Cisco Systems 7970G manual Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone, Category Description

Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone

Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone

The settings that you can change on a phone fall into several categories, as shown in Table 4-1. For a detailed explanation of each setting and instructions for changing them, see the “Network Configuration Menu” section on page 4-7.

Note There are several options on the Network Configuration menu and on the Device Configuration Menu that are for display only or that you can configure from Cisco Unified CallManager. These options are also described in the “Network Configuration Menu” section on page 4-7and the or the “Device Configuration Menu” section on page 4-15.

Table 4-1	Settings that You can Change in the Network Configuration Menu
Category	Description	Network Configuration Menu Option
DHCP settings	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol	DHCP Enabled
	(DHCP) automatically assigns IP address to
		DHCP Address Released
	devices when you connect them to the
	network. Cisco Unified IP Phones enable
	DHCP by default.
IP settings	If you do not use DHCP in your network, you	Domain Name
	can make IP settings manually.
		IP Address
		Subnet Mask
		Default Router 1-5
		DNS Server 1-5
TFTP settings	If you do not use DHCP to direct the phone to	TFTP Server 1
	a TFTP server, you must manually assign a
		Alternate TFTP
	TFTP server. You can also assign an
		TFTP Server 2
	alternative TFTP server to use instead of the
	one assigned by DHCP.
VLAN settings	Allow you to change the administrative	Admin. VLAN ID
	VLAN used by the phone.

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