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Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router
Cisco
®
is introducing a new platform focused on unified communications to the Cisco 1800 Series
Integrated Services Routers portfolio: the Cisco 1861. This new, affordable unified
communications system makes anytime, anywhere secure access to information possible, thereby
facilitating more effective and efficient ways of communicating with customers and employees.
The award-winning Cisco integrated services router is the ideal platform for delivering IP
communications in enterprise branch offices, commercial offices, and small and medium-sized
business (SMB) offices. Through the integration of voice gateway, call processing, voicemail,
Automated-Attendant, conferencing, transcoding, and security capabilities, Cisco integrated
services router platforms deliver a complete office unified communications solution (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router
Product Overview
The Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router, which is part of the Cisco 1800 Series Integrated
Services Router portfolio, is a unified communications solution for SMBs and enterprise small
branch offices that provides voice, data, voicemail, Automated-Attendant, video, and security
capabilities while integrating with existing desktop applications such as calendar, e-mail, and
customer relationship management (CRM) programs. This easy-to-manage platform takes full
advantage of business-class, proven unified communications technologies and supports flexible
deployment models based on your needs—a wide array of IP phones, public switched telephone
network (PSTN) interfaces, and Internet connectivity.
Core components include the following:
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Integrated Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express or Cisco Unified Survivable
Remote Site Telephony (SRST) for call processing
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Optional Cisco Unity
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Express for voice messaging and Automated Attendant
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Integrated LAN switching with Power over Ethernet (PoE)—expandable through Cisco
Catalyst
®
Switches
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Optional support for range of High-Speed WAN interface cards (HWICs)
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Optional security with firewall, VPN, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and intrusion prevention
system (IPS) capabilities
