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Chapter 3      Managing Cisco SIP IP Phones
Using the Command-Line Interface
Using the Command-Line Interface
You can use Telnet or a console to connect to your Cisco SIP IP phone to debug or troubleshoot the 
phone. Table 3-7 shows the available CLI commands:
Table 3-7 CLI Commands
Command Purpose
SIP Phone> clear {arp | malloc | tcp-stats}
Clears the following, depending on keywords used:
• arp: Clears the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 
cache.
• malloc: Clears the memory allocation table.
• tcp-stats: Clears the TCP statistics.
SIP Phone> debug {arp | console-stall | strlib | 
malloc | malloc-table | sk-platform | flash | dsp | 
vcm | dtmf | task-socket | lsm | fsm | auth | fim | 
gsm | cc | cc-msg | error | sip-task | sip-state | 
sip-messages | sip-reg-state | dns | config | sntp | 
sntp-packet | http | arp-broadcast | xml-events | 
xml-deck | xml-vars | xml-post}
Shows detailed debug output when used with the following 
keywords:
• arp: Shows debug output for the ARP cache.
• console-stall: Shows debug output for the console-stall 
driver output mode.
• strlib: Shows debug output for the string library.
• malloc: Shows debug output for memory allocation.
• malloc-table: Enables the population of the memory 
allocation table. The table can be viewed with the show 
malloc-table command.
• sk-platform: Shows debug output for the platform.
• flash: Shows debug output for the Flash memory. 
• dsp: Shows debug output for DSP accesses.
• vcm: Shows debug output for the voice channel manager 
(VCM), including tones, ringing, and volume.
• dtmf: Shows debug output for DTMF relay.
• task-socket: Shows socket task debug output.
• lsm: Shows debug output for the Line State Manager.
• fsm: Shows debug output for the Feature State Manager.
• auth: Shows debug output for the SIP authorization state 
machine.
• fim: Shows debug output for the Feature Interaction 
Manager.
• gsm: Shows debug output for the Global State Manager.
• cc: Shows debug output for call control.
• cc-msg: Shows debug output for the call control 
messages.