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| For Business to Business Unified Communications | ||||
| Support for Cisco Intercompany Media Engine |
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| For Easier Administration, Saving You Time and Resources | ||||
| Additional prepackaged alerts, monitor views, and historical reports with RTMT |
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| Real-time and historical application performance monitoring through operating system tools and SNMP |
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| Monitored data-collection service |
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| Remote terminal service for off-net system monitoring and alerting |
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| Real-time event monitoring and presentation to common syslog |
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| Trace setting and collection utility |
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| Browse to onboard device statistics |
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| Multisite (cross-WAN) capability with intersite CAC |
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| Outbound call blocking |
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| Enhancements to out-of-band dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) signaling over IP |
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| PSTN failover on route nonavailability |
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| Device authentication – through embedded X.509v3 certificate in new phones |
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| Cisco® SRST |
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| Transcoder resource |
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| Conference bridge resource |
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| Topological association of shared resource devices (conference bridge, music-on- hold sources, and transcoders) |
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| Fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) enhancements to support SIP |
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| Improved SIP trunk device identification |
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| Calling-party normalization |
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| E.164 with “+” dialing |
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| Local route groups and transformation |
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| Trusted relay point |
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| Intelligent bridge selection |
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| Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) – call-control discovery |
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| Analysis manager |
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| Product nodes inventory and grouping |
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| Trace setting |
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| Trace collection on demand |
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| Scheduled trace collection |
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| Templates for setting trace levels and trace file server |
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| Collect/view system configuration information |
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| Daylight savings time/zone structure |
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| User phone add page with default, hidden, and read-only check boxes |
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| Phone template-based phone add page |
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| Bridged upgrade |
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| Mobility Features, Streamlining Communications | ||||
| Call divert |
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| Dial via Office |
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| Directed call park |
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| Call screening |
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| Reverse callback |
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| Simultaneous ring time-of-day access list |
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| Call handoff |
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| User-to-number matching. Calls directly to mobile phones are anchored to the cluster for mobility features |
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| Native mobile unified communications client support |
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| Dial via Office (DVO) and least-cost routing (LCR) enhancements |
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| Digital number identification service (DNIS) pool of direct-inward-dialing (DID) instances |
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| LCR policy for DVO reverse and forward |
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| LCR policy for DVO reverse and forward |
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| Research In Motion (RIM) send call to mobile |
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| iPhone Dial via Office Forward (DVOF) redial support |
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| Greater Interoperability with Partners for Flexibility and Choice | ||||
| SIP trunk integration with Microsoft OCS |
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| Click to conference with IBM Sametime |
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| Dual forking integration with Microsoft OCS |
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| Simultaneous ring Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) dialing with Microsoft OCS |
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| T.38 Fax interoperability with Microsoft Exchange |
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| Active Directory 2008 |
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| SIP Early Offer |
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| SIP Normalization and Transparency |
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| New or Enhanced Telephony Features | ||||
| Attenuation and gain adjustment per device (phone and gateway) |
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| Automated bandwidth selection |
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| Auto route selection (ARS) |
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| CAC – Intercluster and intracluster |
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| Forwarding based on internal and external calls |
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| Forwarding out of a coverage path |
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| Timer for maximum time in coverage path |
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| Time of day |
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| GSM-FR and wideband audio (proprietary 16-bit resolution; 16-kHz sampled audio) |
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| Forced authorization codes and client matter codes (account codes) |
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| Hunt groups – Broadcast, circular, longest idle, and linear |
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| T.38 fax support (H.323 and SIP) |
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| Time-of-day, day-of-week, and day-of-year routing and restrictions |
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| Toll restriction – Dial-plan partition |
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| Prevent trunk-to-trunk transfer |
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| Drop conference call when originator hangs up |
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| Require forced authorization codes |
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| Video telephony (SCCP, H.323, and SIP) |
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| CTI for Internet service provider (ISP) phones |
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| Audible message waiting indication on IP phones |
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| Call recording |
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| Extension mobility | ||||
| Extension mobility cross-cluster |
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| Extension mobility PIN change through phone |
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| HTTPS for phone services including EM and EMCC |
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| Call forward all |
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| Audible Message waiting indication |
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| Privacy |
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| Device mobility |
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| Do not disturb |
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| End User and Application User Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF) for CTI |
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| Monitoring |
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| Device mobility changes the location-specific information when a device moves within the cluster |
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| Programmable line keys |
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| Secure conferencing available to all members of the conference |
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| Silent monitoring |
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| Join Across Lines for connecting multiple calls or conferences |
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| Single Button Barge |
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| Callback support for analog phones |
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| Single-button barge-in |
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| Join across lines |
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| Busy-lamp-field (BLF) alert |
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| BLF pickup |
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| Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G |
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| Do not disturb – call reject |
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| Directed call pickup |
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| Extension mobility feature safe |
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| Phone services provisioning |
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| External call control (ECC) service and Cisco Unified Routing Rules Interface |
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| CTI integration with hunt list/call pickup |
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| CTI support for call forward |
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| AXL enhancements: AXL interface automated to support all the database fields supported by admin interfaces |
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| Next-generation TAPI/wave driver |
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| Caller ID on MGCP FXO |
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| DSN hotline feature for tactical deployments in the military/government communications system space |
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| UCR2007 PBX1 requirements as outlined for military/government systems |
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| MLPP support services + Cancel call waiting |
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| MLPP on E1 PRI circuits |
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| HTTPS phone services |
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| Secure recording and monitoring |
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| Annunciator support for SIP phones |
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| Support for VPN clients on Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G, 7945G, 7962G, 7965G, and 7975G SCCP phones |
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| Support for Cisco Cius |
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| Support for Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901, 6911, 6921, 6941, and 6961 models |
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| Support for Cisco Unified IP Phone 6845, 8961, 9951, and 9971 models |
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| Key expansion module support |
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| USB video camera module |
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| Native support for Whisper Coaching and Agent Greeting within Contact Center |
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| Agent Zip Tone |
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| Encryption to analog endpoints (Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol [SRTP]) |
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| Additional Localization (in addition to other languages supported in prior releases) | ||||
| Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic |
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| Hebrew, Thai and Turkish |
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| Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian |
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| Additional SIP Support | ||||
| SIP trunk (RFC 3261) and line side (RFC 3261-based devices) |
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| Media Termination Point (MTP) – Support for SIP trunk and RFC 2833 |
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| Native support of SIP devices |
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| Presence information for SIP devices |
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| SIP trunk enhancements for external applications, such as conferencing and presence |
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| Third-party SIP devices supporting RFC 3261 |
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| SIP line-side RFCs: RFCs 3261, 3262, 3264, 3265, 3311, 3515, and 3842 |
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| SIP trunk RFC support: RFCs 2833, 2976, 3261, 3262, 3264, 3265, 3311, 3515, 3842, 3856, and 3891 |
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| Improved SIP trunk device identification |
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| Single-button barge-in |
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| Join across lines |
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| Busy-lamp-field (BLF) alert |
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| BLF pickup |
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| Conference chaining |
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| Do not disturb – call reject |
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| Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G |
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| Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module support for 7914, 7915, 7916 |
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| Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) over SIP trunk |
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| Early offer SIP trunk with G.729 with Media Termination Point (MTP) |
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| SIP trunk Preferred Asserted Identity (PAI) |
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| Domain name capacity on SIP phones (56 lines for Cisco Unified IP Phone 7902, 7912, 7942, 7962, 7905, 7945, 7965, 7975, and 7985 phones) |
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| Added Support for Cisco Products, Enabling Broader Unified Communications | ||||
| Voice gateways: Cisco VG202 and VG204 Analog Voice Gateway models |
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| Click to dial on Cisco WebEx™ meeting applications |
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| Cisco Emergency Responder Location Management user interface |
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| Cisco Security Agent 5.2 support |
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| Serviceability Enhancements, Enabling Greater Efficiency | ||||
| Data Migration Assistant |
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| Pre-upgrade DMA file generation |
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| DMA – bundle pre-upgrade tasks |
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| DMA – enhance platform config.xml |
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| IP tables |
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| Fresh install of Cisco Unified Communications Manager on the Cisco MCS 7828 Media Convergence Server |
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| Alerting subsystem in Cisco Unified Communications Operating System |
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| Clarity and consistency of alarms and events |
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| New performance monitoring counters (external call control, Cisco SAFclient,Cisco IME link) |
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| Changes in SNMP MIBs |
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| AXL Serviceability API Cipher support |
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| VMware support |
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| SSO and SmartCard authentication |
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| Cisco EnergyWise: Deep-sleep mode reason codes |
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| Options ping serviceability |
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| Troubleshooting reports for device registration and un-registration |
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| Safari browser support |
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| Performance Improvements | ||||
| Reduce tracefile output by compression |
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| Database replication improvements |
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| Media Support | ||||
| Codec support for G.711, G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.728, G.729A/B, and GSMEFR |
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| Video codecs: H.261, H.263, *H.264, and Cisco Wideband Video Codec (Cisco Unified Video Advantage) |
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| HD Video Interoperability | ||||
| HD video (720p/1080p) resolution interworking among Cisco Unified Communications hard phones and clients, Cisco TelePresence endpoints, and third-party HD video endpoints in standard H.264 codec |
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| Native video endpoint support for simplified registration and provisioning, including Cisco IP Video Phone E20 |
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| End to-end solution testing, including Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Cisco VCS) |
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| Support for multiple H.264 payload negotiation for optimal resolution |
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| Support for midcall video codec parameter changes and consolidation |
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| Codec support for automated bandwidth selection: G.711 (mu-law and a-law), G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1, G.728, G.729A/B, GSM-EFR, GSM-FR, iLBC, wideband audio (proprietary 16-bit resolution; 16-kHz sampled audio), and Advanced Audio CODEC (AAC) for use with Cisco TelePresence™ devices |
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| ISAC support | ||||
| Codec preference order enhanced |
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| Features for the Department of Defense (DoD) | ||||
| Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol (AS-SIP), Voice over Session Initiation Protocol VoSIP/DVX G.Clear |
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| Secure indication tone (Norway) |
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Cisco Unified Communications Manager New or Enhanced Features, by Version
Cisco Unified Communications Manager New or Enhanced Features, by Version
