Cisco Systems 6901 manual Providing Users with Feature Information

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones

For more information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide. You can also use the context-sensitive help available within the application for guidance.

You can access Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation at this location: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

You can access Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition documentation at this location:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7273/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

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•Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 5-1

Configuring Network Parameters Using the Cisco Unified IP Phone

You configure parameters such as DHCP, TFTP, and IP settings on the phone itself. For more information about configuring settings and viewing statistics from the phone, see Chapter 4, “Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone”.

Providing Users with Feature Information

If you are a system administrator, you are likely the primary source of information for Cisco Unified IP Phone users in your network or company. To ensure that you distribute the most current feature and procedural information, familiarize yourself with Cisco Unified IP Phone documentation on the Cisco Unified IP Phone web site:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10326/tsd_products_support_series_home.html From this site, you can view various user documentation.

In addition to providing documentation, it is important to inform users of available Cisco Unified IP Phone features—including those specific to your company or network—and of how to access and customize those features, if appropriate.

For a summary of some of the key information that phone users need their system administrators to provide, see Appendix A, “Providing Information to Users Via a Website.”

Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones

Implementing security in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager system prevents identity theft of the phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager server, prevents data tampering, and prevents call signaling and media stream tampering.

To alleviate these threats, the Cisco IP telephony network establishes and maintains authenticated and encrypted communication streams between a phone and the server, digitally signs files before they are transferred to a phone, and encrypts media streams and call signaling between Cisco Unified IP phones.

The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 use the Phone security profile, which defines whether the device is nonsecure, authenticated, or encrypted. For information on applying the security profile to the phone, refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide.

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