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Appendix D Basic Phone Administration Steps

Configuring the Phone

–User ID—Enter the end user identification name. Cisco Unified Communications Manager does not permit modifying the user ID after it is created. You may use the following special characters: =, +, <, >, #, ;, \, , "", and blank spaces.

Example: johndoe

–Password and Confirm Password—Enter five or more alphanumeric or special characters for the end user password. You may use the following special characters: =, +, <, >, #, ;, \, , "", and blank spaces.

–Last Name—Enter the end user last name. You may use the following special characters: =, +, <, >, #, ;, \, , "", and blank spaces.

Example: doe

–Telephone Number—Enter the primary directory number for the end user. End users can have multiple lines on their phones.

Example: 26640 (John Doe’s internal company telephone number)

Step 4 Click Save.

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Configuring the Phone

To identify the user’s phone model and protocol, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1 From Cisco Unified Communications Manager administration, choose Device > Phone. Step 2 Click Add New.

Step 3 Select the user’s phone model from the Phone Type drop-down list, then click Next. The Phone Configuration window appears.

On the Phone Configuration window, you can use the default values for most of the fields.

To configure the required fields and some key additional fields, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1 For the required fields, possible values can be configured as follows:

Note The configuration is based on the example of user johndoe.

a.In the Device Information pane of this window:

–MAC Address—Enter the MAC address of the phone, which is listed on a sticker on the backside of phone.

Make sure that the value comprises 12 hexadecimal characters.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)

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