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Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager 5.1 (SIP), Cisco Unified IP Phones
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Preface

Overview

Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager 5.1
(SIP), Cisco UnifiedIP Phones 7970G/7971G-GE provides the information you
need to understand, install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the phones in the
Cisco Unified IP Phone7970 series on a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network.
Because of the complexity of an IP telephony network, this guide does not provide
complete and detailed information for procedures that you need to perform in
Cisco Unified CallManager or other network devices. See the “Related
Documentation” section on pagexvii.

Audience

Network engineers, system administrators, or telecom engineers should review
this guide to learn the steps required to properly set up the CiscoUnified IP Phone
7970 Series on the network.
The tasks described are administration-level tasks and are not intended for
end-users of the phones. Many of the tasks involve configuring network settings
and affect the phone’s ability to function in the network.
Because of the close interaction between the Cisco Unified IP Phone and
Cisco Unified CallManager, many of the tasks in this manual require familiarity
with CiscoU nifiedCallManager.