Introduction - Fortinet FortiGate Voice 4.0 MR1 Administration Manual

Introduction

Introduction
FortiGate Voice Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide
01-410-112851-20100601
http://docs.fortinet.com/ • Feedback
FortiGate Voice units integrate FortiGate UTM functionality with VoIP phone PBX
functionality. Some FortiGate Voice models also support connections to the public
switched telephone network (PSTN). A small office or an enterprise branch office can use
a FortiGate Voice unit to provide routing, Ethernet switching, Internet connectivity, UTM
security, VoIP gateway, and VoIP PBX features for the office.
FortiGate Voice PBX functionality includes:
• Four Foreign eXchange Office (FXO) interfaces for connected to up to 4 standard
public switch telephone network (PSTN) phone lines (some FortiGate Voice models)
• Flexible number dial plans
• Standard VoIP PBX feature set
• Integrated dial-back up modem and optional 3G wireless cards
• Voicemail
• Message notification
• Unified messaging
• Music on hold
• Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)
• Basic conferencing
• Statistics and logging
Figure 1: FortiGate Voice Network connections
SIP
FortiFones or
other
SIP Phones
SIP
PCs with
SIP Soft Phone
a/b - wire
BRI
Telephone
POTS/ISDN
Adapters (ATA)
SIP Trunking
LAN
WAN
a/b - wire
LAN
FXO (x4)
(some models)
FortiGate Voice
unit
SIP
LAN
ISP
IMS
NGN
VPN
Service Provider
etc
Network
Class 5
PSTN
(LEC)
5