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

1.

Unlock network configuration options.

 

 

following:

2.

Scroll to IPv4 Configuration and press the

 

 

 

 

 

• Enable or disable the phone to use the IP address

 

Select softkey.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6 Configuration

This menu setting is disabled in this release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

 

Unique Media Access Control (MAC) address of the

Display only—Cannot configure.

 

 

phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host Name

 

Unique host name that the DHCP server assigned to

Display only—Cannot configure.

 

 

the phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain Name

 

Name of the Domain Name System (DNS) domain in

1.

Unlock network configuration options.

 

 

which the phone resides.

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 Validate softkey and then press

 

 

 

 

the Save softkey.

 

 

 

Operational VLAN

Auxiliary Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)

The phone obtains its Operational VLAN ID

ID

 

configured on a Cisco Catalyst switch in which the

via Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) from the

 

 

phone is a member.

switch to which the phone is attached. To

 

 

If the phone has not received an auxiliary VLAN, this

assign a VLAN ID manually, use the Admin

 

 

option indicates the Administrative VLAN.

VLAN ID option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If neither the auxiliary VLAN nor the Administrative

 

 

 

 

VLAN are configured, this option is blank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admin. VLAN ID

Auxiliary VLAN in which the phone is a member.

1.

Unlock network configuration options.

 

 

Used only if the phone does not receive an auxiliary

2.

Scroll to the Admin. VLAN ID option,

 

 

VLAN from the switch; otherwise it is ignored.

 

press the Edit softkey, and then enter a

 

 

 

 

new Admin VLAN setting.

 

 

 

3.

Press the Validate softkey and then press

 

 

 

 

the Save softkey.

 

 

 

 

 

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7970G, 7971G-GE specifications

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