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

 

 

 

Secure Conference

Allows secure phones to place conference calls

For more information about security, see the

 

 

by using a secured conference bridge.

“Overview of Supported Security Features”

 

 

As new participants are added by using

section on page 1-10.

 

 

 

 

 

Confrn, Join, cBarge, Barge softkeys or

For additional information, refer to these:

 

 

MeetMe conferencing, the secure call icon

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

displays as long as all participants use secure

 

 

System Guide, “Conference Bridges”

 

 

phones.

 

 

chapter

 

 

 

 

 

The Conference List displays the security level

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

of each conference participant. Initiators can

 

 

Administration Guide, “Conference

 

 

remove non-secure participants from the

 

 

Bridge Configuration” chapter

 

 

Conference List. (Non-initiators can add or

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

remove conference participants if the

 

 

AdvanceAdhocConference parameter is set.)

Security Guide.

 

 

 

 

Services

 

Allows you to use the Cisco Unified IP Phone

For more information refer to:

 

 

Services Configuration menu in Cisco

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

Unified Communications Manager Administration

 

 

Administration Guide, “Cisco Unified IP

 

 

to define and maintain the list of phone services to

 

 

Phone Configuration” chapter.

 

 

which users can subscribe.

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

 

Services” chapter.

 

 

 

Services URL button

Allows users to access services from a

For more information refer to:

 

 

programmable button rather than by using the

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

Services menu on a phone.

 

 

Administration Guide, “Cisco Unified IP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phone Configuration” chapter.

 

 

 

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

 

System Guide, “Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

 

Services” chapter.

 

 

 

 

Shared line

 

Allows a user to have several phones that share the

For more information refer to Cisco Unified

 

 

same phone number or allows a user to share a

Communications Manager System Guide,

 

 

phone number with a coworker.

Cisco Unified IP Phones” chapter.

 

 

 

Silent Monitoring

Allows a supervisor to silently monitor an active

For more information, refer to the Cisco

 

 

call. The supervisor cannot be heard by either party

Unified Communications Manager Features

 

 

on the call. The user might hear an intermittent tone

and Services Guide, “Monitoring and

 

 

(beep tone) during a call when it is being

Recording” chapter.

 

 

monitored.

 

 

 

Note The intercom feature is disabled when a

 

 

 

call is being monitored or recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7970G, 7971G-GE specifications

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