Leonardo Montan

Partner & Collaboration SE

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Industrys Most Comprehensive Any-to-Any Collaboration Solution

All the capabilities of Cisco Any-to-Any
collaboration to-date
TDM & analog gateways
ISDN Video gateways
Session border control
Firewall traversal
Standards-based & secure

Now with simplified mobile, teleworker &

B2C collaboration

Mobile
Workers

Teleworkers
TDM or
IP PBX

B2B

PSTN or
IP PSTN

Consumers

Branch
Office

3rd
Parties
Cloud
Services

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Analog
Devices

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Workers

For Unified CM & Business Edition

environments

Teleworkers
TDM or
IP PBX

B2B

Based on Cisco VCS Technology

Standards-based interoperability

PSTN or
IP PSTN

Consumers

Branch
Office

3rd Parties
Cloud
Services

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Analog
Devices

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Servers

Medianet
Expressway CC
LDAP

CUCM
IM&P

Voice
Mail

Cisco
Unified Call Control

CUCM

Expressway E
B2B and Remote Worker
Expressway E Firewall
Traversal

Public to Enterprise

Conductor
Advanced Enterprise
Conferencing Services

Distributed
Conferencing Services

VCS Core
SIP to H.323
IPv4 to IPv6
Interworking

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3rd Party/H.323
Video Endpoints

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voicemail

Inside firewall
(Intranet)

DMZ

Collaboration
Services
Unified
CM

Outside firewall
(Public Internet)
Instant Message
and Presence

Internet

Expressway
C

Expressway
E

Make voice and

video calls
Launch a web
conference
Share content
Search corporate
directory

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Min Software Version

Projected Availability

Cisco Expressway or Cisco VCS

X8.1

Available

Cisco Expressway or Cisco VCS

X8.1.1 (MR)

Q1CY14

Unified CM

9.1(2) SU1

Available

Unified CM IM&P

9.1

Available

| Connection
Unity

8.6(1)

Available

Jabber for Windows

9.7

Q1CY14

Jabber for iPhone and iPad

9.6.1

Q1CY14

Jabber for MAC

TBD

TBD

Jabber for Android

9.6

Q1CY14

EX/MX/SX/C Series TelePresence

Endpoints

TC 7.0

Available

**DX650, Jabber SDK, 3rd Party IM/P clients not supported in first release
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Collaboration
Services

VCS
VCS Control
No Change

VCS Expressway
No Change

Specialized video applications for video-only

customer base (GK, SIP Proxy, interworking,
traversal)
SUPERSET of X8.1 features
Gateway 3rd party UC solutions (Lync, Polycom)
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New
Offering

UCM

VCS-C

VCS-E

Expressway
C

Expressway
E

Expressway

Expressway C
Or Core

Expressway E
Or Edge

Solution designed for and sold exclusively with

UCM 9.1 and above(including BE6K)
SUBSET of X8.1 features
No additional cost for server software licenses

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NEW - Cisco Expressway Series Cisco Unied Communica/ons Manager & Business Edi/on
6000 9.1.2 and above customers & prospects.

Cisco Expressway Series is aimed at the vast majority of
Unied CM customers who do not have extensive / legacy
video infrastructure.

Expressway is designed to simplify pervasive deployments,
management and licensing, with all end-points registered to
and managed by Cisco Unied Communica/ons Manager
Cisco TelePresence Video Exis/ng VCS Customers requiring addi/onal specic features
Communica@ons Server (VCS) Family that are not included in Cisco Expressway Series, but which
result in a comprehensive, unied call control solu/on with
Unied CM.

Providing

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An advanced collabora/on gateway for Unied Communica/ons Manager

version and Business Edi/on 9.1.2 or later.
Cisco Expressway Series provides simple and secure access to mobile and
remote workers, B2B video, voice IM&P collabora/on.
Interworking with 3rd party solu/ons (but not registra/ons all devices
registered to Unied CM or Business Edi/on)

A general purpose TelePresence infrastructure applica/on delivering rich

video-enabled collabora/on throughout and beyond the enterprise network.
Cisco VCS family integrates with Unied CM and WebEx enabled
TelePresence as supports 3rd party and legacy video infrastructure.
VCS is also suitable for use as a standalone video-only applica/on and is
compa/ble with third-party IP private-branch-exchange (IP PBX) solu/ons.

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NEW - Cisco
Expressway Series

Cisco VCS
Family

Mobile and Remote Worker VPN-less

Access

Requires BE6000 / Unified CM 9.1.2 or later (UCM10.0 or later recommended) for VPNless Jabber UC client remote access. VCS also supports Jabber Video for TelePresence
(Movi) remote access.

Business to Business Video

Video Interworking (IPv4 to IPv6, H.323-SIP,

MS H.264 SVC-AVC, Standards-based 3rd
Party Video endpoints)
Video / TelePresence Device Registration &
Provisioning

Expressway Series provides interworking capabilities, but not device registration.

Note: for Unioned Intra-domain Federation with Lync 2013 , VCS with FindMe is required

Supported in VCS as part of an integrated solution with BE6000 / Unified CM, or as

standalone video application. Includes large scale TelePresence provisioning (with Cisco
TMS)

Video Session Management & Call Control

Supported in VCS as part of an integrated solution with BE6000 / Unified CM, or as

standalone Video Application

WebEx Enabled TelePresence

WebEx Enabled TelePresence recommended deployment requires MCU / TelePresence

Server registered to VCS. Expressway Series does not support registrations so cannot be
used instead of VCS.

Enhanced Security

VCS includes JITC, FIPS140-2 compliant modules for federal & security conscious
customers.

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Fixed and Mobile Users at no additional cost

Mobile and Fixed Endpoint registra/on
IM & Presence
Video and Audio Media Sessions
No Cost with UCM 9.x

No Additional Cost for Virtual Edition

Expressway Expressway
C
E
UCM
UC<
9.1

Internet

Business to Business Concurrent Sessions

Expressway
C as Lync
Gateway

Lync 2013

Separate Expressway C Server

required for Lync Gateway
3rd Party Video and Audio
Media Sessions (Rich Media
Sessions)

Business to Business Video and Audio

Media Sessions
Expressway Rich Media Session $1500 (2
X $750) (U.S.) per session a la carte
Interoperability Concurrent Sessions
MSFT Interoperability Op/on Key
Required
Expressway Rich Media Session $750
(U.S.) per session a la carte

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Feature Comparison NEW - Cisco

Expressway
Series
Expressway Mobile & Remote Access User
Y
Based Licensing (UCL Enhanced / UCL
Enhanced Plus, CUWL Standard & CUWL
Professional)
Expressway Rich Media Session Licenses
Y

Cisco VCS
Family
N

Simple user-based licensing model includes Expressway calls between

endpoints / users registered to BE6000 or Unified CM.

Single type of license required for Expressway B2B calls to an endpoint /

user not registered to BE6000 / Unified CM and for interworked calls (e.g. H.
323, Lync)
For VCS calls between endpoints with no interworking or firewall traversal.
Not required for Expressway series, which utilizes the simplified licensing
model described above
For VCS interworking and firewall traversal calls (e.g. B2B and remote calls).
Not required for Expressway series, which utilizes the simplified licensing
model described above
Expressway Series server software licenses are zero additional cost with
Unified CM 9.1.2 or later.

VCS Non-traversal concurrent call licenses

VCS Traversal call licenses

Separate charge for Server Licenses

Available as part of an Enterprise License

Agreement (ELA)

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 Single network elements

In this scenario there are single (non-clustered) Unified CM, IM & Presence, VCS Control and VCS
Expressway servers (or combination of Expressway-C and Expressway-E)

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 Single clustered network elements

In this scenario each network element is clustered Unified CM, IM & Presence, VCS Control and VCS
Expressway servers (or combination of Expressway-C and Expressway-E)

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 Multiple clustered network elements

In this scenario there are multiple clusters of each network element of Unified CM, IM & Presence,
VCS Control and VCS Expressway servers (or combination of Expressway-C and Expressway-E)

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 Hybrid deployment
In this scenario, IM and Presence services for Jabber clients are provided via the WebEx cloud and
registered on Unified CM via VCS Control and VCS Expressway servers (or combination of ExpresswayC and Expressway-E)

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 Feature support via Mobile and Remote Access

HTTPS proxy for secure provisioning of Endpoint

Instant Messaging and Presence Cloud & On Prem
Softphone Voice and Video Calls CUCM 9.0 +
SIP/TLS (RTP/SRTP) Conferencing Audio and Video media

Video Desktop Share BFCP

WebEx Desktop Share
Visual Voicemail Using REST/HTTP Whitelisting on VCS Control
Installer Update - Using HTTP Whitelisting on VCS Control
Custom HTML Tabs - Using HTTP Whitelisting on VCS Control
Directory Photo Resolution - Using HTTP Whitelisting on VCS Control
Directory Search [UDS] Dictated by Edge Detection Service

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 CTI phone control

CAPF client certificate provisioning
Jabber file transfer (supported only in hybrid IM&P deployment)
Jabber Mobile features include DVO-R, GSM handoff, session persistency
TC Endpoint OBTP
TC Endpoint management (SNMP, SSH/HTTP access)
Media Path Optimization (ICE)

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Virtual Machine(s)

Deployment

vCPU

Old VCS Appliance

Reserved
RAM

Disk
Space

vNIC(s)

CE 500

Small

2 x 1.8
GHz

4GB

132GB

1Gb

Medium

2 x 2.4
GHz

6GB

132GB

1Gb

Large

8 x 3.3
GHz

8GB

132GB

10Gb

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CE 1000

Notes:
Based on UCS C220 M3 (bare metal no hypervisor)
Fixed configurations for high and low end deployment
CE500 Single components, 1Gbps interfaces
CE1000 Redundant components, 1 or 10Gbps interfaces

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Server

Cluster

Proxied
Registrations

Video Calls

Audio Only Calls

Proxied
Registrations

Video Calls

Audio Only Calls

Large OVA

5,000

500

1,000

20,000

2,000

4,000

Medium OVA

2,500

100

200

10,000

400

800

Small OVA
(BE6K)

2,500

100

200

2,500

100

200

VCS Appliance

2,500

100

200

10,000

400

800

Platform

Note: Expressway C&E or VCS-C can be clustered across multiple BE6000s for redundancy
purposes, but with no additional scale benefit

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Cisco is focused on creating value for our customers

H.264
SVC

Retain value of legacy and mass-adopted

technologies

H.265

Extend reach and usability for nascent technologies

H.264
AVC &
BFCP

WebRTC
& HTML5

Our strategy provides a vehicle for full spectrum of

video in past, present, and future
Legacy, H.264 SVC, H.265, WebRTC

H.263

Future
Interoperability

CTG-wide portfolio development

Native SVC support UCM 10, Endpoints,

TelePresence Server
AVC-SVC Gateway in Expressway X8.0

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Point-to-Point:
I want to dial a Lync 2013 user
I want to receive a call from Lync 2013

Multi-Party:
I want an Lync 2013 client to join an AVC conference

Business-to-Business:
I want to dial Lync clients in another enterprise
I want to receive a call from Lync clients in another enterprise

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Expressway
Solution
AVC
Endpoint

TS /
Conductor

AVC-SVC
Gateway

Investment Protection:
SVC-to-AVC Gateway - 720p HD Video interop
without transcoding (no AMG required)
Native SVC
For Point-to-Point, Multi-party, & Intercompany
use-cases

Internet

AVC
Endpoint
UCM

Inter-Company
Lync 2013 Server and
Client

AVC
Endpoint

SIP B2BUA

Native SVC
Endpoint

Lync 2013 Client

w/SVC
Lync 2013 Server

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Conceptual diagram only

H.264 AVC
H.264 SVC

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 Evolve & add services easily

Session management is a service
on Cisco Unified CM
One platform for voice, video, IM,
presence and session management
APIs enable key service
development

Architectural choice
Use SIP, H.323, MGCP or TDM
trunks
Cost-effectively support centralized
distributed or hybrid trunk
architectures
Gateway and SBC flexibility

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Voice

Mobility
Social

IM
Presence

Video

Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager
Call and Session Control
On Premises

Hybrid

Cloud

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Thank you.