Cisco Systems 6901 manual Purpose For More Information

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones

Checklist for Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Table 1-8provides an overview and checklist of configuration tasks for the Cisco Unified

IP Phone 6901 and 6911 in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. The list presents a suggested order to guide you through the phone configuration process. Some tasks are optional, depending on your system and user needs. For detailed procedures and information, refer to the sources in the list.

Table 1-8		Checklist for Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 in Cisco Unified Communications
		Manager
Task	Purpose		For More Information
1.	Gather the following information about the phone:		For more information, go to the “Cisco Unified IP
	•	Phone Model	Phones chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications
			Manager System Guide.
	•	MAC address
			See the “Telephony Features Available for the Cisco
	• Physical location of the phone
			Unified IP Phone” section on page 5-1.
	• Name or user ID of phone user
	•	Device pool
	• Partition, calling search space, and location
		information
	• Associated directory number (DN) to assign to the
		phone
	• Cisco Unified Communications Manager user to
		associate with the phone
	Provides list of configuration requirements for setting
	up phones.
2.	Verify that you have sufficient unit licenses for your		For more information, go to the License Unit Report
	phone.		chapter in the Cisco Communications Manager
			Administration Guide.
3.	Add and configure the phone by completing the		For more information, go to the Cisco Unified IP Phone
	required fields in the Phone Configuration window.		Configuration chapter in the Cisco Communications
	Required fields are indicated by an asterisk (*) next to		Manager Administration Guide.
	the field name; for example, MAC address and device		For information about Product Specific Configuration
	pool.		fields, refer to “?” Button Help in the Phone
	The device with its default settings gets added to the		Configuration window.
	Cisco Unified Communications Manager database.		Note If you want to add both the phone and user to the
			Cisco Unified Communications Manager
			database at the same time, go to the User/Phone
			Add Configuration chapter in the
			Cisco Communications Manager Administration
			Guide.

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