Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail and Auto-Attendant CLI Administrator Guide for 3.0 and Later Versions
Overview of Cisco Unity Express Voice Mail and Auto Attendant

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Overview of Cisco Unity Express Voice Mail and Auto Attendant

Contents

Software Licenses and Factory-Set Limits

Administration Interfaces

Additional References

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Documents Related to Cisco Unity Express

Related Cisco IOS Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance


Overview of Cisco Unity Express Voice Mail and Auto Attendant


Last Updated: October 20, 2009

The Cisco Unity Express voice-mail and auto-attendant applications work with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (Cisco Unified CME, formerly known as Cisco Unified CallManager Express) or Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly known as Cisco Unified CallManager) to provide small- and medium-sized companies with the capability to:

Create and maintain voice mailboxes for onsite or remote telephone subscribers. The maximum number of mailboxes depends on the hardware module and license agreement purchased for Cisco Unity Express. See the "Software Licenses and Factory-Set Limits" section for the system limits.

Record and upload messages for callers to hear when they dial the company's telephone number and prompts to guide the callers to specific extensions or employees.

Guidelines and procedures for installing and upgrading the Cisco Unity Express software are described in the Cisco Unity Express Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Contents

Software Licenses and Factory-Set Limits

Administration Interfaces

Additional References

Software Licenses and Factory-Set Limits

For information about licenses and factory-set limits for Cisco Unity Express software, see Release Notes for Cisco Unity Express 3.2.

Administration Interfaces

Cisco Unity Express offers two administration interfaces:

Graphical user interface (GUI)—This user-friendly, web-based interface permits administration of all voice-mail and auto-attendant functions.

The GUI is targeted for administrators who are familiar with web-based applications and who have little or no experience with Cisco IOS command structure. See the Cisco Unity Express GUI Administrator Guide for the configuration procedures using the GUI menus and screens.

Command-line interface (CLI)—This text-based interface has the same administration and configuration capabilities as the GUI. Installation, upgrade, and troubleshooting functions are available only through the CLI commands. The administrator accesses this interface through a Telnet session to the router.

The CLI is targeted for installers, resellers, support personnel, and others familiar with Cisco IOS command structure and routers. For them, accessing the system using the CLI may be easier than using the GUI, especially for troubleshooting, scripting, and bulk provisioning of many sites. See "Entering the Command Environment" on page 39 for the instructions to enter the CLI environment.

The Cisco Unity Express CLI commands have a structure very similar to Cisco IOS CLI commands. However, the Cisco Unity Express CLI commands do not affect Cisco IOS configurations. After you have logged in to the Cisco Unity Express module, the command environment is no longer the Cisco IOS environment.

Error messages in Cisco Unity Express are not always the same as error messages in the Cisco IOS environment.

The GUI and CLI are accessible from a PC or server anywhere in the IP network. To access the GUI, use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or a later release. Cisco Unity Express does not support any other browser. To access the CLI, Telnet to the router, and then use the service-module command.

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to Cisco Unity Express:

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Documents Related to Cisco Unity Express

Related Cisco IOS Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

Documents Related to Cisco Unity Express

Related Topic
Document Title

Cisco Unity Express administration

Cisco Unity Express GUI Administrator Guide

Cisco Unity Express Command Reference

Cisco Unity Express Installation and Upgrade Guide

Release Notes for Cisco Unity Express

Cisco Unity Express auto-attendant scripts

Cisco Unity Express Guide to Writing and Editing Scripts

Cisco Unity Express voice-mail subscriber information

Cisco Unity Express User Guides

Cisco modules hardware installation

Cisco SRE Internal Service Modules Configuration Guide

Cisco Network Modules Hardware Installation Guide

AIM Installation Quick Start Guide: Cisco 2600, 3600, and 3700 Series

Replacing Compact Flash Memory on Cisco AIM-CUE Advanced Integration Modules

AIM-CUE Slot Restriction on Cisco 3745 Routers

Cisco Unity Express software copyrights and licenses

Cisco Unity Express Software Copyrights and Licenses

Technical support documentation for Cisco Unity Express

Cisco Unity Express Troubleshoot and Alerts

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Note See the Cisco Unity Express Compatibility Matrix for Cisco Unified Communications Manager versions compatible with Cisco Unity Express 3.2.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide

Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services Guide

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express

Note See the Cisco Unity Express Compatibility Matrix for Cisco Unified CME versions compatible with Cisco Unity Express 3.2.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express System Administrator Guide

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Command Reference

Cisco Unity

Networking in Cisco Unity Guide

Cisco hardware platforms

Cisco 2600 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco 2600 series hardware configuration notes

Cisco 2800 Series Hardware Installation

Cisco 2900 Series Hardware Installation--GET URL

Cisco 3700 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco 3700 Multiservice Access Routers Configuration Guide

Cisco 3800 Series Hardware Installation

Cisco 3900 Series Hardware Installation--GET URL


Related Cisco IOS Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Cisco IOS configuration

Cisco IOS Debug Command Reference, Release 12.4T

Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference

Note For general voice configuration topics, see the Cisco IOS Voice Configuration Library, Release 12.4.

Cisco IOS voice troubleshooting information

Cisco IOS Voice Troubleshooting and Monitoring Guide

Cisco IP Telephony

IP Telephony Solution Reference Network Design Guide


Standards

Standards
Title

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.


MIBs

MIBs
MIBs Link

CISCO-UNITY-EXPRESS-MIB

CISCO-VOICE-CONNECTIVITY-MIB

CISCO-VOICE-APPLICATIONS-OID-MIB

CISCO-PROCESS-MIB

SNMPv2-MIB

IF-MIB

IP-MIB

SYSAPPL-MIB

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs


RFCs

RFCs
Title

1869

SMTP Service Extensions

1893

Enhanced Mail System Status Codes

2045

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies, RFC

2421

Voice Profile for Internet Mail - Version 2

2821

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

2833

RTP Payloads for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals

3261

SIP: Session Initiation Protocol

3501

Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1


Technical Assistance

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