Chapter 6 Monitoring the Cisco Unified IP Phone Remotely

Network Setup

Table 6-1

Device Information Area Items (continued)

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

 

UDI

 

Displays the following Cisco Unique Device Identifier (UDI) information about the phone:

 

 

Device Type—Indicates hardware type. For example, phone displays for all phone models

 

 

Device Description—Displays the name of the phone associated with the indicated model

 

 

type

 

 

Product Identifier—Specifies the phone model

 

 

Version Identifier—Represents the hardware version of the phone

 

 

Serial Number—Displays the unique serial number of the phone

 

 

 

Time

 

Time obtained from the Date/Time Group in Cisco Unified Communications Manager to which

 

 

the phone belongs

 

 

 

Time Zone

 

Time zone obtained from the Date/Time Group in Cisco Unified Communications Manager to

 

 

which the phone belongs

 

 

 

Date

 

Date obtained from the Date/Time Group in Cisco Unified Communications Manager to which the

 

 

phone belongs

 

 

 

Network Setup

 

The Network Setup on a phone’s web page displays network setup information and information about

 

other phone settings. Table 6-2describes these items.

 

You can view and set many of these items from the Network Setup Menu and the Phone Information

 

Menu on the Cisco Unified IP Phone. For more information, see Chapter 4, “Configuring Settings on the

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone.”

 

To display the Network Setup area, access the web page for the phone as described in the “Accessing

 

the Web Page for a Phone” section on page 6-2, and then click the Network Configuration hyperlink.

Table 6-2

Network Configuration Area Items

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

DHCP Server

 

IP address of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server from which the phone

 

 

obtains its IP address.

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

 

Media Access Control (MAC) address of the phone.

 

 

 

 

Host Name

 

Host name that the DHCP server assigned to the phone.

 

 

 

 

Domain Name

 

Name of the Domain Name System (DNS) domain in which the phone resides.

 

 

 

 

IP Address

 

Internet Protocol (IP) address of the phone.

 

 

 

 

Subnet Mask

 

Subnet mask used by the phone.

 

 

 

 

TFTP Server 1

 

Primary Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server used by the phone.

 

 

 

 

TFTP Server 2

 

Backup Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server used by the phone.

 

 

 

Default Router 1

Default router used by the phone.

 

 

 

DNS Server 1 through 5

Primary Domain Name System (DNS) server (DNS Server 1) and optional backup DNS

 

 

server (DNS Server 2 - 5) used by the phone.

 

 

 

 

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6901 specifications

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