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CHAPTER
4
Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco
Unified IP Phone
The Cisco Unified IP Phone includes many configurable network and device settings that you may need
to modify before the phone is functional for your users. You can view these settings, and change many
of them, through the Network Configuration menu on the phone.
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Displaying the Network Configuration Menu, page 4-1
Unlocking and Locking Options, page 4-2
Editing Values, page
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Unlocking and Locking Options Procedure Step 1 Press the Settings button to access the Settings menu. Step 2 Scroll to Network Configuration and press the Select softkey. To exit the Network Configuration menu, press the Exit softkey. Related Topics Unlocking and Locking Options, page 4-2 Editing Values, page 4-3 Overview of Network Configuration Options, page 4-3 Network Configuration Menu, page 4-4 Unlocking an
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Editing Values Editing Values When you edit the value of an option setting on the Network Configuration menu, follow these guidelines: Use the keys on the telephone keypad to enter numbers and letters. To enter letters using the keypad, use a corresponding number key. Press the key one or more times to display a particular letter. For example, press the 2 key once for “a,” twice quickly for “b,” and three times qu
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-1 Settings Configurable from the Network Configuration Menu Network Configuration Category Description Menu Option IP settings If you do not use DHCP in your network, you can make IP settings IP Address manually. Default Router 1-5 Subnet Mask Domain Name DNS Server 1-5 Port settings Allow you to set the speed and duplex of the network and access ports. SW Port Configuration PC Port Co
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change MAC Address Unique Media Access Control (MAC) address of the phone. Display only—cannot configure. Host Name Unique host name that the DHCP server assigned to the Display only—cannot configure. phone. Domain Name Name of the Domain Name System (DNS) domain in which 1. Set the DHCP Enabled option to No. the pho
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change Default Router 1 Default router used by the phone (Default Router 1) and 1. Set the DHCP Enabled option to No. optional backup routers (Default Router 2–5.) Default Router 2 2. Scroll to the appropriate Default Router option, press the Edit softkey, and then Default Router 3 enter a new router IP address. De
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change URL Services URL of the server from which the phone obtains Cisco From Cisco Unified Communications Unified IP Phone services. Manager, choose System > Enterprise Parameters. DHCP Enabled Indicates whether DHCP is being used by the phone. 1. Scroll to the DHCP Enabled option and press the No softkey to disa
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change SW Port Speed and duplex of the switch port. 1. Scroll to the SW Port Configuration Configuration option and then press the Edit softkey. If the phone is connected to a switch, you must configure port on the switch to the same speed/duplex as the phone, or 2. Enter one of these values: configure both to auto
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change GARP Enabled Indicates whether the phone learns MAC addresses from From Cisco Unified Communications Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) responses. Manager, choose Device > Phone > Phone Disabling the phone’s ability to accept Gratuitous ARP will Configuration. prevent applications that use this mec
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued) Option Description To Change Connection Time, in seconds, after a failover that the link between the From Cisco Unified Communications Monitor Duration phone and a Cisco Unified Communications Manager Manager, choose System > Enterprise server must remain stable (with no link-flapping) before the Parameters. phone falls back from SRST t
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Table 4-4 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server Designations Designation Description SRST Indicates a Survivable Remote Site Telephony router capable of providing Cisco Unified Communications Manager functionality with a limited feature set. This router assumes control of call processing if all other Cisco Unified Communications Manager servers become unreachable. The SRST Cisco Unifi
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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone Network Configuration Menu Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960G/7940G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 (SCCP) 4-12 OL-15498-01
