Chapter 5 Configuring Features, Templates, Services, and Users

Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Table 5-1

Telephony Features for the Cisco Unified IP Phone (continued)

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

Description

Configuration Reference

 

 

 

Multilevel Precedence

Provides a method of prioritizing calls within your

For more information see Cisco Unified

and Preemption

 

phone system. Use this feature when users work in

Communications Manager Features and

(MLPP)

 

an environment where they need to make and

Services Guide, Multilevel Precedence and

(SCCP phones only)

receive urgent or critical calls.

Preemption.

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple calls per line

Each line can support multiple calls. Only one call

For more information see Cisco Unified

appearance

 

can be active at any time; other calls are

Communications Manager System Guide,

 

 

automatically placed on hold.

Understanding Directory Numbers.

 

 

 

 

Music on hold

 

Plays music while callers are on hold.

For more information see Cisco Unified

 

 

 

Communications Manager Features and

 

 

 

Services Guide, Music On Hold.

 

 

 

 

Mute

 

Mutes the microphone located in the active handset

Requires no configuration.

 

 

or headset.

 

 

 

 

Onhook call transfer

Allows a user to press a single Transfer softkey and

For more information see Cisco Unified

 

 

then go on hook to complete a call transfer.

Communications Manager System Guide,

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phones.

 

 

 

Onhook predialing

Allows a user to dial a number without going off

For more information, see Cisco Unified IP

 

 

hook. The user can then either pick up the handset

Phone Guide, Basic Call Handling.

 

 

or press the Dial softkey.

 

 

 

 

Other group pickup

Allows a user to answer a call ringing on a phone

For more information see Cisco Unified

 

 

in another group that is associated with the user's

Communications Manager Features and

 

 

group.

Services Guide, Call Pickup.

 

 

 

Phone secure web

Enables a user to securely access the web with the

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

access

 

use of a phone trust store called “phone-trust.”

Security Guide, Product Security Overview.

 

 

 

 

Plus Dialing

 

Allows the user to dial E.164 numbers prefixed

Requires no configuration.

 

 

with a “+” sign.

 

 

 

To dial the + sign, the user needs to press and hold

 

 

 

the “*” key for at least 1 second. This applies to

 

 

 

dialing the first digit for an on-hook or off-hook

 

 

 

call only.

 

 

 

 

Presence-enabled

Allows a user to monitor the call state of another

For more information, see Cisco Unified

directories

 

directory number (DN) listed in call logs,

Communications Manager Features and

 

 

speed-dials, and corporate directories. The Busy

Services Guide, Presence.

 

 

Lamp Field (BLF) for the DN displays the call

 

 

 

state.

 

 

 

 

 

Private Line

 

The Cisco Unified Communications Manager

See the Configuring PLAR section in

Automated Ringdown

administrator can configure a phone number that

Directory Number Configuration in

(PLAR)

 

the Cisco Unified IP Phone dials as soon as the

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

 

 

handset goes off hook. This can be useful for

Administration Guide, for instructions on how

 

 

phones that are designated for calling emergency

to configure PLAR.

 

 

or “hotline” numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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