Chapter 7 Viewing Model Information, Status, and Statistics on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

 

 

 

Status Menu

 

Table 7-2

Status Messages on the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7970G/7971G-GE (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Message

 

Description

Possible Explanation and Action

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

 

802.1X Authentication is

You can enable 802.1X authentication using

 

 

disabled on the phone.

the Settings > Security Configuration >

 

 

 

802.1X Authentication option on the phone.

 

 

 

For more information, see the “802.1X

 

 

 

Authentication and Status” section on

 

 

 

page 4-42.

 

 

 

 

 

DNS timeout

 

DNS server did not respond.

Network is busy—The errors should

 

 

 

resolve themselves when the network

 

 

 

load reduces.

 

 

 

No network connectivity between the

 

 

 

DNS server and the phone—Verify the

 

 

 

network connections.

 

 

 

DNS server is down—Check

 

 

 

configuration of DNS server.

 

 

 

 

DNS unknown host

DNS could not resolve the

Verify that the host names of the TFTP

 

 

name of the TFTP server or

server or Cisco Unified CallManager are

 

 

Cisco Unified CallManager.

configured properly in DNS.

 

 

 

Consider using IP addresses rather than

 

 

 

host names.

 

 

 

 

 

Duplicate IP

 

Another device is using the IP

If the phone has a static IP address, verify

 

 

address assigned to the phone.

that you have not assigned a duplicate IP

 

 

 

address. See the “Network Configuration

 

 

 

Menu” section on page 4-7 section for

 

 

 

details.

 

 

 

If you are using DHCP, check the DHCP

 

 

 

server configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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