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Features and benefits
● Cisco IOS-XE Software-based hardware: The hardware includes uniform Cisco Command-Line Interface
(CLI) and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) support for ease of gateway
configuration and operation.
● Robust voice quality: Cisco experience in providing toll-quality packet-voice service helps ensure that the
Cisco VG450 provides the clear, robust voice quality end users have come to expect from telephony
services.
● Investment protection: Customers can continue to use existing analog phones, fax machines, and modems
while taking advantage of IP telephony. Basic analog phone connectivity is needed when the infrastructure
(wiring) or application does not support or require IP phones. The Cisco VG450 is the ideal platform to
support centralized and highly concentrated analog phone line deployments, allowing organizations to
deploy IP telephony without having to purchase IP phones for all users and to continue using existing
devices. The Cisco VG450 can also be used in a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
environment and migrated to Cisco Unified Communications Manager deployment with 100-percent
investment protection.
● High availability: The Cisco VG450 has four Gigabit Ethernet ports to enable link redundancy configurations
toward the LAN. Customers will experience less voice downtime due to WAN link failure.
● Cisco VG450 powered by high-performance multicore processors: In this platform, power redundancy will
be available by installing an optional integrated Cisco Redundant Power System (RPS), thereby decreasing
network downtime and protecting the network from power-supply failures. DC PSU will be available by
1H2019.
● Reduced barrier to entry: The Cisco VG450 provides a low-cost alternative for low-end analog phones and
allows organizations to take advantage of IP telephony with a lower overall IP telephony investment.