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CHAPTER
2
Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on
Your Network
Cisco Unified IP Phones enable you to communicate by using voice over a data network. To provide this
capability, the IP Phones depend upon and interact with several other key Cisco Unified IP Telephony
components, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
This chapter focuses on the interactions between the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G,
7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE and Cisco Unified Communicati
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Telephony Products Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Cisco Unified Communications Manager is an open and industry-standard call processing system. Cisco Unified Communications Manager software sets up and tears down calls between phones, integrating traditional PBX functionality with the corpora
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone You can resolve these issues by isolating the voice traffic onto a separate VLAN. The switch port that the phone is connected to would be configured to have separate VLANs for carrying: � Voice traffic to and from the IP phone (auxiliary VLAN on the Cisco Catalyst 6000 series, for example) � Data traffic to and from the PC connected to the switch through the access p
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Guidelines Table 2-1 provides guidelines for powering the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE. Table 2-1 Guidelines for Powering the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE Power Type Guidelines External power—Provided � The Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, and 7941G use the
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Phone Configuration Files Obtaining Additional Information about Power For related information about power, refer to the documents shown in Table 2-2. These documents provide information about the following topics: � Cisco switches that work with the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE � The Cisco IOS releases that support bidirectional power negotiation � Oth
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Phone Configuration Files Phone Configuration Files” chapter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. A phone requests a configuration file whenever it resets and registers with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. A phone accesses a default configuration file named XmlDefault.cnf.xml from the TFTP server when the following conditions exist: � The phone has not been added to the Ci
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding the Phone Startup Process Understanding the Phone Startup Process When connecting to the VoIP network, the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE go through a standard startup process that is described in Table 2-3. Depending on your specific network configuration, not all of these steps may occur on your Cisco Unified IP Phone. Table 2-3 Cisco Unified IP Phone S
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Table 2-3 Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process (continued) Task Purpose Related Topics 6. Requesting the CTL file Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide, “Configuring the Cisco CTL Client” The TFTP server stores the certificate trust list (CTL) chapter. file. This file contains a list of Cisco Unified Communications
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database � Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-10 � Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-11 � Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11 Table 2-4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. Table 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco U
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Auto-registration is disabled by default. In some cases, you might not want to use auto-registration; for example, if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone, or if you plan to implement authentication or encryption, as described in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. For information about enabling auto-regis
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database by using Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone. For information about determining a MAC address, see the “Determining the M
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP A new, unused phone is set for SCCP by default. To convert this phone to SIP, perform these steps: Procedure Step 1 Take one of these actions: � To auto-register the phone, set the Auto Registration Phone Protocol enterprise parameter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration to SIP. � To provision the phon
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Several procedures described in this manual require you to determine the MAC address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone. You can determine a phone’s MAC address in these ways: � From the phone, press the Settings button and select Model Information and look at the MAC Address field. � Look at the MAC label
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.1 2-14 OL-18913-01
