Appendix A      SIP Compliance with RFC-2543 Information
SIP Responses
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401 Unauthorized Yes This response is only received in this 
release.
If a 401 Unauthorized response is 
received during registration, the phone 
accepts the response and sends a new 
request that contains the user’s 
authentication information in the format 
of the HTTP digest as modified by 
RFC 2543.
402 Payment 
Required
Yes The phone does not generate the 402 
Payment Required response.
403 Forbidden Yes This response is only received in this 
release.
If the phone receives a 403 Forbidden 
response, it notifies the user of the 
response. This response indicates that 
the SIP server has the request but will 
not provide service. 
404 Not Found Yes The Cisco SIP IP phone generates this 
response if it is unable to locate the 
callee. Upon receiving this response, the 
phone notifies the user.
405 Method Not 
Allowed
See comments This response is only received in this 
release.
If the phone receives a 405 Method Not 
Allowed response, it notifies the user of 
the response. 
406 Not 
Acceptable
See comments The SIP phone does not generate a 406 
Not Acceptable response. For an 
incoming response, the gateway initiates 
a graceful call disconnect (during which 
the caller hears a busy or fast busy tone) 
before clearing the call request.
4xx Response Supported? Comments