Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

Network Configuration Menu

 

Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options (continued)

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

To Change

 

 

 

 

TFTP Server 1

Primary Trivial File Transfer

1. Unlock the CTL file, if necessary.

 

Protocol (TFTP) server used by the

2. If DHCP is enabled, set the Alternate

 

phone. If you are not using DHCP

 

TFTP option to Yes.

 

on your network and you want to

 

3. Scroll to the TFTP Server 1 option, press

 

change this server, you must use

 

the TFTP Server 1 option.

the Edit softkey, and then enter a new

 

If you set the Alternate TFTP

TFTP server IP address.

 

4. Press the Validate softkey, and then press

 

option to yes, you must enter a

 

non-zero value for the TFTP Server

the Save softkey.

 

1 option.

 

 

 

If neither the primary TFTP server

 

 

 

nor the backup TFTP server is

 

 

 

listed in the CTL file on the phone,

 

 

 

you must unlock the CTL file

 

 

 

before you can save changes to the

 

 

 

TFTP Server 1 option. In this case,

 

 

 

the phone will delete the CTL file

 

 

 

when you save changes to the

 

 

 

TFTP Server 1 option.

 

 

 

For information about the CTL file,

 

 

 

refer to

 

 

 

Cisco Unified CallManager

 

 

 

Security Guide. For information

 

 

 

about unlocking the CTL file, see

 

 

 

the “CTL File Screen” section on

 

 

 

page 7-3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G and 7911G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7906G, 7911G specifications

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