Chapter 5 Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Table 5-1

Telephony Features for the Cisco Unified IP Phone (continued)

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

Description

Configuration Reference

 

 

 

Meet Me Conference

Allows a user to host a Meet Me conference in

For more information go to the “Meet Me

(Cisco Unified IP

which other participants call a predetermined

Number/Pattern Configuration” chapter in the

number at a scheduled time.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Phone 6911 only)

The user joins a meet me conference by pressing he

Administration Guide.

 

 

 

 

feature button and the meet me conference number.

 

 

 

 

Message Waiting

Defines directory numbers for message-waiting on

For more information, refer to:

 

 

and message-waiting off indicator. A directly

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

connected voice-messaging system uses the

 

 

Administration Guide, “Message Waiting

 

 

specified directory number to set or to clear a

 

 

Configuration” chapter.

 

 

message-waiting indication for a particular Cisco

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

Unified IP Phone.

 

 

 

System Guide, “Voice Mail Connectivity

 

 

 

to Cisco Unified Communications

 

 

 

Manager” chapter.

 

 

 

Message Waiting

A light on the handset that indicates that a user has

For more information refer to:

Indicator

 

one or more new voice messages.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration Guide, “Message Waiting

 

 

 

Configuration” chapter.

 

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

System Guide, “Voice Mail Connectivity

 

 

 

to Cisco Unified Communications

 

 

 

Manager” chapter.

 

 

 

 

Music on Hold

 

Plays music while callers are on hold.

For more information go to the “Music On

 

 

 

Hold” chapter in the Cisco Unified

 

 

 

Communications Manager Features and

 

 

 

Services Guide.

 

 

 

 

Mute

 

Mutes the microphone from the handset or

Requires no configuration.

(Cisco Unified IP

speakerphone.

 

 

 

Phone 6911 only)

 

 

 

 

 

On-hook Call Transfer

Allows a user to press the Transfer button and then

For more information refer to Cisco Unified

 

 

go on-hook to complete a call transfer.

Communications Manager System Guide,

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phones” chapter.

 

 

 

 

Plus Dialing

 

Allows the user to dial E.164 numbers prefixed

Requires no configuration.

 

 

with a “+” sign.

 

 

 

To dial the + sign, the user needs to press and hold

 

 

 

the “*” key for at least 1 second. This applies to

 

 

 

dialing the first digit for both on-hook or off-hook

 

 

 

calls.

 

 

 

 

 

Private Line

 

The Cisco Unified Communications Manager

For more information, go to the Directory

Automated Ringdown

administrator can configure a phone number that

Number Configuration” chapter in the Cisco

(PLAR)

 

the Cisco Unified IP Phone dials as soon as the

Unified Communications Manager

 

 

handset goes off-hook. This can be useful for

Administration Guide.

 

 

phones that are designated for calling emergency

 

 

 

or “hotline” numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

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6901 specifications

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