Cisco Systems 71 manual Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone, Related Topics

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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

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 separate VLANs for carrying:

Voice traffic to and from the IP phone (auxiliary VLAN on the Cisco Catalyst 6000 series, for example)

Data traffic to and from the PC connected to the switch through the access port of the IP phone (native VLAN)

Isolating the phones on a separate, auxiliary VLAN increases the quality of the voice traffic and allows a large number of phones to be added to an existing network where there are not enough IP addresses for each phone.

For more information, refer to the documentation included with a Cisco switch. You can also access switch information at this URL:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/index.html

Related Topics

Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-7

Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5

Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone

The Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7941G, and 7941G-GE can be powered with external power or with Power over Ethernet (PoE). External power is provided through a separate power supply. PoE is provided by a switch through the Ethernet cable attached to a phone.

Note When you install a phone that is powered with external power, connect the power supply to the phone and to a power outlet before you connect the Ethernet cable to the phone. When you remove a phone that is powered with external power, disconnect the Ethernet cable from the phone before you disconnect the power supply.

The following sections provide more information about powering a phone:

Power Guidelines, page 2-4

Power Outage, page 2-4

Obtaining Additional Information about Power, page 2-5

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Contents A P T E R Related Topic Related Topics Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP PhonePower Guidelines Power OutagePower Type Guidelines Obtaining Additional Information about Power Understanding Phone Configuration FilesOL-18913-01 Purpose Related Topics Understanding the Phone Startup ProcessRefer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Requires MAC Method Address? Adding Phones with Auto-RegistrationAdding Phones with Auto-Registration and Taps Adding Phones with BAT Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different ProtocolsDeploying a Phone in an Sccp and SIP Environment ProcedureConverting a New Phone from Sccp to SIP Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the OtherDetermining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone OL-18913-01