Chapter 5 Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

Telephony Features Available for the Phone

Table 5-1

Telephony Features for the Cisco Unified IP Phone (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

Description

Configuration Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference

 

• Allows a user to talk simultaneously with

 

• For more information, refer to Cisco

 

 

 

multiple parties by calling each participant

 

 

 

Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

individually. Conference features include

 

 

 

System Guide,

 

 

 

Conference, Join, cBarge, and Meet-Me.

 

 

 

“Cisco Unified IP Phones” chapter.

 

 

 

• Allows a non-initiator in a standard (ad hoc)

 

• The service parameter, Advance Adhoc

 

 

 

conference to add or remove participants; also

 

 

 

Conference, (disabled by default in Cisco

 

 

 

allows any conference participant to join

 

 

 

Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

together two standard conferences on the same

 

 

 

Administration) allows you to enable

 

 

 

line.

 

 

 

these features.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

Be sure to inform your users whether

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

these features are activated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configurable call

Allows you to specify information that appears on

For more information, refer to:

 

forward display

 

a phone when a call is forwarded. This information

 

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

can include the caller name, caller number,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration Guide, “Directory

 

 

 

redirected number, and original dialed number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number Configuration” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified IP Phones”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

Directed Call Park

Allows a user to transfer an active call to an

For more information refer to Cisco Unified

 

 

 

available directed call park number that the user

Communications Manager Features and

 

 

 

dials or speed dials.

Services Guide, “Call Park and Directed Call

 

 

 

A Call Park BLF button indicates whether a

Park” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

directed call park number is occupied and provides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speed-dial access to the directed call park number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note If you implement Directed Call Park, avoid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuring the Park softkey. This prevents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

users from confusing the two Call Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

features.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct transfer

 

Allows users to connect two calls to each other

For more information, refer to Cisco Unified

 

(SCCP phones only)

(without remaining on the line).

Communications Manager System Guide,

 

 

“Cisco Unified IP Phones” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed call pickup

Allows a user to answer a call that is ringing on a

For more information, refer to the Cisco

 

 

 

particular directory number.

Unified Communications Manager Features

 

 

 

 

and Services Guide, “Call Pickup” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distinctive ring

 

Users can customize how their phone indicates an

For more information, refer to the Cisco

 

 

 

incoming call and a new voice mail message.

Unified Communications Manager Features

 

 

 

 

and Services Guide, “Custom Phone Rings”

 

 

 

 

chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7970G, 7971G-GE specifications

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