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

 

 

 

 

 

Do Not Disturb (DND)

When DND is turned on, either no audible rings

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

occur during the ringing-in state of a call, or no

Features and Services Guide, “Do Not Disturb”

 

 

 

 

audible or visual notifications of any type occur.

chapter.

 

 

 

 

You can configure the phone to have a softkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

template with a DND softkey or a phone-button

 

 

 

 

 

 

template with DND as one of the selected features.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following DND-related parameters are

 

 

 

 

 

 

configurable in Cisco Unified Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manager Administration:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do Not Disturb—Choose Device > Phone >

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phone Configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DND Option—Choose “Call Reject” (to turn

 

 

 

 

 

 

off all audible and visual notifications), or

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Ringer Off” (to turn off only the ringer). DND

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option appears on both the Common Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profile window and the Phone Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

window (Phone Configuration window value

 

 

 

 

 

 

takes precedence).

 

 

 

 

 

 

DND Incoming Call Alert—Choose the type of

 

 

 

 

 

 

alert to play, if any, on a phone for incoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

calls when DND is active. This parameter is

 

 

 

 

 

 

located on both the Common Phone Profile

 

 

 

 

 

 

window and the Phone Configuration window

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Phone Configuration window value takes

 

 

 

 

 

 

precedence).

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLF Status Depicts DND—Enables DND

 

 

 

 

 

 

status to override busy/idle state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extension Mobility

Allows a user to temporarily apply a phone number

For more information, refer to:

 

Service

 

 

and user profile settings to a shared Cisco Unified

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

IP Phone by logging into the Extension Mobility

 

 

 

 

Features and Services Guide, “Cisco

 

 

 

 

service on that phone.

 

 

 

 

Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extension Mobility can be useful if users work

Extension Mobility” chapter.

 

 

 

 

from a variety of locations within your company or

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

if they share a workspace with coworkers.

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Manager Extension

 

 

 

 

 

Mobility and Phone Login Features”

 

 

 

 

 

chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

Fast Dial Service

Allows a user to enter a Fast Dial code to place a

For more information, refer to:

 

 

 

 

call. Fast Dial codes can be assigned to phone

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

numbers or Personal Address Book entries. (See

 

 

 

 

Administration Guide, “Cisco Unified IP

 

 

 

 

“Services” in this table.)

 

 

 

 

Phone Services Configuration” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

 

 

 

Services” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G/7971G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-8

 

 

 

OL-15299-01

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 7970G, 7971G-GE manual Features and Services Guide, Do Not Disturb

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