Introduction
Introduction
FortiGate Voice units integrate FortiGate UTM functionality with VoIP phone PBX functionality. Some FortiGate Voice models also support connections to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A small office or an enterprise branch office can use a FortiGate Voice unit to provide routing, Ethernet switching, Internet connectivity, UTM security, VoIP gateway, and VoIP PBX features for the office.
FortiGate Voice PBX functionality includes:
•Four Foreign eXchange Office (FXO) interfaces for connected to up to 4 standard public switch telephone network (PSTN) phone lines (some FortiGate Voice models)
•Flexible number dial plans
•Standard VoIP PBX feature set
•Integrated
•Voicemail
•Message notification
•Unified messaging
•Music on hold
•Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)
•Basic conferencing
•Statistics and logging
Figure 1: FortiGate Voice Network connections
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FortiGate Voice Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide