Cisco SPA 508G Administration Guide

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Cisco Small Business SPA 300 Series, SPA 500 Series, and WIP310 IP Phone Administration Guide 2
Getting Started
This chapter contains basic information on Cisco SPA 300 Series, Cisco SPA 500
Series and Cisco Wireless-G IP Phones. It includes the following sections:
• Overview of the Phones, page 2
• Network Configurations, page 4
• Prerequisites, page 7
• Upgrading Firmware, page 8
• Using the Web-Based Configuration Utility, page 12
• Viewing Phone Information, page 19
• Using IVR on the Cisco SPA 301 and Cisco SPA 501G IP Phone, page 19
Overview of the Phones
The Cisco SPA IP Phone family is a line of full-featured VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol) phones that provide voice communication over an IP network. They
provide all the features of traditional business phones, such as call forwarding,
redialing, speed dialing, transferring calls, conference calling and accessing voice
mail. Calls can be made or received with a handset, a headset, or a speaker.

Cisco SPA 508G Specifications

General

Speakerphone	Yes
Dialer location	Base
Mac compatibility	No
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	2
Display resolution	128 x 64 pixels
Display number of colors	Monochrome
Headphone connectivity	2.5 mm

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	212 mm
Width	214 mm
Height	44 mm
Weight	900 g