can access the provisioning attributes and their descriptions from the Batch help feature available in thePrime Collaboration Provisioning user interface.

Read-only Access and Security Changes

• List application users in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning and supports Service Provisioning forthe application users, mainly endpoint and line services.

• Add Controlled Devices to the application users.CheckManageCUCMApplicationUsers as ProvisioningUser checkbox in Cisco PrimeCollaborationProvisioning (Administration > Settings) to manage the application users. If the setting is enabled, theapplication user in Cisco Unified CM is synchronized in Prime Collaboration Provisioning and displayedon the User Provisioning page as a normal user. The devices associated to the application user in CiscoUnified CM are displayed in the customer record page

• For Cisco Prime Collaboration Release 12.1 and laterDisable write access for North Bound API (Read-Only Allowed)—This checkbox (Administration >Settings > General) is used to disable write access for North Bound API and allows only get and listrequests.

• Read-only Access for the following Administrative UIs:

◦Logging and ShowTech

◦Data Maintenance

◦Backup Management

◦Updates

◦Schedule Synchronization

◦License Management

◦Single Sign-On

◦Rules

◦Settings

•Write Access under Provisioning Setup access for the following:

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◦Add/Edit/Delete/Copy Service Areas

◦Add/Edit/Delete User Roles

◦Add/Edit/Delete/Copy Service Templates (with / without Security Attributes

• Read only access for the NB-API: When Read only mode is set under the Administrator > SettingsPage , READ only NBI API`s are allowed to execute, when user tries to run WRITE API then it blocksthe execution of API, by displaying the AXIs fault error message.

All the API names starting with GET , LIST and PING are considered as the Read onlyAPI, remaining APIs are considered as WRITE APIs.

Note

General

• You have the option to check the Include meeting information in Presence checkbox in Cisco PrimeCollaboration Provisioning (User Services) when provisioning a Jabber user.

• You can migrate from Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 11.1 and above to 12.1 either throughDashboard orAdministration > Updates > LaunchMigration Tool in the Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning user interface. See Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Installation and Upgrade Guide,12.1.

• Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Login screen displays the build number, and version after therelease number.

• Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning About screen displays Provisioning Information link thatcontains details on Build Version, License Type, Expiration Date, and IP Address.

• Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning License page (Administration > License Management)displays details on MAC Address, Release, and Version in the same page.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning BugsFor more information on a specific bug or to search all bugs in a specific Prime Collaboration release, seeUsing the Bug Search Tool.

This section contains the following information:

• Open Bugs

• Using the Bug Search Tool

Open Bugs

The following table lists the open bugs in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1:

Table 1: Open Bugs in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1

DescriptionBug ID

Software upgrade packages are not signed.CSCvc90320

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DescriptionBug ID

Unnecessary processes running as root.CSCvc90362

Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 is running avulernable version of Apache2.4.x.

CSCvd56256

Self-Care Portal password change does not require currentpassword.

CSCvd61786

Disable SSH root access by default.CSCvd61759

Auto-install of PCP has problems with special characters.CSCvd83963

PlatformConfig.xml for PCP contains clear text(unencrypted) password.

CSCvd83965

Backup files are not encrypted and lack integrity checks.CSCvd61776

Weak default credentials for new accounts.CSCvd61916

Database stores unencrypted sensitive information.CSCvd61923

CentOS 7 : bind (CESA-2017:0276).CSCvd70317

Endpoint 'Change Owner', the order progress tabledisplays only phone service.

CSCvd81418

Password Change fields are not available for promptedJapanese User.

CSCvd87963

CUC Processor - Voicemail Service Template page hasfield issues in Japanese Environment.

CSCvd87991

Service Template page for CUC Processor -Voicemail-SMTP has field issues in JapaneseEnvironment.

CSCvd87992

In CUCM Processor, all the services page are havinglocalization issues in Japanese Environment.

CSCvd89291

In an User login, endpoint order moving to error forparticular access privilege.

CSCvd90835

Audit for Update access group listing unedited GroupDescription.

CSCvd95087

Remove hard-coded password templates/dfc.properties.CSCvd92260

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Using the Bug Search Tool

Use the Bug Search tool to search for a specific bug or to search for all bugs in a release.

1 Go to http://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch

2 At the Log In screen, enter your registered Cisco.com username and password; then, click Log In. TheBug Search page opens.

If you do not have a Cisco.com username and password, you can register for them athttp://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do

Note

3 To search for a specific bug, enter the bug ID in the Search For field and press Return.

4 To search for bugs in the current release:

1 In the Search For field, enter Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 and press Return. (Leave theother fields empty.)

2 When the search results are displayed, use the filter tools to find the types of bugs you are looking for.You can search for bugs by modified date, status, severity, and so forth.

To export the results to a spreadsheet, click the Export All to Spreadsheet link.Tip

Related DocumentationThe following documents are available for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1.

What Is IncludedDocument Title

New features, enhancements, limitations, and bugsin Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning ReleaseNotes, 12.1

Information on installation and upgrade proceduresfor Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 11.x.

Procedure for:

• Installation of Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning 11.0 or 11.1 or 11.2 or 11.5 or 11.6or 12.1.

• Upgrade to Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning 12.1 or 11.6 or 11.5 or 11.2 or 11.1or 11.0 from Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning 11.0 or 10.x.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Install andUpgrade Guide, 12.1

Information on new and existing features in PrimeCollaboration Provisioning 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.5,11.6 and 12.1.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Guide -Standard and Advanced, 12.1

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What Is IncludedDocument Title

Information on the Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning northbound interfaces, and how to usethem. This document is applicable for PrimeCollaboration Provisioning 11.1, 11.2, 11.5, 11.6, and12.1.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.xNorthbound Interface Guide

Lists of licenses and notices for open source softwareused in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning 12.1 OpenSource

Devices supported by Prime CollaborationProvisioning 12.1.

Supported Devices for Prime CollaborationProvisioning 12.1

Maximum capacity of Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning 12.1 when it is installed on a system thatmeets the virtual machine requirements.

SystemCapacity for Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.2,11.5, 11.6 and 12.1

Ports required for Cisco Prime CollaborationProvisioning servers to communicate with the devicesand applications.

Required Ports for Prime Collaboration

Time zones supported by Cisco Prime Collaboration.Supported Timezones for Prime Collaboration

Information on how to configure devices on thenetwork before you can manage them in Cisco PrimeCollaboration Provisioning.

Setting Up Devices for Prime CollaborationProvisioning

Accessibility Features in Cisco Prime CollaborationAll product documents are accessible except for images, graphics, and some charts. If you would like toreceive the product documentation in audio format, braille, or large print, contact accessibility@cisco.com.

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