What is the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series?
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...