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Cisco 3900 Series
Cisco IOS Software
Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers deliver innovative technologies running on industry-leading
Cisco IOS Software. Developed for wide deployment in the world's most demanding enterprise, access, and
service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software Release 15M and T provides support for a comprehensive
portfolio of Cisco technologies, including the functionality and features delivered in releases 12.4 and 12.4T.
New innovations in 15.0(1)M span multiple technology areas, including security, voice, high availability, IP
Routing and Multicast, quality of service (QoS), IP Mobility, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), VPNs,
and embedded management. Release 15.0(1)M is available immediately for the Cisco 3900 Integrated
Services Router and will be an extended support release. For more information on Release 15(0)1M,
visit http://www.cisco.com/go/ios
Cisco IOS Software Licensing and Packaging
A single Cisco IOS Universal image encompassing all functions is delivered with the platforms. You can
enable advanced features by activating a software license on the Universal image. In previous generations
of access routers, these feature sets required you to download a new software image. Technology packages
and feature licenses, enabled through the Cisco software licensing infrastructure, simplify software delivery
and decrease the operational costs of deploying new features.
Four major technology licenses are available on the Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers; you can
activate the licenses through the Cisco software activation process identified at
• IP Base: This technology package is available as default.
• Data
• Unified Communications
• Security (SEC) or Security with No Payload Encryption (SEC-NPE)
For additional information and details about Cisco IOS Software licensing and packaging on Cisco 3900
Series Integrated Services Routers, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/3900
For a more comprehensive list of features supported in Cisco IOS software refer to the Feature Navigator tool
at: http://www.cisco.com/go/fn
Key Branch-Office Services
The Cisco Integrated Services Routers are industry leading routers that offer unprecedented levels of
services integration. Designed to meet the requirements of the branch office, these platforms provide a
complete solution with voice, video, security, mobility and application services. Businesses enjoy the benefit
by deploying a single device that meets all their needs and save on capital and operational expenses.
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Unified Communications, Collaboration, and Voice-Gateway Services
The Cisco 3900 Integrated Services Router is the foundation for collaboration in any sized branch office
and is a critical component of Cisco's video architecture (Medianet) and enterprise Unified communications
solution. With embedded voice services and a wide range of telephony interfaces supported, the Cisco
3900 Series delivers maximum deployment flexibility for the distributed enterprise. Unified communications
is enabled through a rich signaling and media-processing infrastructure, including a variety of protocols,
media interworking, signal and media security, transcoding, conferencing, and QoS. Cisco integrated
services routers feature a wide range of voice-gateway interfaces, supporting a broad array of signaling and
physical network interfaces. The performance improvements introduced with the Cisco 3900 Series help
ensure that branch-office employees benefit from the same productivity advantages and wide breadth of
services and applications as those enjoyed by the headquarters-based employees.
The Cisco 3900 Series enables a full range of existing and emerging video services, with scaling
improvement to support Cisco TelePresence ® conferencing, security, and session control. Cisco Unified
Border Element extends these capabilities for business-to-business TelePresence communications.
The Cisco 3900 Series adds support for the new Cisco
(DSP) Module (PVDM3), which has been optimized for concurrent voice and video support. The PVDM3
modules support all voice-gateway functions of earlier generations of PVDMs, and add higher density and
more processing power to support emerging rich-media applications. The Cisco 3900 Series is capable of
supporting up to 4 onboard PVDM3 slots, enable scale up to 768 G.729a channels.
Unified Communications Manager Express and Survivable Remote Site Telephony
The Cisco integrated services routers inherently provide optional unified communications services within
the Cisco IOS Software, delivering the advantage of server hardware reduction and lower energy costs at the
branch office. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) provides the broad range of IP private-
branch-exchange (PBX) and key-system features integrated into the router for branch office. Cisco Survivable
Remote Site Telephony (SRST), also inherently available in Cisco IOS Software and an option on the Cisco
3900 Series, helps ensure that branch-office employees have uninterrupted telephony services and features,
even if the connection to a centralized Cisco Unified Communications Manager is disrupted. Coupled with
Cisco Unity ® Express, the integrated solution for voicemail, Automated Attendant, and interactive voice
response (IVR), the Cisco 3900 Series offers the branch office a complete range of unified communications
services while delivering industry-leading security within a single platform.
Cisco Unified Border Element
The Cisco Unified Border Element capabilities supported on the Cisco 3900 address the emerging
requirements in an IP-centric interconnect for branch-office unified communications between enterprises
and service provider networks. Cisco Unified Border Element provides intelligent border-element functions
such as physical and logical ingress and egress demarcation points, signaling and media control, and
consolidated security and management features. The Cisco 3900 Series supports higher scale than
previously provided on the Cisco 3800 Series, nearly twice the number of sessions.
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