Configuration and feature information specific to the Cisco UC500 series products.
Be sure to check our guides on Call ManagerExpress and Unity Express for other information and configuration tips that may apply to the UC520.

What is the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series?
Think of it as a Swiss Army Knife for Small Business.
In one appliance form, Cisco combines:
| Routing | AutoAttendant |
| Firewall | Wireless networking (optional) |
| VPN | CTI apps including access to Outlook, Microsoft CRM and Salesforce.com |
| VOIP Phones | Voice Gateway Functions via FXS and FXO ports |
| Voicemail |
The initial release of the UC500 has The capacity for 8 IP phones and is expandable to 16 IP phones by adding the UC520 POE switch pictured on top of the router on the picture above. Our sources at Cisco indicate that the system will be eventually expandable to a max of 48 IP phones.
The System also has 4 built in FXS connections for analog phones or fax machines and 4 FXO ports for connections to the PSTN
The 500 also has a VIC slot to add up to 4 more FXO or FXS connections.
The system also has 2 built in Ethernet Ports.
There is no PRI-T1 option at this time, but with the size of the system it may not be needed. The system also supports SIP trunking and has the CallManager Express feature set that is also available on the Cisco Integrated Services Router Platforms.
More Complete information is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps7293/products_data_sheet09...
Take a look at this tech tip that explains how to enable a basic FAC (Forced Auth Codes) application using an embedded script and fully supported by our TAC:
http://supportwiki.cisco.com/ViewWiki/index.php/SBCS:Call_Handling_-_Cis...
FAC forces the caller to enter a PIN before calls are placed to certain destination patterns.
Hi Guys,
Today I'm trying to configure CUVA (Cisco unified video advantage) to work between multiple UC520 sites.
I have 3 sites, each with a UC520, I want to achieve video sessions between the multiple sites.
I think I've hit a stumbling block in that the sites are joined together via SIP dial-peers, just reading the CUVA doco it claims that it can not work over SIP.
Is it possible to join the UC520 installs together via H323 or SCCP ? Am I just barking up the wrong tree here.. can it be achieved with CUVA ?
Thanks
-Dan
Cisco has a great guide on how to change the bacground image on a 7970 or 7971 phone. One thing the tech note does not mention is that you have to create the List.xml file. Copy the one in the technote into notepad for an example and name it List.xml - It is VERY case sensitive. Then copy it to flash on your UC520.
The link to the technote is below.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps4625/products_tech_note...
Hi,
Has anyone had much luck with changing the default extensions from the x201 to a 4 digit XXXX range?
Cheers,
Want to do it to map the indial range to the internal ext.
eg XXXX6701 (internal ext. 6701
cheers
GU
In working with the UC520 and using the configuration tool, I think I found a bug. I set up an Internet based SIP provider and the default firewall configuration on the UC 520 worked fine for incoming calls to phones but calls to the Auto Attendant failed. Calls transferred to Voicemail failed as well. To fix this I had to do two things.
Allow SIP to SIP hairpins
Type in
Config T
voice service voip
allow sip to sip
Allow SIP through the firewall to the Unity Express Module
If you are using the default firewall configuration you may need to allow calls that now seem to be originating from the outside interface to be allowed through the access list on the service engine interface.
to accomplish this I did the following:
Turned on inspection for inbound SIP requests to allow media channels to come through the firewall.
Config T
ip inspect name voip sip
interface Integrated-Service-Engine0/0
ip inspect voip in
Next I had to modify the acess list on the service engine interface to allow inbound SIP.
I added a line that looked like. access-list 102 permit udp any any eq 5060
(I actually copied the associated access-list, changed it in notepad and put it in with a new access list number. I then used the command access-group NEWlist# in to assoiate it with the interface.
Now, This might be just because I set up a DMZ as well on my firewall during install, I'm not sure.
As always back up your configuration before you modify it.
After seeing a few posts on the site regarding ITSPs I decided to bite the bullet and try one out. I chose nexVoterx at random and must say I was impressed. They had a very automated setup that assisgned me my new phone numbers in minutes. I got three numbers and they were in my local area code, though I could have chosen a number from anywhere in the US.
I used the Cisco configuration assistant to configure the SIP trunk and it did a great Job with one noteable exception.
All Calls to my phones work fine, but and calls directed to the auto attendant or transferred to voicemail fail. I found there were three main settings to change to give me the functionallity I needed.
Step 1
Type the following to allow hairpinnig of calls to the Unity Express module.
config t
voice service voip
allow-connections sip to h323
Step 2
Change the DTMF Relay type to rtp-nte under the autoattendant's dial peer.
dial-peer voice 2001 voip
description ** cue auto attendant number **
translation-profile outgoing PSTN_CallForwarding
destination-pattern 498
session protocol sipv2
session target ipv4:10.1.10.1
dtmf-relay rtp-nte
codec g711ulaw
no vad
Step 3
Allow SIP through the firewall to the Unity Express Module
The Cisco Configuration Assistant does an OK job of letting SIP Traffic in (from the internet) to phones, but the firewall must be manually modified to allow SIP traffic from the internet to the auto attendant. If you have a private SIP connection on an internal interface you should not have to modify the firewall.
I found this Guide at Cisco's site for configuring SIP on the Router based firewall.
Berbee has some example XML services that are free to use at http://www.berbee.com/public/berbeesoftware/XMLFree.aspx
The problem is that one cannot simply add a service to the url services: a new service always replaces the current service. That why you have to create a custom menu.xml file on your webserver if you still want to use VoiceView Express. (The instructions on Berbee's site are for full blown Call Manager.)
Here's an example menu that I use in demo's for the UC520 .
Below file is menu.xml, and it's available on http://192.168.10.2/menu.xml (this is only available on the LAN). By pointing url services to this url, the menu is displayed, and the user gets the choice of three options.
For completeness, I've included my url services line under telephony-service.
url services http://192.168.10.2/menu.xml
Please make sure that your webserver presents the xml file as text/xml.
HTH,
Rober.t
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CiscoIPPhoneMenu>
<Title>My XML Services</Title>
<Prompt>Please make your selection.</Prompt>
<MenuItem>
<Name>Axis camera</Name>
<URL>http://192.168.10.2/camera.asp</URL>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem>
<Name>VoiceView</Name>
<URL>http://10.1.10.1/voiceview/common/login.do</URL>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem>
<Name>Weather, News & Stocks</Name>
<URL>http://phone-xml.berbee.com/menu.xml?opts=13456</URL>
</MenuItem>
</CiscoIPPhoneMenu>
Hello,
Is there a way to disable the auto registration process on the UC520? I don't want new phones getting plugged in and then registering until they have been properly provisioned.
Thanks,
Ed
jnikolatos, One of the users on the site posted a great tutorial on how to enable the UC500 to receive faxes and then email them out. I've Copied it from the Forum to the Configuration Guide for the UC500. Great work John!
The original Post Follows . . . .
FAX to EMAIL on UC500 using analog line - CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE
I just wanted to post a fax to email example so everyone can benefit from it. I was looking for it and could not find it, so now that I have implemented it.. I hope you can us it.
**Please note this is for Analog lines. PRI will work as well but you do not have to PLAR from the FXO ports. Also make your incomming called number and destination pattern matches the number exact;y from your ISP (i.e, some PRI's only send 3 or 4 digits not the whole 10 digit number)
1) You have to download and application from Cisco's website. It is under Voice Products.
app_faxmail_onramp.2.0.1.3.tcl
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/tclware
Load this file onto the FLASH of your UC500 using TFTP and "copy tftp flash" command.
** Load the application with the following commands.. **
application
service onramp flash:app_faxmail_onramp.2.0.1.3.tcl
In global configuration mode of UC500 type the following: (Not all are needed)
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fax interface-type fax-mail
mta send server 192.168.1.2 port 25 (***substitute your mail srvr IP)
mta send subject Fax from UC500
mta send with-subject both
mta send postmaster administrator@domain.com
mta send mail-from hostname UC500.domain.com
mta send mail-from username $s$
mta send return-receipt-to hostname domain.com
mta send return-receipt-to username administrator
mta receive aliases domain.com
mta receive aliases wmc2k3-sbs.domain.com
mta receive aliases mail.domain.com
mta receive aliases mail.domain.com
mta receive aliases 192.168.1.2 (***substitute your mail server IP)
mta receive maximum-recipients 10
mta receive generate permanent-error
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Find the FXO port you plugged your ANALOG phone line into - mine is 0/1/1
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voice-port 0/1/1
connection plar opx 2031111111 (**THIS # can be anything unique)
caller-id enable
!
dial-peer voice 7 mmoip
description FAX to SERVICE Dept
service fax_on_vfc_onramp_app out-bound
destination-pattern 2031111111 (**Match PLAR command above)
information-type fax
session target mailto:sales@domain.com (**Any email address)
!
dial-peer voice 6 pots
description FAX to SERVICE
service onramp
incoming called-number 2031111111
direct-inward-dial
port 0/1/1
*** Make sure to enable mail relay on your mail server for your UC500 internal address.
It is fairly easy to get back to the default configuration...
1. Get into IOS command line mode.
2. Go to 'enable' mode(default password is 'cisco').
3. Type in 'show flash:'
Page down toward the bottom of the list.
One of the last file names will look something like ... UC520-8U-4FXO-K9-FACTORY...yada...yada....
That is the factory default configuration...never copy TO this file!!
4. Type in 'copy flash:(default config file name) startup
That will copy your default config file TO the startup-file in NVRAM.
5. Once that is complete and ok...power off and power on the UC520.
You will back to the default....
If you would like to reset CUE(voicemail) to factory defaults...here is the procedure. This should probably be done before the IOS factory reset...
To Reset CUE
Step 1: Session into CUE using the command service-module Integrated-Service-Engine 0/0 session. (Hit ‘enter’ twice to get a prompt).
Step 2: Type ‘offline’ to go into the offline mode.
Step 3: Type in ‘y’ when you are prompted with ‘Are you sure you want to go offline[n]?’
Step 4: Type in ‘restore factory default’
Step 5: Type in ‘y’ when you are prompted with ‘Do you wish to continue[n]?’
Step 6: Press the Enter key when prompted to ‘Press any key to reload:’
This reset can take 5-10 minutes. Wait until the CUE message ‘SYSTEM ONLINE’ is displayed before proceeding.
Step 7: Exit the CUE by typing ‘exit’.
Good Luck,
Phil
I found a great white paper on Cisco's site for configuring the 7921 with the integrated wi-fi in the UC520.
It is Titled :
7921 Phones in SBCS Environment Configuration Guide
and is available at this link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7320/products_white_paper09186a008...
Also here is a link on how to configure the Push to Talk feature on the 7921
http://www.uc500.com/configuring-push-talk-cisco-7921-ip-phone-cme-or-uc520
If you are new to your Cisco
IP phone system and think 'Just how the heck do I talk
to this system' then this guide may just help you.
being all new to this myself, these are the things I
have done, advanced users may know smarter things.
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Programming the softkeys on the phone is
relatively easy as some of our users wanted a different layout
to the standard default that the phone displays.
The problem
was 'Group Pickup' was behind the 'More' key, meaning the poor
users had to press the 'More' key before they could press the
'Group Pickup'
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Check out this link for information on how to integrate UC500 with the Linksys ATA SPA8000 and the Cisco VG224 24 port FXS gateway (look under Voice Analog Gateways):
http://supportwiki.cisco.com/ViewWiki/index.php/SBCS:Solutions_-_Cisco_S...
Marcos
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Hi All,
OK, so I've got one last little issue with our UC520 before we go live.
I have my firewall and static NAT running very well. All of our internet-enabled services are available to the internet.
I can't, however, run our internal Windows VPN server (PPTP). And I also can't connect to external VPN servers.
My relevant config is as follows:
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.1 80 interface FastEthernet0/0 80
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.1 443 interface FastEthernet0/0 443
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.1 25 interface FastEthernet0/0 25
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.1 3389 interface FastEthernet0/0 3389
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.10 21 interface FastEthernet0/0 21
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.128 3390 interface FastEthernet0/0 3390
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.10.10.1 1723 interface FastEthernet0/0 1723
ip nat inside source list 100 interface FastEthernet0/0 overload
ip nat inside source route-map SDM_RMAP_1 interface FastEthernet0/0 overload
ip nat inside source static 10.10.10.5 xx.148.97.101
ip nat inside source static 10.10.10.4 xx.148.97.108
!
access-list 100 permit tcp any 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255 established
!
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.80 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.81 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.82 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.83 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.84 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.85 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.86 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.87 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.88 any
access-list 104 permit ip host 10.10.10.89 any
access-list 104 permit udp any host xx.148.97.102 eq non500-isakmp
access-list 104 permit udp any host xx.148.97.102 eq isakmp
access-list 104 permit esp any host xx.148.97.102
access-list 104 permit ahp any host xx.148.97.102
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq 1723
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq 3390
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq ftp
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq 3389
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq smtp
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq 443
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.102 eq www
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.101 eq 22
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.101 eq www
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.101 eq 443
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.101 eq 10000
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.108 eq www
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.108 eq 443
access-list 104 permit tcp any host xx.148.97.108 eq 3389
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.102 echo-reply
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.102 time-exceeded
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.102 unreachable
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.101 echo-reply
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.101 time-exceeded
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.101 unreachable
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.108 echo-reply
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.108 time-exceeded
access-list 104 permit icmp any host xx.148.97.108 unreachable
access-list 104 permit udp any any eq 5060
access-list 104 permit udp any eq 5060 any
access-list 104 permit udp any any range 16384 32767
access-list 104 permit udp host 64.59.184.13 eq domain any
access-list 104 permit udp host 64.59.184.15 eq domain any
access-list 104 deny ip 10.1.10.0 0.0.0.3 any
access-list 104 deny ip 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip 127.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip host 255.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny ip host 0.0.0.0 any
access-list 104 deny ip any any log
!
access-list 105 permit ip any any
PFO as shown on the front of the UC500 if for power failure.
When the system is powered off, the black FXO port is connected to the black FXS port.
One strategy, is to connect your main telephone trunk line to the FXO 0/1/0 port. Then connect the FXS 0/0/3 port to an emergency analog phone set.
That way incoming calls to your main line will ring(one at a time, of course) to your emergency phone. As well as making outbound calls.
Also, if, recording after hours incoming calls are of concern during a power failure. A cheap analog answering machine, powered by a small ups, could be connected to that FXS port.
Good luck,
Phil
Using B-ACD Scripts to create a call center application.
We recently put together this App Note describing how to enable a Simple Call Center Application on the UC500. Check it out:
http://supportwiki.cisco.com/wiki/images/2/22/Uc500_callcenter_applicati...
Should cover the basic design considerations and help you quickly implement this feature.
Marcos
UC500 Getting Started Guide
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7293/products_getting_started_guid...
This guide provides instructions on how to activate the typical features (voice only) used in a UC500 deployment, using the native CME/CUE GUI:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/sbcs/uc500/gui/user/guide/...
Marcos
Hi All,
I am very new to UC500 and been asked to setup for a company. I have E1 card and ISDN(20). I tried configuring via GUI but no luck.
Controller E1 is detected and whenever I connect that to ISDN it shows up. I want to make calls outside via E1. Is there any sample configuration for E1 card.
controller E1 0/2/0
framing CRC4 Australia
clock source internal
I only have above configfuration for E1 , What other parameters needs to be there ?
Thanks for your help.
Hemant
Hey all,
Has anyone run into any issues between the UC520 and Windows Small Business Server 2003? I added the UC520 to my network 4 months ago to handle voice, and at that point just stuck it behind the SBS box (Didn't need it to do anything but voice at that point.) I've now decided to promote the UC520 to serve as gateway for voice and data, but have run into a couple of issues:
-I changed the SBS IP to an address within the data vlan on the UC520.
-I then modified the DHCP scope on the UC520 to point DNS traffic to the new SBS address. (Need SBS to handle DNS for sharepoint traffic, and machine registration)
-I then disabled the DHCP server on SBS.
I can get local traffic between all devices, but I'm getting no DNS resolution, and no access to outside servers.
Does anyone have any ideas on the DNS issue, or a better way to approach this in general?
Thanks,
Will
Ok you just got your gear and you know you want to plug it in and take a look.
DON'T PLUG IT IN YET. The first thing to do after unboxing your UC500 and inventoring the parts is to back up the flash that comes with it. If you want to go back to a factory default config it is a good idea to have a copy of it. Be sure to do this before powering the unit on. The UC520 uses flash while in operation to serve firmware to phones, ringtones and music on hold so if you remove it while the unit is powered on bad things can happen. In fact the box says do not remove while unit is in operation and Cisco gves you a screw-on flash cover as well. My experience has been that there is usually a newer version or point rev out than what ships installed on the box ,and I like to upgrade first. That is why I back it up before I begin.
What is on the flash?
Your Cisco IOS, Phone Firmware, Rigtones, Factory default config and the GUI files for Call Manager/Unity Express. The Unity Express files are not stored in flash other than the shared GUI files.
How to Back up Flash
Get a 9 dollar 7 in one card reader and copy to a directory on your local PC.

One interesting thing I noticed about the flash. It actually said made in the USA on back. Wow, I didn't know we still made stuff here ;)
I've got the latest firmwares/etc.. but I've never had to delve this deep into one of these devices... how do I go about getting a 7937 up and running with a UC520 running 4.2.6 w/ 12.4(11)XW6.
I tried a faq that suggested I export the apps7937etc...bin and tftp to the uc520 then run the tftp flash:apps7937... etc.. but when i tried to specify to load that file for the 7937 it said the 7937 wasn't a recognized device.. if I run "load ?" i see about 20-30 phones, but the 7936 is the only conference phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. . I've been searching for hours on cisco.com etc .. Just cannot get pointed in the right direction.
This is all new equip that i just recieved today, kinda frustrating that i have to do a ton of work to get my new conference phones up and running, everything else works perfect! :\