QSIG MWI not working after upgrade to 7.1.3

s.casper_2 · ‎03-24-2010

We have been using a Call Manager with Unity and now Unity Connection QSIG integration to Nortel PBXs for several years now. In preparation to upgrading to Call Manager 7.1.3bsu2 we upgraded our lab from 6.1.3b. All went well until we tested MWI functionality. SCCP phones work fine but the Nortel MWI does not. Downgraded back to 6.1.3b and all returned to normal.

The release notes reference the Multiple Tenant MWI Service Parameter (CSCsx96370) but it was set to true on rls 6 and is still true after the upgrade. There is also a note regarding QSIG PRI and SIP trunks but our integration is SCCP. I have not had a chance to further troubleshoot but wanted to see if anyone else had run across this.

Thanks
Steve

William Bell · ‎03-27-2010

I don't have any direct experience with an issue like the one you describe, but one of the things that I would check is a comparison of service parameter settings between the 6.1 and 7.1 versions. There are several ways to do this. I use a tool I put together that queries the data on the CUCM platform and puts in an excel spreadsheet. I query the "before" and "after" releases and then do a diff.

For service parameters, you could try the following query on CUCM 6.1 and 7.1:

admin:run sql select ts.name as Service,pc.ParamName,pc.ParamValue from ProcessConfig as pc inner join typeService as ts on ts.enum=pc.tkService where tkService != 11 order by Service,pc.ParamName

You can ssh to the cluster using Putty/SecureCRT/etc. Just use something that you can configure to log output to a file. Then execute the command above. Ideally, you would do this on the same cluster. First, when it is running CUCM 6.1. Then, after you load CUCM 7.1. Use a diff tool of some sort (I used notepad++ for this). Look to see what has changed.

You will see new service parameters, which is expected. What you also want to look for is any service parameter whose default value may have changed.

You may also want to look at the gateway configs in a CUCM 6.1 system versus a 7.1 system. There are QSIG variables specified at the gateway level. As with the service parameters, you are looking for new parameters, new defaults, or changes in defaults.

That is all I have right now. I have used QSIG to handle the MWI integration on a 7.1 system recently, but it was a Unity system integrated with a CUCM cluster and the QSIG was riding on an Intercluster trunk to another CUCM system. So, not quite the same.

Another process I would use in your case is to capture a CUCM trace and an IOS ISDN q931 trace from your lab devices when running 6.1 (which I presume works). Save those traces. After upgrading to 7.1, rerun the test and save the traces for that test. Then compare the traces to see what is different. At a minimum, this will help you stear eyes either to the right area where things are breaking. Whether you follow up on this thread or go to TAC.

HTH.

Regards,
Bill

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