When To Deploy
Cisco 3800 Series
Deploy the Cisco 3800 Series when you need:
• The highest performance and densities for
concurrent data, security, voice, and advanced
services with headroom for growth
• Higher availability and resiliency with OIR,
redundant system, and inline power options
• Higher WAN or voice densities with an
additional (fourth) HWIC
• Low density (up to 96 ports), integrated 10/100
switching with PoE support; up to 48 ports with
Cisco Inline Power
• Efcient, robust Error Correction Code (ECC)
DDR SDRAM memory to detect and correct
SDRAM errors without user intervention
• Integrated security services as part of Cisco
Self Defending Network, which enable network
device protection, threat defense, secure
connectivity, and endpoint protection and
control
• Integrated PVDMs, industry-leading call
processing and autoattendant solutions, and
high-density voice cards and modules that
speed IP Communications and give customers
a choice of telephony interface devices
• Advanced management for security, routing,
QoS, and switching services with Cisco Router
and Security Device Manager (SDM) 20
• Secure integrated call processing, voice mail
and automated attendant, exible telephony
interfaces, redundancy for centralized call
processing, with robust DSP support, including
local call conforming and transcoding

IP Telephony Features

Cisco 3800 Series
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Network Example
The figure above shows the Cisco 3800 Series routers converge voice, video, and data across a secure IPSec
VPN network with high-quality, reliable performance DMVPN creates tunnels on-the-fly based on user traffic
V3PN functionality provides QoS, multiprotocol, ease of provisioning, and secure connectivity
Regional Office
IP
IP
IP
IP
Branch Office
3700/3800
Branch Office
2600/2800
Branch Office
1700/1800
Internet
VPN QoS
Voice
Video
V3PN
Security Features continued
URL Filtering
• Onboard with an optional content-engine
network module
• Local URL ltering in Cisco IOS software
based on external server
Onboard USB 1.1 port
• 2 onboard USB 11 ports
• Secure token and Flash memory support
Security Solutions
• Network Admission Control (NAC)
• Voice and Video Enabled IPSec VPN (V3PN)
Optional Security Modules
• IDS/IPS Network Modules (NM-CIDS portfolio)
• VPN and Encryption Advanced Integration
Modules (AIM-VPN portfolio)
• Content Engine Network Modules (NM-CE
portfolio)
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM)
• Ships by default
Certications
• ICSA IPSec
• ICSA Firewall
• Common Criteria IPSec (EAL4) (in process)
• Common Criteria Firewall (EAL4+) (in process)
• FIPS 140-2, Level 2
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IP Phone Support Optional integrated power supply with inline power, 8023af
support, 360W of inline power
Analog Voice Support Up to 88 FXS and 56 FXO ports
Digital Voice Support Up to 720 calls
Packet Voice Digital Signal Processor
(DSP) Module (PVDM) Slots on
Motherboard
4 PVDM slots on motherboard, local conferencing and
transcoding
Cisco CallManager Express Up to 240 phones for the Cisco 3845 router, and up to
168 phones for the Cisco 3825 router
SRST Up to 720 phones for the Cisco 3845 router, and up to
336 phones for the Cisco 3825 router
Voice Mail and Automated Attendant Up to 250 mailboxes with up to 16 concurrent sessions
using Cisco Unity™ Express Network Module
Voice Interfaces FXS, FXO, Direct Inward Dial (DID), E&M, Centralized
Automated Message Accounting (CAMA), Basic Rate
Interface (BRI), T1, E1, Primary Rate Interface (PRI), QSIG,
channel associated signaling (CAS)