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

 

 

 

 

 

Immediate

 

Allows users to transfer incoming calls directly to

 

For more information, refer to:

Divert—Enhanced

their voice messaging system or to the voice

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

messaging system of the original called party.

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified IP Phones”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features and Services Guide, “Call Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Directed Call Park” chapter

 

 

 

 

 

Intercom

 

Allows users to place and receive intercom calls

 

Cisco Unified CallManager Feature and

 

 

using programmable phone buttons. You can

 

Services Guide, Release 7.0, “Intercom

 

 

configure intercom line buttons to:

 

chapter”

 

 

 

Directly dial a specific intercom extension.

 

Cisco Unified CallManager Feature and

 

 

 

Initiate an intercom call and then prompt the

 

Services Guide, Release 7.0, “Cisco

 

 

 

 

Extension Mobility” chapter”

 

 

 

 

 

user to enter a valid intercom number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

If your user logs into the same phone on a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

daily basis using their Cisco Extension

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobility profile, assign the phone button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

template that contains intercom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information to their profile, and assign the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

phone as the default intercom device for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the intercom line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join/Select

 

Creates a conference by joining together existing

 

For more information, refer to the Cisco

 

 

calls that are on a single phone line.

 

Unified IP Phone Guide, “Basic Call

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handling” chapter, “Making Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calls” section.

 

 

 

 

Join Across Lines/Select

Allows users to apply the Join feature to calls that

 

For more information:

 

 

are on multiple phone lines.

 

See Configuring Softkey Templates,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 5-19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to Cisco Unified Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manager System Guide, “Cisco Unified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Phones” chapter.

 

 

 

 

Log out of hunt groups

Allows users to log out of a hunt group and

 

For more information

 

 

temporarily block calls from ringing their phone

 

See Configuring Softkey Templates,

 

 

when they are not available to take calls. Logging

 

 

 

 

page 5-19.

 

 

out of hunt groups does not prevent non-hunt group

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

calls from ringing their phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Understanding Route

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plans” chapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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