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Data Sheet

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0 builds upon the feature set available today with Cisco

Unified Communications Manager 5.1(1) and Cisco Unified CallManager 4.2(3). The appliance

model provides a platform for call processing with the software preloaded on a Cisco MCS

platform; the software is optionally available as a DVD kit for customer-provided servers. The

appliance comes with a single firmware image that includes the underlying operating system as

well as the Cisco Unified Communications Manager application. The appliance is accessed

through a GUI, and a command-line interface (CLI) has been added to facilitate diagnostics and

basic system management such as the starting or stopping of services and rebooting of the

appliance. No access to the underlying operating system is necessary. All system management

activities, such as disk space monitoring, system monitoring, and upgrades, either are automated

or are controlled through the GUI. Because onboard agents are no longer supported on the

appliance in this version, all Cisco Unified Communications Manager management interfaces are

enhanced to allow tight integration with third-party applications. The Simple Network Management

Protocol (SNMP) interface has added an Overall Syslog performance MIB, the Serviceability

interface has instrumented appliance-specific counters, and the Programming interface has added

the capability to run insert, update, and delete database commands. To further enhance security,

Cisco Security Agent for Cisco Unified Communications Manager comes preloaded on the

appliance.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0 includes two main enhancements: the integration of

the Cisco Unified Mobility (formerly Cisco MobilityManager) feature into Cisco Unified

Communications Manager software, and the support of dual-mode devices. Cisco Unified Mobility

was previously available as an application on a Cisco MCS. It provides functions that intelligently

manage, filter, route, and place calls between a worker's Cisco Unified IP phone and a remote

mobile phone. Integrating these functions into Cisco Unified Communications Manager software

makes administration and functions a native part of the solution, providing the capability to

manage calls from a wired Cisco Unified IP phone or a mobile device. Additionally, support for

dual-mode devices benefits customers who have mobile users who need to move between

campus wireless and external cellular network environments. These devices can manually pass

calls from a cellular GSM network to an 802.11-based wireless LAN.

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) support is available in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

with support of line-side devices, including IETF RFC 3261–compliant devices available from

Cisco and other manufacturers. Cisco SIP-compliant devices include the Cisco Unified IP Phone

7905G, 7912G, 7940G, and 7960G models. SIP is also available on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

7906G, 7911G, 7941G, 7941G-GE, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7970G, and 7971G-GE models.

The SIP trunk interface is available and conforms to RFC 3261, allowing support of video calls

over the SIP trunk and improving conferencing and application support experiences when used

with the Cisco Unity

and Cisco Unified MeetingPlace

solutions.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager supports Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) agent

capability. The RSVP agent on a Cisco router extends CAC capability beyond a hub-and-spoke

topology within a cluster. Now a call can be routed directly between two locations without having to

traverse the hub, allowing alternative network topologies and more efficient use of networks.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.0 delivered Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional

and Simplified) languages; Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.1 supports Arabic; and now

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0 supports Hebrew.