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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 (SCCP and SIP)
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Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones 1-23
Checklist for Installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G 1-24
CHAPTER
2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network 2-1
Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products 2-1
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager 2-2
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with the VLAN 2-2
Providing Power to the Phone 2-3
Power Outage 2-3
Power Guidelines 2-4
Obtaining Additional Information about Power 2-4
Understanding Phone Configuration Files 2-5
Understanding the Phone Startup Process 2-6
Adding Phones to Cisco Unified Communications Manager 2-7
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration 2-8
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS 2-9
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration 2-10
Adding Phones with BAT 2-10
Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols 2-11
Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP 2-11
Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol 2-12
Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment 2-12
Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone 2-12
CHAPTER
3 Setting Up the Cisco Unified IP Phone 3-1
Before You Begin 3-1
Network Requirements 3-2
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration 3-2
Understanding the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Components 3-3
Network and Access Ports 3-3
Handset 3-3
Speakerphone 3-3
Headset 3-4
Audio Quality Subjective to the User 3-4
Connecting a Headset 3-4
Disabling a Headset 3-4
Using External Devices 3-5