9-Ports RJ-45 1.5U Integrated 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.

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:
-Integrated Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express or Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) for call processing.
-Optional Cisco Unity® Express for voice messaging and Automated Attendant.
-Integrated LAN switching with Power over Ethernet (PoE)-expandable through Cisco Catalyst® Switches.
-Optional 802.11b/g integrated wireless LAN (WLAN) capability on some models or external access points.
-Optional support for range of High-Speed WAN interface cards (HWICs).
-Optional security with firewall, VPN, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and intrusion prevention system (IPS) capabilities.