Cisco Systems 7970G Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network

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Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network

Cisco Unified IP Phones enable you to communicate using voice over a data

network. To provide this capability, the IP Phones depend upon and interact with

several other key CiscoIP Telephony and network components, including

Cisco Unified CallManager, DNS and DHCP servers, TFTP servers, media

resources, Cisco prestandard inline power, and so on.

This chapter focuses on the interactions between the CiscoUnified IP Phones

7970G/7971G-GE and CiscoUnified CallManager, DNS and DHCP servers,

TFTP servers, and switches. It also describes options for powering phones.

For related information about voice and IP communications, refer to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/voicesw/index.html

This chapter provides an overview of the interaction between the

Cisco UnifiedIP Phones 7970G/7971G-GE and other key components of the

Voice over IP (VoIP) network. It includes the following topics:

•Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco UnifiedIP Communications

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•Providing Power to the Phone, page2-4

•Understanding Phone Configuration Files, page2-8

•Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page2-9