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CHAPTER
2
Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on
Your Network
Cisco Unified IP Phones enable you to communicate by using voice over a data network. To provide this
capability, the IP Phones depend upon and interact with several other key Cisco Unified IP Telephony
components, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
This chapter focuses on the interactions between the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 and
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, DNS and DHCP servers, TFTP
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Telephony Products Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Cisco Unified Communications Manager is an open and industry-standard call processing system. Cisco Unified Communications Manager software sets up and tears down calls between phones, integrating traditional PBX functionality with the corpora
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone � Data traffic present on the VLAN supporting phones might reduce the quality of Voice-over-IP traffic. � Network security may indicate a need to isolate the VLAN voice traffic from the VLAN data traffic. You can resolve these issues by isolating the voice traffic onto a separate VLAN. The switch port that the phone is connected to would be configured to have separat
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Guidelines Table 2-1 provides guidelines for powering the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911. Table 2-1 Guidelines for Powering the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Power Type Guidelines External power—Provided The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 use the CP-PWR-CUBE-3 power supply. through the CP-PWR-CUBE-3 external power supply. External power—Provi
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Phone Configuration Files Obtaining Additional Information About Power For related information about power, refer to the documents shown in Table 2-2. These documents provide information about the following topics: � Cisco switches that work with the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 � The Cisco IOS releases that support bidirectional power negotiation � Other requirements and restrictions regard
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding the Phone Startup Process A phone accesses a default configuration file named XmlDefault.cnf.xml from the TFTP server when the following conditions exist: � You have enabled auto-registration in Cisco Unified Communications Manager � The phone has not been added to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database � The phone is registering for the first time If auto registration is not enabled and
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Table 2-3 Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process (continued) Task Purpose Related Topics 5. Accessing a TFTP Server � Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone, In addition to assigning an IP address, the DHCP server directs the page 4-1. Cisco Unified IP Phone to a TFTP Server. If the phone has a statically defined IP address, you mus
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Table 2-4 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. Table 2-4 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Requires MAC Method Address? Notes Auto-registration No � Results in automatic assignment of directory numbers � Not available when secur
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database Related Topics � Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-9 � Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, page 2-9 � Adding Phones Using the BAT Phone Template, page 2-10 Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS You can add phones with auto-registration and TAPS, the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Supp
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database After you have collected MAC addresses, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose Device > Phone and click Add New to begin. For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager, go to the “Cisco Unified Communications Manager Overview” chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Ma
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Several procedures described in this manual require you to determine the MAC address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone. You can determine a phone’s MAC address in these ways: � Look at the MAC label on the back of the phone. � Display the web page for the phone and click the Device Information hyperlink. Fo
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 (SCCP) 2-12 OL-20852-01
