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Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use: Features and Benefits
The Cisco 1861E continues the heritage of offering versatility, integration, and power to branch offices. The platform
offers many enhancements to enable the support of multiple services in the branch office, as shown in Table 4.
Table 4. Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use: Feature and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Integrated channel service
unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU),
add/drop multiplexers, firewall,
modem, compression, and
encryption
These features consolidate typical communications equipment found in branch-office wiring closets into a
single, compact unit, providing better manageability because it saves space.
Cisco IOS IP Service-Level
Agreements (IP SLAs)
With Cisco IOS IP SLAs, you can verify service guarantees, increase network reliability by validating network
performance, proactively identify network problems, and increase return on investment (ROI) by easing the
deployment of new IP services.
Cisco IOS Software Warm Reboot This feature reduces system boot time and decreases downtime caused by Cisco IOS Software reboots.
CiscoWorks support This feature offers advanced management and configuration capabilities through a web-based GUI.
Cisco AutoInstall This feature configures remote routers automatically across a WAN connection to save the cost of sending
technical staff to the remote site.
Cisco IOS Embedded Event
Manager (EEM)
This feature enables automation of many network management tasks and directs the operation of Cisco IOS
Software to increase availability, collect information, and notify external systems or personnel about critical
events.
Cisco Configuration Professional Cisco Configuration Professional is a PC-based device management tool for Cisco ISRs. The application
simplifies router, firewall, IPS, VPN, unified communications, WAN, and LAN configurations through GUI-
based, easy-to-use wizards.
Cisco IOS Software Release Support
The minimum Cisco IOS Software Release for the support of the Cisco 1861E is 15.1(3)T.
Summary
The Cisco 1861E Integrated Services Router, which is part of the Cisco 1800 Series, is an all-in-one, affordable
unified communications platform targeted at SMBs and enterprise small branch offices with up to 8 employees. It
takes advantage of industry-leading, business-class, proven unified communications technologies (voice, data,
video, and security) integrated into one platform and facilitates integration with commonly used desktop applications
such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, IBM Lotus Notes, and CRM software. Functions include Automated
Attendant, TimeCardView, voicemail, PSTN and Internet connectivity, and analog phone and fax machine support. A
wide array of IP phones are supported by PoE ports. The Cisco 1861E solution also provides the capability to
network the office for voice, video, and data networking and allows business owners and employees to be securely
connected to the office while they are traveling or working from their home offices.
Product Specifications
Table 5 gives specifications of the Cisco 1861E.
Table 5. Chassis Specifications for the Cisco 1861E Integrated Services Router
Feature Specification
Configuration Default of 8-user Cisco Unified CME or SRST configuration; optional license-based upgrade to 15 users
Packaging type Desktop or wall-mount (rack-mount: Optional)
Product Architecture
Default DRAM
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Cisco IOS Software: 512 MB
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Voice messaging: 512 MB
Compact Flash memory
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Cisco IOS Software: 128 MB
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Voice messaging: 1 GB; Compact Flash