Chapter 7 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Security Setup Menu

802.1X Authentication and Transaction Status

The 802.1X Authentication Settings menu allows you to enable 802.1X authentication and view transaction status. These options are described in Table 7-6.

You can access the 802.1X Authentication settings by pressing the Applications button and choosing Administrator Settings > Security Setup > 802.1X Authentication. To exit this menu, press the Exit softkey

Table 7-6

802.1X Authentication Settings

 

 

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

To Change

 

 

 

 

Device

 

Determines whether 802.1X authentication is enabled:

1. After pressing the Applications button

Authentication

 

Enabled—Phone uses 802.1X authentication to

, choose Administrator Settings

 

 

> Security Setup > 802.1X

 

 

 

request network access.

 

 

 

Authentication > Device

 

 

Disabled—Default setting in which the phone uses

 

 

Authentication.

 

 

 

CDP to acquire VLAN and network access.

2. Set the Device Authentication option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to Enabled or Disabled.

 

 

 

 

3. Press the Apply softkey.

 

 

 

 

EAP-MD5

 

Specifies a password for use with 802.1X authentication

After pressing the Applications button

 

 

using the following menu options (described in the

, choose Administrator Settings >

 

 

following rows):

Security Setup > 802.1X Authentication

 

 

Device ID

> EAP-MD5.

 

 

 

 

 

Shared Secret

 

 

 

Realm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Device ID—Derivative of the phone’s model number

Display only—Cannot configure.

 

 

and unique MAC address displayed in this format:

 

 

 

CP-<model>-SEP-<MAC>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shared Secret—Choose a password to use on the phone

1. Choose EAP-MD5 > Shared Secret.

 

 

and on the authentication server. The password must be

2. Enter the shared secret.

 

 

between 6 and 32 characters, consisting of any

 

 

3. Press the Apply softkey.

 

 

combination of numbers or letters.

 

 

Note If you disable 802.1X authentication or perform

See the “Troubleshooting Cisco Unified IP

 

 

 

a factory reset (reset all settings) of the phone,

Phone Security” section on page 12-9for

 

 

 

the shared secret is deleted.

assistance in recovering from a deleted

 

 

 

 

shared secret.

 

 

Realm—Indicates the user network domain, always set

Display only—Cannot configure.

 

 

as Network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9951, and 9971 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SIP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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