Chapter 6 Monitoring the Cisco Unified IP Phone Remotely

Network Statistics

Table 6-2

Network Configuration Area Items (continued)

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

Web Access Enabled

Indicates whether web access is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No) for the phone.

 

 

 

Span to PC Port

 

Indicates whether the phone will forward packets transmitted and received on the network

(Cisco Unified IP Phone

port to the access port.

 

6911 only)

 

 

 

 

 

CDP: PC Port

 

Indicates whether CDP is supported on the PC port (default is enabled).

(Cisco Unified IP Phone

Enable CDP on the PC port when Cisco VT Advantage/Unified Video Advantage (CVTA) is

6911 only)

 

connected to the PC port. CVTA does not work without CDP interaction with the phone.

 

 

When CDP is disabled in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, a warning is displayed,

 

 

indicating that disabling CDP on the PC port prevents CVTA from working.

 

 

The current PC and switch port CDP values are shown on the Settings menu.

 

 

 

CDP: SW Port

 

Indicates whether CDP is supported on the switch port (default is enabled).

 

 

Enable CDP on the switch port for VLAN assignment for the phone, power negotiation, QoS

 

 

management, and 802.1x security.

 

 

Enable CDP on the switch port when the phone is connected to a Cisco switch.

 

 

When CDP is disabled in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, a warning is presented,

 

 

indicating that CDP should be disabled on the switch port only if the phone is connected to a

 

 

non-Cisco switch.

 

 

The current PC and switch port CDP values are shown on the Settings menu.

 

 

 

Network Statistics

The following network statistics hyperlinks on a phone’s web page provide information about network traffic on the phone. To display a network statistics area, access the web page for the phone as described in the “Accessing the Web Page for a Phone” section on page 6-2.

Ethernet Information—Displays information about Ethernet traffic. Table 6-3describes the items in this area.

Network Information (Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901)—Displays information about network traffic to and from the network port (10/100 SW) on the phone. Table 6-5describes the items in this area.

Network and Access Information (Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911)—Displays information about network traffic to and from the network port (10/100 SW) on the phone. Table 6-5describes the items in this area.

Table 6-3

Ethernet Information Items

 

 

 

Item

 

Description

 

 

 

Tx Frames

 

Total number of packets transmitted by the phone

 

 

 

Tx broadcast

 

Total number of broadcast packets transmitted by the phone

 

 

 

Tx multicast

 

Total number of multicast packets transmitted by the phone

 

 

 

Tx unicast

 

Total number of unicast packets transmitted by the phone

 

 

 

Rx Frames

 

Total number of packets received by the phone

 

 

 

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

 

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6901 specifications

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