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Chapter 8 Monitoring the Cisco Unified IP Phone Remotely

Network Configuration

		Table 8-2	Network Configuration Area Items (continued)

		Item		Description

		DHCP Enabled		Indicates whether DHCP is being used by the phone.

		DHCP Address Released		Indicates the setting of the DHCP Address Released option on the
				phone’s Network Configuration menu.

		Alternate TFTP		Indicates whether the phone is using an alternative TFTP server.

		Idle URL		URL that the phone displays when the phone has not been used for the
				time specified by Idle URL Time, and no menu is open.

		Idle URL Time		Number of seconds that the phone has not been used and no menu is
				open before the XML service specified by Idle URL is activated.

		Proxy Server URL		URL of proxy server, which makes HTTP requests to non-local host
				addresses on behalf of the phone HTTP client and provides responses
				from the non-local host to the phone HTTP client.

		Authentication URL		URL that the phone uses to validate requests made to the phone web
				server.

		SW Port Configuration		Speed and duplex of the switch port, where:
				•	A—Auto Negotiate
				•	10H—10-BaseT/half duplex
				•	10F—10-BaseT/full duplex
				•	100H—100-BaseT/half duplex
				•	100F—100-BaseT/full duplex
				•	1000H—1000-BaseT/half duplex
				•	1000F—1000-BaseT/full duplex
				• No Link—No connection to the switch port

		PC Port Configuration		Speed and duplex of the switch port, where:
				•	A—Auto Negotiate
				•	10H—10-BaseT/half duplex
				•	10F—10-BaseT/full duplex
				•	100H—100-BaseT/half duplex
				•	100F—100-BaseT/full duplex
				•	1000H—1000-BaseT/half duplex
				•	1000F—1000-BaseT/full duplex
				• No Link—No connection to the PC port

		TFTP Server 2		Backup TFTP server that the phone uses if the primary TFTP server is
				unavailable.

		User Locale		User locale associated with the phone user. Identifies a set of detailed
				information to support users, including language, font, date and time
				formatting, and alphanumeric keyboard text information.

		Network Locale		Network locale associated with the phone user. Identifies a set of
				detailed information to support the phone in a specific location,
				including definitions of the tones and cadences used by the phone.

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


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7970G, 7971G-GE specifications

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Cisco Systems 7970G, 7971G-GE manual Description

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7970G, 7971G-GE specifications