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Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Network Configuration Menu
For information about the keys you can use to edit options, see the “Editing Values” section on page 4-3.
Table 4-2 Network Configuration Menu Options
Option Description To Change
IPv4 Configuration In the IPv4 Configuration menu, you can do the
following:
Enable or disable the phone to use the IP address
that is assigned by the DHCP server.
Manually set the IP Address, Subnet Mask,
Default Routers, DNS Server, and Alternate TFTP
servers.
For more information on the IPv4 address fields, refer
to Table 4-3.
1. Unlock network configuration options.
2. Scroll to IPv4 Configuration and press the
Select softkey.
IPv6 Configuration This menu setting is disabled in this release.
MAC Address Unique Media Access Control (MAC) address of the
phone.
Display only—Cannot configure.
Host Name Unique host name that the DHCP server assigned to
the phone.
Display only—Cannot configure.
Domain Name Name of the Domain Name System (DNS) domain in
which the phone resides.
1. Unlock network configuration options.
2. Set the DHCP Enabled option to No.
3. Scroll to the Domain Name option, press
the Edit softkey, and then enter a new
domain name.
4. Press the Val id ate softkey and then press
the Save softkey.
Operational VLAN
ID
Auxiliary Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
configured on a Cisco Catalyst switch in which the
phone is a member.
If the phone has not received an auxiliary VLAN, this
option indicates the Administrative VLAN.
If neither the auxiliary VLAN nor the Administrative
VLAN are configured, this option is blank.
The phone obtains its Operational VLAN ID
via Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) from the
switch to which the phone is attached. To
assign a VLAN ID manually, use the Admin
VLAN ID option.
Admin. VLAN ID Auxiliary VLAN in which the phone is a member.
Used only if the phone does not receive an auxiliary
VLAN from the switch; otherwise it is ignored.
1. Unlock network configuration options.
2. Scroll to the Admin. VLAN ID option,
press the Edit softkey, and then enter a
new Admin VLAN setting.
3. Press the Val id ate softkey and then press
the Save softkey.