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Chapter 4      Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
    Device Configuration Menu
Peer Firmware Sharing The Peer Firmware Sharing feature provides these 
advantages in high-speed campus LAN settings: 
  • Limits congestion on TFTP transfers to 
centralized TFTP servers 
  • Eliminates the need to manually control 
firmware upgrades 
  • Reduces phone downtime during upgrades 
when large numbers of devices are reset 
simultaneously 
Peer Firmware Sharing may also aid in firmware 
upgrades in branch/remote office deployment 
scenarios over bandwidth-limited WAN links. 
When enabled, it allows the phone to discover like 
phones on the subnet that are requesting the files 
that make up the firmware image, and to 
automatically assemble transfer hierarchies on a 
per-file basis. The individual files making up the 
firmware image are retrieved from the TFTP server 
by only the root phone in the hierarchy, and are 
then rapidly transferred down the transfer 
hierarchy to the other phones on the subnet using 
TCP connections. 
This menu option indicates whether the phone 
supports Peer Firmware Sharing. Settings include: 
  • Enabled 
  • Disabled—default
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager 
Administration, choose Device
 > Phone > 
Phone Configuration.
Log Server Indicates the IP address and port of the remote 
logging machine to which the phone sends log 
messages. These log messages help in debugging 
the Peer Firmware Sharing feature.
Note The remote logging setting does not affect 
the sharing log messages sent to the phone 
log.
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager 
Administration, choose Device
 > Phone > 
Phone Configuration.
LLDP: PC Port Enables and disables Link Layer Discovery 
Protocol (LLDP) on the PC port. Use this setting to 
force the phone to use a specific discovery 
protocol. Settings include:
  • Enabled—default
  • Disabled
From Cisco Unified Communications Manager 
Administration, choose 
Device
 > Phone > Phone Configuration 
Table 4-17 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued)
Option Description To Change