Unified Communications 500 Series for small businesses belongs to the portfolio of voice and data networking products of Cisco Smart Business Communications System that is designed specifically for small and medium businesses (SMB).
An easy to use, all in a one communication solution for organization with up to 48 users. It provides voice, data, video, basic security, wireless and management all in a single platform. It leverages unified communications and supporting technologies and brings the entire solution together into a single system.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
Cisco IOSŪ Software solution embedded in the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series appliance provides Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express for call processing and Cisco Unity Express for voicemail, desktop messaging and Automated-Attendant services.
This feature rich Unified Communications System is designed to be simple to install, deploy and maintain. It comes in a range of configuration that meets different business needs. It includes all the relevant licenses including licenses for Cisco Unified IP Phones. While the solution supports various deployment configurations, the solution also comes with a Cisco Smart Assist predefined configuration from the factory, allowing for rapid deployment with:
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Preassigned phone extensions
•Dial plan
•Voice and data VLANs
•Firewall settings
Introducing Cisco Smart Business Communications System
Cisco Smart Business Communications System offers an affordable and complete system of Unified Communications products for voice and secured data network that are made for small business. It allows access to key communications, productivity and business operation applications. These products are designed to work together so that they are easy to deploy, operate and manage while allowing business growth.
With the Cisco Smart Business Communications System, smaller businesses can provide employees and customers with secure access to the information they need to communicate and interact more effectively.
Cisco Smart Business Communications System consists of a series of hardware platforms, consisting of the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business, Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series LAN switches, and wireless networking solutions. These platforms are complemented by GUI-based system management tools for easy setup, configuration, and monitoring.
With the appropriate licensed base platform, expanding the Unified Communications 500 Series system is easy; simply connect the companion Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Switch and connect phones to the new PoE Ethernet ports.
The Unified Communications 500 Series is available with an optional built-in Wireless Access Point that allows easy-to-configure wireless access in the area where the unit is installed. Further wireless coverage can be expanded with additional Cisco Wireless AN Controller (WLC) and Cisco Access Points (APs). Table 1 shows the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series user models.