Cisco Business Edition 6000 General Qs
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE 6000) is a packaged solution optimized for medium-sized business requirements. It is a combination of Cisco Unified Communications applications on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) that offers midsize customers’ business agility and reduced TCO through server consolidation, operational efficiency and scalability, improved business continuity, and greater investment leverage.
Cisco BE 6000 consists of the following foundational elements:
• Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack-Mount Server
• Cisco UC Virtualization Hypervisor
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Cisco Instant Messaging and Presence with the Cisco Jabber™ messaging integration platform
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
You can optionally install the following applications to the BE 6000 solution:
• Advance Video with Cisco TelePresence conferencing application
• Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
• Cisco Unified Provisioning Manger (older option of management application)
• Cisco Unified Attendant Console (not preloaded; needs to be purchased separately)
In addition, Cisco BE 6000 integrates with cloud-based Cisco WebEx Software-as-a-Service offerings including WebEx Connect IM and Presence, as well as WebEx Web Conferencing.
Cisco BE 6000 comes with two hardware options of Cisco UCS 220 M3 Server:
1. The Medium Density server supports a maximum of five virtual machines (four collaboration applications and one management application) - support for a maximum of 1200 devices.
2. The High Density server supports a maximum of nine virtual machines (eight collaboration applications and one management application) - support for a maximum of 2500 devices.
Note: Both options support a maximum 0f 1000 users.
What is the difference between Cisco Business Edition 6000 and generic unified communications applications on Cisco UCS ("UC on UCS")? The table will show you the Differences between Cisco BE 6000 and Deployments with Unified Communications Applications on Cisco UCS
Maximum Capacities of Cisco BE 6000
Medium Density server: Five applications (4 collaboration + 1 management) High Density server: Nine applications (8 collaboration + 1 management) | |
About Deployment Model-Cisco Business Edition 6000
Cisco BE 6000 supports fully featured redundancy for both LAN and WAN environments. You can deploy a redundant server for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified Presence, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express applications in a remote location over your WAN.
The Cisco BE 6000 Medium Density server supports up to five co-resident applications. However, the Cisco Virtualization Hypervisor software with license comes standard with Cisco BE 6000, and is entitled for two CPU sockets and 16 GB of virtual memory to deploy additional applications. Following are configuration scenario examples:
Scenario 1: Fully redundant configuration
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 1: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, and Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager (primary)
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 2: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified Presence, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (secondary)
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 3: Cisco Unified Attendant Console
Scenario 2: Redundancy for Cisco Unified Communications Manager with Cisco Unified Contact Center Express only
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 1: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, and Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager (primary)
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 2: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Attendant Console, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (secondary)
Scenario 3: Cloud-based IM and presence
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 1: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unified Attendant Console, and Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager (primary)
• Cisco BE6000 Medium Density server 2: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (secondary)
Optional Cisco Virtualization Foundation Edition is entitled for two CPU sockets and 32 GB of virtual memory and enables the VMware vCenter compatibility feature.
Cisco Business Edition 6000 supports more than two nodes in the cluster. You can deploy Cisco BE 6000 with more than three nodes in the cluster as long as the user count does not exceed 1000 users.
Is Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning bundled with Business Edition 6000 different from the enterprise version of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning? I have been using Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager Business Edition to manage Business Edition 6000. How do I migrate to the new management application Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning? Can I install Cisco Business Edition 6000 on a different specifications-based Cisco UCS Server or on a third-party server? Can I install any third-party application server on Cisco Business Edition 6000 hardware? Etc. More Qs about Cisco BE6000 and its licensing options you can read the full page Cisco Business Edition 6000 Q&A
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