Cisco 6921 Administration Manual
Preparing to install the cisco unified ip phone on your network
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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 (Cisco Unified CM).
This chapter focuses on the interactions between the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and
6961 and Cisco Unified CM, DNS and DHCP servers, TFTP servers, and switches. It also describes
options for powering phones.
For related information about voice and IP communications, refer to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/index.html
This chapter provides an overview of the interaction between the Cisco Unified IP Phone and other key
components of the Voice over IP (VoIP) network. It includes the following topics:
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Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP
Telephony Products
To function in the IP telephony network, the Cisco Unified IP Phone must be connected to a networking
device, such as a Cisco Catalyst switch. You must also register the Cisco Unified IP Phone with a Cisco
Unified CM system before sending and receiving calls.
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Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)
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Understanding Phone Configuration Files, page 2-5
Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-7
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified CM, page 2-2
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with the VLAN, page 2-2
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified CM, page 2-2 • Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with the VLAN, page 2-2 • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... -
Page 2: Understanding Interactions With Other Cisco Unified Ip Telephony Products
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... - Page 3 The phone firmware disables the Swap softkey. • Prevents the user from creating the Conference and Transfer calls across different lines. • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01...
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Page 4: Providing Power To The Cisco Unified Ip Phone
The inline power patch panel WS-PWR-PANEL is compatible with the Cisco Unified through inline power patch IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961. panel WS-PWR-PANEL Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... -
Page 5: Power Outage
Cisco Unified CM, the phone establishes a TLS connection to Cisco Unified CM. Otherwise, the phone establishes a TCP connection. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... - Page 6 Cisco Communications Manager Administration Guide. For more information also refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01...
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Page 7: Understanding The Phone Startup Process
The CTL file contains the certificates necessary for establishing a secure connection between the phone and Cisco Unified CM. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... -
Page 8: Adding Phones To The Cisco Unified Cm Database
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-10 • Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-10 • Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-11 • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01... - Page 9 For information about enabling auto-registration, go to the “Enabling Auto-Registration” section in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) OL-24567-01...
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Page 10: Adding Phones With Cisco Unified Cm Administration
You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified CM database by using Cisco Unified CM Administration. To do so, you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) 2-10... -
Page 11: Adding Phones With Bat
A new, unused phone is set for SCCP by default. To convert this phone to SIP, perform these steps: Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) 2-11... -
Page 12: Deploying A Phone In An Sccp And Sip Environment
Step 2 Change the Auto Registration Protocol enterprise parameter to SIP. Step 3 Auto-register the SIP phones. Step 4 Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) 2-12 OL-24567-01... -
Page 13: Determining The Mac Address For A Cisco Unified Ip Phone
For information about accessing the web page, see the “Accessing the Web Page for a Phone” section on page 8-2. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) 2-13 OL-24567-01... - Page 14 Chapter Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP) 2-14 OL-24567-01...