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Installation Guide for Cisco Unity Release 5.x with IBM Lotus Domino (Without Failover)
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Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System
Considerations for Installing Windows
Considerations for Installing Windows
In general, we recommend that you install Windows Server 2003 on the Cisco Unity server. Microsoft
will produce service packs and security updates for Windows Server
2003 for several years longer than
it does for Windows
2000 Server.
Note the considerations in the following sections:
• Windows Server 2003 Considerations, page 4-2
• Windows 2000 Server Considerations, page 4-2
• Additional Considerations for Both Windows Versions, page 4-2
Windows Server 2003 Considerations
• If Windows Server 2003 is installed on the Cisco Unity server, voice cards and Dialogic software
will not function correctly. Consequently, circuit-switched phone system integrations that use voice
cards are not supported for use with a Cisco
Unity server on which Windows Server 2003 is
installed. (IP integrations—Cisco Unified
CM and SIP—and PIMG integrations are supported for
use with a Cisco
Unity server on which Windows Server 2003 is installed.)
• The Cisco Unity Platform Configuration discs for all servers install the Windows Server 2003
Multilingual User Interface (MUI) as well as Windows in English. The MUI allows you to change
the language of the Windows user interface to the other operating-system languages supported for
use with Cisco
Unity: French, German, and Japanese.
Windows 2000 Server Considerations
The Cisco Unity Platform Configuration discs install Windows 2000 Server in English and do not install
the Multilingual User Interface (MUI). If you want to display the Windows 2000 Server user interface
in French, German, or Japanese, you must install Windows by using one of the following discs:
• A localized installation disc. You must purchase a retail Windows 2000 Server disc localized in the
desired language.
• A Windows 2000 Server disc that includes the MUI, which is available only through Microsoft
volume-licensing programs. The MUI allows you to change the language of the Windows user
interface to the other operating-system languages supported for use with Cisco Unity: French,
German, and Japanese.
Additional Considerations for Both Windows Versions
• If you install Windows by using the Cisco Unity Platform Configuration discs or an
English-language retail disc, you must install the English-language version of all third-party
software on the Cisco
Unity server.
• The Cisco Unity Server Updates wizard, which automatically installs the latest Microsoft updates
recommended for use with Cisco
Unity, installs only English-language updates. You can use the
Server Updates wizard to install updates only in the following cases:
–
You installed Windows by using the Platform Configuration discs.
–
You installed Windows by using an English-language retail disc, with or without the MUI.