Single Platform Solution for Branch Office IP Telephony and Voice Gateway
As the migration to converged voice/data networks accelerates, enterprises need to deploy a platform that has the
ability to immediately or gradually grow to support a wide range of traditional telephony devices in addition to
newer IP telephony solutions. The Cisco 3700 Series delivers on that need by supporting legacy phone systems
through a variety of scalable analog telephony connectivity options starting at two analog ports and scaling to 16,
32, 48 or 64 analog ports. Digital telephony connectivity is just as scalable with options beginning at 12 channels up
to 240 channels. IP telephony solutions are also supported on the Cisco 3700 Series through a powerful set of
features including line powered IP phone connectivity that begins with 16 ports and scales to 36, 52, or 72 ports in
a single platform.
The performance-tuning of the Cisco 3700 Series enables customers to take advantage of quality of service,
bandwidth optimization and data fragmentation along with other advanced call admission control, call control and
queuing mechanisms without sacrificing the expected data performance needed for future growth. The Cisco 3700
Series offers resilient IP telephony services, including Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), H.323, SIP and
MGCP, and redundant power for the system and IP phones.
With the Cisco 3700 Series, enterprises can deploy this scalable platform to support all of their telephony needs
without investing in all connectivity requirements in the initial deployment. The enhanced service density of the Cisco
3700 allows enterprises the opportunity to deploy a base level configuration that will scale to the converged
telephony needs of that branch when necessary. This modular telephony format mitigates future technology lockout.