What's New in Cisco Product Documentation for September 2008
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September 2008
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Application Networking Services
None at this time.
Cisco Interfaces and Modules
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Getting Started Guide for the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series
Describes an all-in-one, simple, smart, and affordable unified communications solution designed specifically for growing businesses with 8 to 50 employees.
Describes the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Advanced Integration Module (AIM) for the Cisco 1841 and the Cisco 2800 and 3800 series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs).
Revised Documents
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Describes various Cisco T1/E1 high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) and the 8-port T1/E1 network module.
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Describes how to connect Cisco Application Performance Assurance (APA) enhanced network modules (NMEs) to your network.
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Describes Cisco serial and data service unit/channel service unit (DSU/CSU) high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) and how to connect them to a network.
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Describes Cisco serial and high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) and how to connect them to a network.
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Describes Cisco ISDN BRI S/T high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) and how to connect them to a network.
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Describes Cisco ISDN BRI U high-speed WAN interface cards (HWICs) and how to connect them to a network.
Describes a standalone transport-optimization engine with its own startup and run-time configurations.
Cisco IOS Software
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Describes the changes based on the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure scalability enhancements that have been implemented to adapt to the evolution of the Internet and to support new platforms and features.
Reconfigures NVRAM in Cisco 2800 and Cisco 3800 series routers to expand storage for software licenses to 64 KB.
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Allows you to collect flow records from IPv6 unicast packet streams.
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Enables sending export packets using quality of service (QoS) and encryption.
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Adds or deletes an IP address for an endpoint of an existing Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) association and communicates this change to the remote end.
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Allows you to better scale large and small IPsec Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) by combining generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels, IP security (IPsec) encryption, and the Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP).
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Replaces the NetFlow for IPv6 feature with the IPv6 Flexible NetFlow feature.
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Allows TCP or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) parsing when an IPv6 IPsec authentication header is present.
Describes how the network mobility (NEMO) basic support protocol enables mobile IPv6 networks to attach to different points in the Internet.
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Allows directly connected Cisco content engines to use Layer 2 redirection, which is more efficient than Layer 3 redirection via generic routing encapsulation (GRE).
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Adds support for the CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB.
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Explains the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI) and removal of support for the MPLS label switch controller (LSC) and label-controlled ATM (LC-ATM) features and commands.
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Introduces the ability to profile an application-based traffic class using Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR).
Allows you to configure a Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) router on a per-interface basis to populate an address other than the native interface address in the previous hop (PHOP) address field of the PHOP object when forwarding a PATH message onto that interface.
Configures customized, multiple virtual private dialup network (VPDN) tunnels with different VPDN group configurations between a Layer 2 Access Concentrator (LAC) and an L2TP Network Server (LNS).
Introduces support for Application and Content Networking System/Wide Area Application Services (ACNS/WAAS) devices using mask assignment as a cache engine assignment method.
Revised Documents
Uses multiprotocol internal Border Gateway Protocol (MP-iBGP) to distribute IPv6 routes over the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) IPv4 core network and to attach an MPLS label to each route.
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Introduces the ability for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to discover automatically the best TCP path maximum transmission unit (MTU) for each BGP session.
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Introduces the CISCO-CEF-MIB, which allows management applications through the use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to configure and monitor Cisco Express Forwarding operational data and to provide notification when Cisco Express Forwarding encounters specific configured events.
Provides detailed information on platform-independent Cisco IOS commands; specifically, on command syntax, defaults, command modes, command history, usage guidelines, and examples.
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Provides a robust set of commands that communicate with the Cisco licensing infrastructure, makes connections and data transfers, and provides interactive prompts to help you install and maintain software licenses.
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Describes high-density, Cisco digital modem packet voice data modules (Cisco PVDMs), type 2 containing 12, 24, or 36 digital modems that provide direct digital connection to ISDN PRI channels, to BRI channels, and to channel-associated signaling (CAS) digital trunk lines.
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Describes the tasks and commands used to activate software using the Cisco Software Activation feature, license keys, and Cisco EXEC commands.
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Introduces the IPv4 multicast distribution tree (MDT) subaddress family identifier (SAFI) in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
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Allows configuration changes to be performed with an optional requirement that they be confirmed.
Allows the delivery of Routing Information Protocol (RIP) messages from a Cisco IOS router containing an integrated cable modem to the Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) Cable Modem Termination system (CMTS) when they are on different subnets.
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Allows Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer IPv6 Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to their customers.
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Allows Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) interautonomous system and MPLS VPN carrier supporting carrier (CSC) networks to load share traffic between adjacent label switch routers (LSRs) that are connected by multiple links.
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Provides the means to discover all possible equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing paths of a label switched path (LSP) between an egress and ingress router.
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Enables a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) session to be password-protected without tearing down and reestablishing the LDP session.
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Provides enhancements to the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) implementation of the message digest algorithm 5 (MD5) password.
Ensures that Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with quality of service (QoS) can be enabled for bundled links.
Describes Fast Reroute (FRR) enhancements, including backup tunnel support, backup bandwidth protection, fast tunnel interface down detection, and Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) hellos.
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Allows a network administrator to configure traffic engineering (TE) label switched paths (LSPs) by using a few command-line interface (CLI) commands.
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Enables you to control the metric used in path calculation for traffic engineering (TE) tunnels on a per-tunnel basis.
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Provides Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based network management of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Fast Reroute (FRR) feature in Cisco IOS software.
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Allows a network administrator to handle a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) tunnel as a link in an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) network based on the Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm.
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Allows you to establish Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic engineering (TE) tunnels that span multiple Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) areas and levels, removing the restriction that had required the tunnel headend and tailend routers both to be in the same area.
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Provides Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) node protection, loose path reoptimization, stateful switchover (SSO) recovery of label switched paths (LSPs) that include loose hops, ASBR forced link flooding, Cisco IOS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) local policy extensions for interautonomous system (Inter-AS), and per-neighbor key capabilities.
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Describes how to configure label switched path (LSP) attributes for path options associated with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic engineering (TE) tunnels.
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Allows a neighboring Route Processor (RP) to recover from disruption in control plane service (specifically, the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) component) without losing its Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) forwarding state.
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Detects when a neighbor is down and quickly triggers a state timeout, which frees resources such as bandwidth that can be reused by other label switched paths (LSPs).
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Enhances backup tunnel path selection so that a backup tunnel avoids using links that are in the same Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG) as interfaces the backup tunnel is protecting.
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Enables a router to build backup tunnels and to create one-hop primary tunnels dynamically on all interfaces that have been configured with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic engineering (TE) tunnels.
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Enables you to route and forward traffic dynamically with different class of service (CoS) values onto different traffic engineering (TE) tunnels between the same tunnel headend and the same tailend.
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Supports link protection (backup tunnels that bypass only a single link of the label switched path (LSP), node protection (backup tunnels that bypass next-hop nodes along LSPs), and the following Fast Rerpoute (FRR) features: backup tunnel support, backup bandwidth protection, and Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) hellos.
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Provides an end-to-end failure recovery mechanism (that is, full path protection) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic engineering (TE) tunnels.
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Improves scalability performance for large numbers of traffic engineering (TE) tunnels.
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Allows network nodes to support Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) extensions without supporting Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) extensions for traffic engineering (TE), thereby bypassing the topology database verification process.
Provides scalable hub-and-spoke connectivity for subscribers of an Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.
Describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent support in Cisco IOS software for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) management, as implemented in the draft MPLS/BGP Virtual Private Network Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (draft-ietf-ppvpn-mpls-vpn-mib-05.txt).
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Allows the replacement of route targets on incoming and outgoing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) updates.
Provides a Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) option to display a subset of the running configuration on a router that is linked to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.
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Describes how to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN) routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for IPv4 and IPv6 VPNs and describes how to upgrade your existing single-protocol IPv4-only VRF to a multiprotocol VRF configuration.
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Enables Multicast Distribution Trees (MDTs) used for multicast Virtual Private Networks (MVPNs) to span multiple autonomous systems.
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Introduces the ability to have Virtual Private Network (VPN) routing and forwarding (VRF)-to-VRF peering in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) on the same router.
Enables Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) and bridging over ATM adaptation layer 5 (AAL5)-multiplexed permanent virtual circuits (PVCs), reducing logical link control (LLC) and Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) encapsulation bandwidth usage and thereby improving bandwidth usage for the PVC.
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Enables you to manage quality of service (QoS) at three different levels—the physical interface level, the logical interface level, and the class level of scheduling for applying QoS queueing and shaping mechanisms by using the modular QoS command-line interface (CLI) (MQC) to provide a granular and flexible overall QoS architecture.
Cisco IOS XR Software
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Provides instructions to find release notes for Cisco IOS XR software.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for the following areas: ASIC drivers, troubleshooting, fabric management, tech-support command output, and watchdog.
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Provides an introduction to the Cisco IOS XR software command-line interface (CLI) and describes the initial router configuration tasks for standalone and multishelf routers.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for commands used to configure physical and virtual interfaces and additional hardware component types.
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Describes interface configuration and management information and describes a variety of global interfaces.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for commands that include Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and access control lists (ACL)s.
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Describes concepts and configuration tasks for IP addresses and services technologies that include ARP, access control lists (ACLs), and Cisco Express Forwarding.
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Describes the commands used to display and configure quality of service (QoS) in Cisco IOS XR software.
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Describes the Cisco IOS XR QoS feature for prioritizing traffic flows and providing preferential forwarding for higher-priority packets. The QoS techniques described include allocating bandwidth, improving loss characteristics, avoiding and managing network congestion, metering network traffic, and setting traffic-flow priorities across the network.
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Describes the commands used to display and configure QoS in Cisco IOS XR software.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for MPLS protocols that include Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and MPLS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP).
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for the multicast routing protocols that include Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP).
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Describes concepts and configuration tasks for the following technologies: PIM, IGMP, and MSDP.
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Describes configuration information and examples for using the ROM Monitor mode of the Cisco IOS XR software, including the following subjects: ROM Monitor overview and basic procedures.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines to configure and monitor routing protocols that include Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS).
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Describes concepts and configuration tasks for routing technologies that include BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for Session Border Controller (SBC) applications.
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Describes the tasks that support Session Border Controller (SBC) applications.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for various system management commands that include Network Time Protocol (NTP), process management, memory management, and terminal services.
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Describes configuration tasks and concepts for managing services that include upgrading and managing Cisco IOS XR software packages and upgrading field-programmable devices (FPD) software.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for alarm logs and logging correlation, IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs), fault management, logging services, performance management, On-Board Failure Logging (OBFL), and statistics services.
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Describes configuration tasks and concepts for the following technologies: alarm logs and logging correlation, IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs), fault management, logging services, performance management, and OnBoard Fault Logging (OBFL).
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for areas such as Internet Key Exchange (IKE), IP security (IPsec), and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
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Describes the tasks that support System Security applications.
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Describes command syntax and usage guidelines for the two command sets that support the virtual firewall (VFW) feature: Cisco IOS XR and SanOS (Linux).
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Describes the tasks that support creating, monitoring, and maintaining a virtual firewall (VFW).
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Describes new, changed, and unique characteristics of this release.
Interoperability Systems
None at this time.
Network Management
New Documents
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Describes the structure and features of the Cisco ANA system. Cisco ANA Manage is the GUI client application designed to simplify and facilitate Cisco ANA administration.
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Describes the following:
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Describes the documentation set for this release and explains how to get started using Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.6 Service Pack 3.
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Provides a list of system-detected errors supported by Cisco ANA and viewable in Cisco ANA EventVision.
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Describes the events that are logged in the Cisco ANA gateway, and how they can be viewed.
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Describes the Cisco ANA event processing and parsing mechanisms. It also details the various advanced correlation scenarios, impact analysis and supported service alarms.
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Describes the high availability (redundancy) and protection options available for Cisco ANA units and Cisco ANA gateways.
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Describes the typical installation of Cisco ANA and the Cisco ANA client installation.
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Describes the tools included in NetworkVision used to monitor network-based environments, specifically MPLS networks. It describes logical inventory information specific to MPLS, fault management, service impact analysis, MPLS-TE, and multipath tracing.
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Describes Cisco NetworkVision and its use in network-based environments.
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Describes implementation guidelines of the Cisco ANA interface, basic command behavior, and the various commands supported by the Cisco ANA.
Outlines the level of functionality that Cisco ANA provides for each supported technology.
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Lists the devices, software versions, topologies, modules, events, and technologies that are supported on the VNEs provided with Cisco Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA), version 3.6 SP3.
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Describes the basic administrative functions in the VFrame Data Center.
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Describes the CLI commands for the VFrame Data Center.
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Describes how to install and configure the VFrame Data Center Director.
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Describes the VFrame Data Center API.
Introduces new actions and event detectors and enhancements.
Provides a programmable framework that allows Cisco IOS software to present a custom, character-based menu or wizard user interface in order to guide you through complex configuration tasks.
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Introduces a command-line interface (CLI) to simplify configuration of the MIBs.
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Adds Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) commands to display the object identifiers that are recently requested by the network management system, and to display the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) debug messages.
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Introduces support for Netscape cookies and RFC 2965 in HTTP client infrastructure.
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Introduces support for digest authentication from the HTTP client infrastructure.
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Describes an onboard packet capture facility that provides device management and tools for automation.
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Describes the features and caveats for Cisco ANA 3.6 Service Pack 3.
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Provides information on system recommendations, new and changed information, problems fixed, installation notes, important notes, access to known caveats, and related documentation for Cisco IP Solution Center (ISC) 5.0.3.
Manages a collection of customer premise equipment (CPE), with the primary capability for autoconfiguration and dynamic service provisioning, software image management, status, and performance monitoring and diagnostics.
Leverages the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and offers new data models that collect show command output down to the keyword level and running configurations without the complexity and expense of screen-scraping technologies or external eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-to-command-line interface (CLI) gateways.
Revised Documents
Describes the Cisco Networking Services (CNS) subsystem agents that link you to networking services and provide the infrastructure for the automated configuration of large numbers of network devices in IPv6.
Tracks and reports configuration changes in IPv6.
Enhances Hypertext Transfer Protocol server [HTTP(S)] client and server to support IPv6 addresses.
Describes the Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that are supported in IPv6.
Provides the capability to gather Ethernet-layer network performance metrics.
Describes the Network Configuration (NETCONF) protocol, which is a mechanism through which a network device can be managed, configuration data information can be retrieved, and new configuration data can be uploaded and manipulated in IPv6 and IPv4.
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Enables Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) configuration of periodic MIB data collection and transfer mechanism.
Describes the Service-Oriented Access Protocol (SOAP), which is used for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment in IPv6 and IPv4.
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Describes the tool command language (TCL), which is used in IPv6 to support features such as embedded syslog manager (ESM), embedded event manager (EEM), interactive voice response (IVR), and tclsh parser mode.
Optical Networking
The terms "Unidirectional Path Switched Ring" and "UPSR" may appear in Cisco literature. These terms do not refer to using Cisco ONS 15xxx products in a unidirectional path switched ring configuration. Rather, these terms, and "Path Protected Mesh Network" and "PPMN," refer generally to Cisco's path protection feature, which may be used in any topological network configuration. Cisco does not recommend using its path protection feature in any particular topological network configuration.
Routers
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Describes the Cisco 1805 Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) cable router.
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Describes how to install channelized T3 and voice digital feature cards supported on the Cisco VGD 1T3 Voice Gateway.
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Describes how to install the Cisco VGD 1T3 Voice Gateway Chassis.
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Provides information on how to configure software for the Cisco VGD 1T3 Voice Gateway in Cisco IOS+D61 software.
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Describes a router in the Cisco 1800 series Integrated Services Router (ISR) family.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 1800 series routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 2800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 3800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco AS5x00 Universal Gateways that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco VG224 Analog Gateway that supports Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco VGD 1T3 Voice Gateway that supports Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 800 series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XZ1.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 1800 series routers that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 2800 series routers that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 2800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 2800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XZ1.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 3700 series routers that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 3800 series routers that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 3800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 3800 series Integrated Services Routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XZ1.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco AS5350, Cisco AS5350XM, Cisco AS5400, Cisco AS5400HPX, Cisco AS5400XM, and Cisco AS5850-ERSC Universal Gateways that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco AS5x00 Universal Gateways that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco IAD2430 series Integrated Access Devices that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco IAD2430 series Integrated Access Devices that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco IAD2801 series Integrated Access Devices that support the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco IAD2801 series Integrated Access Devices that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco IAD2801 Integrated Access Devices that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XZ1.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco Secure Router 500 series that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XZ1.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco 800 series routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 800 series routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant components for the Cisco 1800 series routers that support Cisco IOS Release 12.4(15)XY4.
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Describes new features and significant software components for the Cisco VG224 Analog Gateway that supports the Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW releases, up to and including Cisco IOS Release 12.4(11)XW9.
Security
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Provides an intense provisioning mechanism that you can configure to inspect packets on a granular level so that malicious network activity, related to the transfer of e-mail at the application level, can be identified and controlled.
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Introduces support for a range of H.323 Version 3 and Version 4 features and for a rate-limiting mechanism to monitor call attempt rate and call aggregation.
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Enhances the Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) functionality to support skinny traffic that is either generated by or destined to a router.
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Describes installation and configuration of the Clean Access Manager via the CAM web console for Cisco NAC Appliance, Release 4.1(6).
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Describes installation and configuration of the Clean Access Server (including Failover, DHCP, AD SSO, and VPN concentrator integration) for Cisco NAC Appliance, Release 4.1(6) .
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Describes the Cisco Tunneling Control Protocol (cTCP), which you can use when an easy Virtual Private Network (VPN) client (remote device) is operating in an environment in which standard IPsec does not function or in which it does not function transparently without modification to existing firewall rules.
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Introduces support for instant messaging (IM) applications ICQ and Windows Messenger.
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Introduces functionality that eases the configuration and monitoring of your IPsec Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Introduces support for the Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) MIB, which helps to manage and monitor NHRP via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Allows you to classify users, devices, or protocols into groups and apply them to access control lists (ACLs) to create access control policies for those groups.
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Provides late-breaking and cumulative release, upgrade, and installation information for release 4.1(6) .
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Provides the ability to configure a device for Internet connectivity through a service provider.
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Includes a number of additional capabilities such as supporting virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)-aware Secure Shell (SSH), SSH debug enhancements, and Diffie-Hellman group exchange support.
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Allows administrators to configure automatic authentication and authorization.
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Adds support for several client-side platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, Apple-Mac, and Linux.
Allows administrators to route user requests through a backend Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy, providing more flexibility and controllability than routing requests through internal web servers.
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Provides better performance for full-tunnel packets.
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Allows stateless failover to be applied to Virtual Private Network (VPN) routers by using Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).
Allows administrators to mangle selective URLs.
Provides the option for configuring a security solution to authenticate and enforce policies dynamically on a per-user basis.
Describes a mechanism that allows multiple instances of a routing table to exist on a router and work simultaneously so that network paths can be segregated without using multiple devices, thereby increasing network security and eliminating the need for encryption and authentication.
Cisco Security Agents 6.0
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Provides installation instructions for Management Center for Cisco Security Agents.
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Describes the new features, licensing requirements, system requirements, and supported languages for the Management Center for Cisco Security Agent V6.0.
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Describes how to configure the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents in both Advanced Mode and Simple Mode.
Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1
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Identifies and links to installation and setup information for Cisco Security Manager 3.2.1 (Security Manager 3.2.1) and Auto Update Server 3.2 (AUS 3.2).
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Provides requirements and procedures for installing Security Manager 3.2.1 on a Windows server and for installing dedicated client software for Security Manager 3.2.1 on a Windows PC. Includes pre- and postinstallation guidelines and troubleshooting information.
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Describes new features available in Security Manager 3.2.1, provides important notes regarding the product, and lists recently resolved problems and currently known problems in Security Manager 3.2.1.
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Lists the devices and operating system versions supported by Security Manager 3.2.1.
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Provides detailed descriptions of all the features available in Security Manager 3.2.1, procedures for implementing these features in your network, and comprehensive coverage of each field in the GUI.
Revised Documents
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Provides voice security enhancements within the firewall feature set in Cisco IOS software.
Provides Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) notification when a specified Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF) drop-rate threshold on a managed device is exceeded.
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Describes licensing support and RMA for the Cisco NAC Appliance, the Cisco NAC Profiler, and the Cisco NAC Guest Server.
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Describes how to install and configure the Cisco NAC Profiler Server appliance and enables the Cisco NAC Profiler Collector component on the Cisco NAC Appliance Clean Access Server.
Describes an end-to-end per-service-instance Ethernet-layer operation, administration, and management (OAM) protocol.
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Interacts with the Trend Micro URL filtering service so that Hypertext Transfer Protocol server [HTTP(S)] requests can be allowed or blocked, and logged, based on a content filtering policy.
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Provides a hardware support list and system requirements for the Clean Access Manager/Server/Agent.
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Supports throttling of access (authentication and authorization) and accounting records that are sent to the RADIUS server so that you can configure the appropriate throttling rate to avoid network congestion and instability, such as when there is insufficient bandwidth to accommodate a sudden burst of records generated from the Cisco IOS router to the RADIUS server.
Server Networking and Virtualization
None at this time.
Service Exchange
None at this time.
Storage Networking
Revised Documents
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Describes how to configure IP static peers; install and upgrade the SSI on the SSM, MSM-18/4, and MDS 9222i switch; support IPv6 on Gigabit Ethernet ports; and apply an IP-ACL to the management interface.
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Describes various new commands.
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Describes how to configure NPV traffic management; SANTap DVT MSM; RMON 32- and 64-bit alarms; and inventory summary detail reports.
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Includes the NPV-Traffic Management-MIB.
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Describes the guidelines to upgrade to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.4(1).
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Provides compatibility information between Cisco MDS SAN-OS software releases and Storage Service Interface (SSI) releases.
Switches
None at this time.
TelePresence
None at this time.
Universal Gateways and Access Servers
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Supports up to six high-density packet voice/fax digital signal processor (DSP) modules providing scalability from 64 to 384 channels.
Video, Cable, and Content Delivery
None at this time.
Voice and Unified Communications
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Describes Macintosh keyboard shortcuts and accessibility procedures unique to the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
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Describes Windows keyboard shortcuts and accessibility procedures unique to the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
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Provides an alphabetical reference of+D16 Cisco Unity Express 3.2 commands.
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Provides information on how to configure and administer Cisco Unity Express 3.2 voice mail and autoattendant using the graphical user interface.
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Describes how to install and upgrade to Cisco Unity Express version 3.2.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide in Turkish.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Turkish.
Provides information on how to configure and administrator Cisco Unity Express 3.2 voice mail and autoattendant using the command-line interface.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 VoiceView Express Quick Start Guide in Turkish.
Provides information on how to configure Cisco Unity Express 3.2 at the administrator user privilege level for all licenses.
Provides information on how to configure Cisco Unity Express 3.2 at the privileged level using the graphical user interface for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express licenses.
Provides information on how to configure Cisco Unity Express 3.2 at the privileged level using the graphical user interface for Cisco Unified Communications Manager licenses.
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Alters the default configuration of the Cisco Unified Border Element (BE) from not distinguishing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) delayed-offer to early-offer call flows, to forcing the Cisco Unified BE to generate an early offer with the configured codecs for an incoming delayed-offer INVITE.
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Routes callers dialing 911 to the correct location and when necessary modifies the calling party number to identify where the caller is located.
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Provides the ability for terminating gatekeeper (TGK) or originating gatekeeper (OGK) to compute the Inter-Zone Clear Token (IZCT) hash token based on the destination alias, destination CSA, destination epid, source alias, source CSA, and source epid.
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Adds media flow-around capability on the Cisco Unified Border Element by supporting the processing of call setup and teardown requests (VoIP call signaling) and for media streams (flow-through and flow-around).
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Expands the ability of the Cisco Unified Border Element to receive a REINVITE that contains either a session refresh parameter or a change in media via a new Session Description Protocol (SDP) and ensures the session does not time out.
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Provides installation and configuration information for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Release 7.0.
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Provides quick start information on how to use Cisco Unified Personal Communicator on a Macintosh platform.
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Provides quick start information on how to use Cisco Unified Personal Communicator on a Windows platform.
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Describes new features and significant components for Cisco Unity Express 3.2.
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Explains the various features provided by the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and how to use them on a Macinotsh platform.
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Explains the various features provided by the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and how to use them on a Windows platform.
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Describes two codecs that are available for use with the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP).
Describes a call-processing application in Cisco IOS software that enables Cisco routers to deliver key-system or hybrid PBX functionality for enterprise branch offices or small businesses.
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Describes how to configure and administer Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express. Contains information on new functionality in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)YA.
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Provides Cisco Unified Communications Manager with fallback support for Cisco IP phones that are attached to a Cisco router on your local network.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in German.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Danish.
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Provides quick start information on how to use Cisco Unity Express 3.2 voice mail.
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Provides information on how to use advanced features in Cisco Unity Express 3.2 voice mail.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features for the United Kingdom.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Swedish.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Japanese.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Korean.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Mandarin Chinese.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Dutch.
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Provides quick information on how to access and use Cisco Unity Express 3.2 voice-mail through Cisco IP phone touch-screens.
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Provides the ability to configure manually the bandwidth that is signaled in the outbound Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) invite.
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Provides phone mobility support for end users.
Describes the phone authentication support in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (Cisco Unified CME) and the media encryption using Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) and H.323 protocols on Cisco Unified CME.
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Provides a set of voice quality metrics through the syslog and command-line interface (CLI).
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Provides additional security checks upon receiving the registration request (RRQ) from an endpoint.
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Describes a method of capturing accounting records in comma separated value (.csv) format and storing the records on a file in internal flash or to an external FTP server.
Allows you to configure the port that Session Intiiation Protocol (SIP) messages are listened on.
Allows you to change the standard Session Intiiation Protocol (SIP) messages sent from the Cisco SIP stack for better interworking with different SIP entities.
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Expands transparent tunneling of QSIG messages to all other Q.931 messages (SETUP, ALERTING, CONNECT, and RELEASE COMPLETE).
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Enables conferencing and transcoding on Cisco IOS voice gateways in a Cisco Unified Communications Manager network.
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Provides a configurable option on the Cisco gateway so that the display IE received in the Q931 facility message is sent out to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) in an H.225 notify message.
Allows Cisco multiservice routers to transport Land Mobile Radio (LMR) traffic over IP networks by modifying voice gateway functionality.
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Provides secure conferencing capability for Unified CM networks that includes authentication, integrity, and encryption of voice media and related call control signaling to and from the digital signal processor (DSP) farm.
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Allows you to configure an outbound proxy server on a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway.
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Describes the new features and caveats for all versions of Cisco IP Communicator Release 2.1.
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Describes the new features and caveats for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Release 7.0.
Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in European Spanish.
Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Latin American Spanish.
Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Mexican Spanish.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in Italian.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in European French.
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Contains the Cisco Unity Express 3.2 Voice-Mail System User's Guide for Advanced Features in French Canadian.
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Adds support for transparent tunneling of all Q.931 messages over the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and for the transparent tunneling of Q-signaling (QSIG) and Q.931 over a SIP-SIP Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE).
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Provides installation and configuration information for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Release 7.0.
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Allows transcoding from any supported codec to any other supported codec.
Wireless
Revised Documents
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Detects other devices using the same channel, selects the appropriate frequency dynamically for WLAN, and adapts the transmission power based on regulatory requirements and range information.
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