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Chapter 4 Configuring Network Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Verifying Network Settings

Table 4-2 Network Settings

Network Setting

Description

Usage Notes

 

 

 

DHCP Server

Displays IP address of the Dynamic Host

See the “Modifying DHCP

 

 

 

Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server that the

Settings” section on

 

 

 

phone uses to obtain IP address.

page 4-13.

 

 

 

BootP Server

Indicates whether the phone obtains its

Always displays No.

 

 

 

configuration from a Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)

Cannot be configured.

 

 

 

server rather than a DHCP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

Identifies the unique Media Access Control

Cannot configure.

 

 

 

(MAC) address of the phone.

 

 

 

 

 

Host Name

Identifies the unique host name assigned to the

Obtained from the DHCP

 

 

 

phone.

server.

 

 

 

Domain Name

Identifies the name of the Domain Name System

See the “Assigning a

 

 

 

(DNS) domain in which the phone resides.

Domain Name” section on

 

 

 

 

page 4-22.

 

 

 

IP Address

Indicates the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the

See the “Assigning an IP

 

 

 

phone.

Address” section on

 

 

 

 

page 4-18.

 

 

 

Subnet Mask

Indicates the subnet mask used by the phone.

See the “Assigning a Subnet

 

 

 

 

Mask” section on page 4-21.

 

 

 

TFTP Server 1-2

TFTP Server 1 indicates the primary Trivial File

See the “Assigning a TFTP

 

 

 

Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server used by the phone

Sever” section on page 4-29.

 

 

 

to obtain configuration files.

 

 

 

 

 

TFTP Server 2 displays the IP address of the

 

 

 

 

 

backup TFTP server, which is used to obtain

 

 

 

 

 

configuration files and software upgrades if the

 

 

 

 

 

primary TFTP server is unavailable.

 

 

 

 

 

Default Router 1

Identifies the default gateway used by the phone.

See the “Assigning a Default

 

 

 

 

Router” section on

 

 

 

 

page 4-19.

 

 

 

DNS Servers 1-2

Indicates the Domain Name System (DNS) server

See the “Assigning DNS

 

 

 

used by the phone to resolve the host name of the

Servers” section on

 

 

 

TFTP server, Cisco Unified CallManager system

page 4-24.

 

 

 

and web server host names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager 4.2, Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

4-8

 

 

 

OL-8617-01

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 4.2 manual See the Modifying Dhcp, Settings section on, See the Assigning a, Domain Name section on

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