Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phones

Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone

Related Topics

Displaying a Configuration Menu, page 4-2

Unlocking and Locking Options, page 4-2

Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone, page 4-4

Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5

Device Configuration Menu, page 4-18

Security Configuration Menu, page 4-39

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 Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5.

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 Communications Manager. These options are also described in this chapter.

Table 4-1

Settings Configurable from the Phone

 

 

 

 

 

Category

 

Description

Network Configuration Menu Option

 

 

 

General Network Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

VLAN settings

 

Admin. VLAN ID allows you to change the

Admin. VLAN ID

 

 

administrative VLAN used by the phone. PC VLAN

PC VLAN

 

 

allows the phone to interoperate with third-party

 

 

 

 

 

switches that do not support a voice VLAN.

 

 

 

 

 

Port settings

 

Allows you to set the speed and duplex of the network

SW Port Configuration

 

 

and access ports.

 

 

 

PC Port Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv4 Network Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP settings

 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP

 

 

automatically assigns IP address to devices when you

 

 

 

DHCP Address Released

 

 

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 can make

Domain Name

 

 

IP settings manually.

 

 

 

IP Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subnet Mask

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Router 1-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNS Server 1-5

 

 

 

TFTP settings for TFTP

If you do not use DHCP to direct the phone to a TFTP

Alternate TFTP

IPv4 servers

 

server, you must manually assign a TFTP server. You can

 

 

TFTP Server 1

 

 

also assign an alternative TFTP server to use instead of

 

 

 

TFTP Server 2

 

 

the one assigned by DHCP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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