Preface
Overview
The Cisco Analog Telephone Adapter 187 Administration Guide for SIP (Version 1.0) provides the information you need to install, configure, and manage the Cisco ATA 187 Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA 187) on a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network.
Audience
This guide is intended for service providers and network administrators who administer Voice over IP (VoIP) services using the ATA 187. Most of the tasks described in this guide are not intended for end users of the ATA 187. Many of these tasks impact the ability of the ATA 187 to function on the network, and require an understanding of IP networking and telephony concepts.
Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Cisco ATA 187 Analog Telephone | Provides descriptions of hardware and |
Adapter Overview” | software features of the ATA 187 along with a |
| brief overview of the Session Initiation |
| Protocol (SIP). |
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Chapter 2, “Preparing to Install the ATA 187 | Provides information on the interactions |
on Your Network” | between the ATA 187, Cisco Unified |
| Communications Manager and other devices. |
| It also describes options for powering the ATA |
| 187. |
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Chapter 3, “Installing the ATA 187” | Provides information on how to connect the |
| ATA 187 hardware and load the QED and |
| firmware files. |
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Chapter 4, “Configuring the ATA 187 for SIP | Provides information on how to configure the |
| ATA 187 to operate with Session Initiation |
| Protocol (SIP). |
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