Chapter 55 Configuring a VoIP Network
Using SmartPorts
SmartPorts Guidelines and Restrictions
These sections provide the configuration guidelines and restrictions for SmartPorts:
•Supported Phones, page
•CDP Dependencies, page
•EtherChannel Considerations, page
•PFC/PFC2 Support, page
•Module Support, page
Supported Phones
When you use SmartPorts with the ciscoipphone keyword, some of the QoS configuration requires
The Cisco SoftPhone is supported through the ciscoipsoftphone keyword.
CDP Dependencies
To configure the QoS settings and the trusted boundary on the Cisco IP Phone, you must enable CDP version 2 or later on the port.
You need to enable CDP only for the ciscoipphone QoS configuration; CDP does not affect the other components of the SmartPorts feature.
EtherChannel Considerations
The SmartPorts commands do not support channeling.
PFC/PFC2 Support
No PFC or PFC2 is required for the ciscoipphone keyword. A PFC or PFC2 is required for the ciscosoftphone keyword.
Module Support
The ciscoipphone keyword is supported only on the 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports.
The ciscosoftphone keyword is supported on all Ethernet ports.
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