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Chapter 9      Troubleshooting and Maintenance
  General Troubleshooting Tips
Peer Firmware Sharing fails. If the Peer Firmware Sharing fails, the phone will default to using the TFTP 
server to download firmware. Access the log messages stored on the remote 
logging machine to help debug the Peer Firmware Sharing feature. 
Note These log messages are different than the log messages sent to the 
phone log.
Cisco VT Advantage/Unified Video 
Advantage (CVTA)
If you are having problems getting CVTA to work, make sure that the PC Port 
is enabled, and that CDP is enabled on the PC port. 
See Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5 for more information.
Phone call cannot be established The phone does not have a DHCP IP address, is unable to register to Cisco 
Unified Communications Manager, and shows a Configuring IP or Registering 
message.
Verify the following:
1. The Ethernet cable is attached.
2. The Cisco CallManager service is running on the Cisco Unified 
Communications Manager server.
3. Both phones are registered to the same Cisco Unified Communications 
Manager.
4. Audio server debug and capture logs are enabled for both phones. If 
needed, enable Java debug.
Call established with the iLBC protocol 
does not show that the iLBC codec is 
being used
Call statistics display does not show iLBC as the receiver/sender codec.
1. Check the following by using Cisco Unified Communications Manager 
Administration:
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Both phones are in the iLBC device pool.
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The iLBC device pool is configured with the iLBC region.
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The iLBC region is configured with the iLBC codec.
2. Capture a sniffer trace between the phone and Cisco Unified 
Communications Manager and verify that SCCP messages, 
OpenReceiveChannel, and StationMediaTransmit messages have media 
payload type value equal to 86. If so, the problem is with the phone; 
otherwise, the problem is with the Cisco Unified Communications 
Manager configuration. 
3. Enable audio server debug and capture logs from both phones. If needed, 
enable Java debug.
Table 9-2 Cisco Unified IP Phone Troubleshooting (continued)
Summary Explanation