Cisco Systems ICS-7750 manual Feature Description

Chapter 4 Summary of System Software Features

Cisco CallManager

Key Features

Cisco CallManager is the call-processing component of the Cisco IP Telephony Solution for the Enterprise part of Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data). The Cisco IP Telephony Applications Server provides a high-availability server platform for Cisco CallManager call processing, services, and applications.

Cisco CallManager supports a growing list of features in the following categories:

•User features

•Administrative features

•Third-party applications

•Cisco applications

For a complete list of features for the latest release of Cisco CallManager, refer to the product information at:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/clmn32.htm#CHDDGCFJ

Table 4-5describes key features of Cisco CallManager.

Table 4-5 Key Features of Cisco CallManager

Feature	Description
Software suite of integrated	Provides functions such as voice conferencing and manual attendant
voice applications	console without special-purpose voice-processing hardware.
	Enhancing its capabilities at a customer location requires upgrading
	software on the server platform, thereby avoiding expensive
	hardware upgrade costs.
Distributed architecture across	Improves system availability and scalability of Cisco CallManager
an IP network	servers and all Cisco IP phones, gateways, and applications.
Call admission control	Ensures that voice QoS is maintained across constricted WAN links
	and automatically diverts calls to alternate Public Switched
	Telephone Network (PSTN) routes when WAN bandwidth is not
	available.

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