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Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Requirements
Server Requirements
• If a DNS Server is not present on the network or the Cisco Unified Attendant Console server
machine name (Publisher server machine name in the case of a resilient installation) cannot be
resolved, you must amend the Hosts file (WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\) to reflect the server IP
address and server machine name. Please ensure that the installation prerequisites in the Cisco
Unified Attendant Console Administration and Installation Guide have been satisfied.
Physical Server Software Requirements
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server has the following minimum physical server software
requirements:
• One of the following activated operating systems, with Windows regional settings set to English:
– Windows Server 2008 R1 (32-bit)
– Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
– Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Note The following points:
• Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server must be installed and operated exclusively on a
supported platform.
• Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server does not run under any version of Windows
Server 2003.
• For how to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 visit
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755199(v=ws.10).aspx.
• For how to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 visit
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/0905b322-8a4d-4dff-aed7-fa7b
642e9f91/upgrading-to-windows-server-2012-and-sql-server-2012
• 64-bit installations are supported only in conjunction with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
versions 8.5(1) to 10.0(1).
• Windows 2012 is only supported on Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0(1).
• Windows 2012 R2 is not supported.
• For non-English characters, the relevant language pack for the locale must be installed.
• Internet Information Service (IIS) 6.0 or later, with the Static Content role service added.
Note To install IIS on a system with Windows Server already installed, see either:
• Adding IIS to Windows Server 2008, page 3-3.
• Adding IIS to Windows Server 2012, page 3-4.
• ASP.NET 2.0.50727 or later
• .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
• One of the following databases: