CUCM7 and VMWare Server 2

[rcraig114]

I have CUCM7 running on VMWare Server 2 on my Windows 7 machine. Not a half bad desktop and I've been watching the CPU utilization and memory and it's not getting killed. I have a strange problem appearing on my Cisco switch. It says there is a duplex mismatch with my desktop computer, but more specifically the CUCM7 vm. My switch says CUCM is running at half duplex, yet my desktop and the VM says it's running at full duplex. I would guess that is whats causing the delay in call routing every other time you dial another extension. Has anyone run into this before? The only things I can find on the internet is referencing VMWare ESXI, not VMWare Server or anything. Any help is appreciated.

 

[whykap]

how is your switch port configured? If it is set to auto negotiate, hard code it to 100 full duplex and it should take care of it.
Is this a lab or are you actually running your business on this?

 

[rcraig114]

I changed the port as suggested, but the error is actually the cucm. I have confirmed that the desktop is running at full 100 and as well the cucm, yet my switch still says the below. This is a home call manager I am playing with (lab I guess). Kind of annoying and I think this is what is causing the delay when dialing between phones.


17:49:40: %CDP-4-DUPLEX_MISMATCH: duplex mismatch discovered on FastEthernet0/23 (not half duplex), with cucm7 eth0 (half duplex).

 

[whykap]

what does the cucm show when you status the network info?
From CLI enter
show network eth0
or something along those lines?
Post that output.

 

[rcraig114]

When I run that command, it outputs below, which is the correct setting I thought.

Mode: Auto disabled, full, 100MB/s

 

[whykap]

Ok then it's an issue with win 7 or the virtual nic itself. The call manager thinks it's running 100 full. But the switch says it's not. This is a pc hardware or vmware issue so I would troubleshoot that route if I were you.
Never seen this problem been caused by the cucm software itself.

 

[rcraig114]

OK, thanks!