Unified Communications on Catalyst 8000- CL Forum

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Community Live-Unified Communications on Catalyst 8000

Ask Me Anything Forum 

This event is a chance to review the overall unified communications solutions available on the Catalyst 8000 family. Learn about the modular voice capabilities of the Catalyst 8300/8200 Edge platforms including the newer additions such as NIM-PVDM and C-SM-NIM adapter. Explore the voice capabilities of the platforms in SD-WAN mode ( (industry’s only SD-WAN solution that offers support for IP telephony). Decipher the key comparisons between Catalyst 8300/8200 Edge platforms and ISR 4000 Series when deployed as a unified communications platform.

Featured Speaker

Lokesh Kumar Lal is a Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) at Cisco and part of the Intent-Based Networking Group. His key focus areas include Collaboration and Network Security technologies. Based in Bangalore, India he joined Cisco in Dec 2016 as a Technical Consulting Engineer for Cloud Collaboration focusing on Cisco Webex portfolio and holds 11+ Years of experience in the networking industry. In his previous role, he has worked as a Content Security Technical Marketing Engineer in Cisco’s Security Business Group. His Certifications include SSCA, Cisco Webex Ambassador, CCNP Voice, CCNA Security, CCNA R/S.

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[inderdeeps]

@Cisco Moderador : If missed, can we get the recorded session for this ?

[Cisco Moderador]

Hello @inderdeeps!

You can find the recording HERE.

Kind Regards,

[Cisco Moderador]

Hello Lokesh, Could help us with those pending questions, please? 

Q: Is there any web browser for configuration instead of cli?

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

Not for non SD-WAN mode.

[Cisco Moderador]

Q:Does/Will the Cat8K support MS Teams Direct Routing in SD-WAN / Controller Mode?

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

We are still evaluating that. It might be validated with the initial release for CUBE support in SD-WAN.

[Cisco Moderador]

Q:Is the NFR for 8000v similar to that of the CSR1000v?

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

Reach out to your channel SE

[Cisco Moderador]

Q:Can the CAT8K be used as an SBC for both Voice and Video Calls? Are there any limitations/shortcomings on the Video side if using it for an SBC? The customer wants a Single Edge and does not want both CUBE and Expressway, they currently use a competitor product for an SBC as a Single Voice Video Edge.

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

yes Catk 8k can be used for both voice and video calls as CUBE SBC. Check out more details in the CUBE config guide for media flow through/ flow around restrictions. CUBE supports limited number of codecs with media flow-through

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/media-path.html 

Expressway and CUBEs aren't the same and it depends on the requirements

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

yes Catk 8k can be used for both voice and video calls as CUBE SBC. Check out more details in the CUBE config guide for media flow through/ flow around restrictions. CUBE supports limited number of codecs with media flow-through

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/media-path.html 

Expressway and CUBEs aren't the same and it depends on the requirements

[Cisco Moderador]

Q:Can the Cat 8K do SRTP to SRTP Transcoding? The ISR4K could not do SRTP to SRTP Transcoding, so one of our customers went with a competitor who could do SRTP to SRTP transcoding for use as an SBC instead of CUBE.

[Lokesh Kumar Lal]

There is an enhancement for this . SRTP-SRTP - CUBE LTI Transcoding will be supported in the upcoming 17.6 release 

[Cisco Moderador]

Q:Are there any plans for a COP file or DevPack to enable 8300 support on CUCM v11.5(1)?