Featuring the first Digium® developed AsteriskGUI™, the Asterisk Appliance 50 brings small to medium enterprises a feature-rich, cost-effective, reliable telephony solution.

The Asterisk Appliance (AA50) is a standalone embedded Asterisk-based PBX targeted for small to medium businesses (2-50 users), remote branch offices of larger organizations (2-50 users per site), and managed service providers for on-premise CPE-based solutions with SIP or IAX trunking. The AA50 also offers a hybrid solution alternative (a combination of VoIP applications using legacy telecom equipment) for enterprise customers who are not yet ready to migrate to a complete VoIP solution. Note: Initial units will be shipped with VoIP solution only.

The Asterisk Appliance 50 features the commercially licensed Asterisk Business Edition™ software, as well as the first Digium developed AsteriskGUI. The AsteriskGUI was created to make the configuration, management, and fine tuning of your Asterisk system less complicated by providing an easy to use graphical interface. The AsteriskGUI is different from most interfaces that have been created for use with Asterisk, because the interface actually manipulates the Asterisk configuration files; meaning changes in each are reflected in the other in real time.

Asterisk Appliance 50 Features

• Complete Asterisk Server with AsteriskGUI
• Embedded Asterisk Business Edition with commercial license
• Built-in Router Ideal for Small Offices
• Up to Eight Analog Ports
• Support for a Combination of FXO and FXS Modules
• 1GB Compact Flash® Card
• Hardware-based Echo Cancellation
• 8 MB Onboard Flash
• 64 MB Onboard RAM
• 5 Ethernet Ports (4 LAN, 1 WAN)

Benefits of the Asterisk Appliance 50

• All-in-one package of Digium Hardware, Digium Asterisk Software, system documentation, and subscription services
• Increased reliability over PC-based systems; no moving parts
• Lower power requirements = reduced total cost of ownership
• Hosted service providers can have a feature rich CPE-based solution with very short ROI
• Enables the deployment of fully featured cost effective telephony solutions with simple deployment features such as auto-provisioning of Polycom IP Phones
• Subscription adds peace of mind by providing support of any incidents, ongoing warranty, and access to the right people

Configurations

The AA50 is available in the following configurations:

• VoIP Only (S800i)
• Eight FXO (S808B)
• Four FXS & Four FXO (S844B)

Important Note: The new Digium Asterisk Appliance range is supported only in the United States and Canada at this time.