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Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use: Features and Benefits
The Cisco 1861 continues the heritage of offering versatility, integration, and power to branch
offices. The platform offers many enhancements to help enable the support of multiple services in
the branch office, as shown in Table 5.
Table 5. 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.
IOS Release Support
The minimum IOS Release for the support of the Cisco 1861 is 12.4(11)XW. T-train support for the
Cisco 1861 commenced with 12.4(20)T. In order to leverage the CME/SRST user license upgrade
from 8-to-15 users, the minimum IOS release required is the 12.4(22)T. The minimum Cisco IOS
®
Software release for the support of the optional Wireless LAN is the 12.4(22)T release.
Summary
The Cisco 1861 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
and 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 1861 Integrated Services Router
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 6 gives specifications of the Cisco 1861.
Table 6. Chassis Specifications for the Cisco 1861 Integrated Services Router
Feature Specification
Configuration Default of 8-user Cisco Unified CME or SRST configuration, Optional license based
upgrade to 15 users