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Chapter 16 Configuring Voice VLAN
Configuring Voic e VLAN
Figure 16-1 shows one way to conne ct a Cisco 7960 IP Phone.
Figure 16-1 Cisco 7960 IP Phone Connected to a Switch
When t he I P ph one con ne cts to t he s wit ch, the a ccess p ort (PC- t o-te lep hone jac k) of t he I P p hone can
connect to a PC. Packets to and from the PC and to or from the IP phone share the same physical link to
the switch and the same switch port. For deployment examples that use voice VLANs, refer to the
Network Configur ation E xampl es sect ion on p age 1-8.

Configuring Vo ice VLAN

This se ction de scri bes how to c onfigure voice VLA N on acc ess p orts. I t c ontain s thi s configurat ion
information:
Default Voice VLA N Configurat ion, pa ge 16-2
Voice VLAN Configuration Guidelines, page 16-3
Configuring a Port to Con nect to a C isco 7960 IP Phone, page 16-3

Default Voice VLAN Configuration

The voice VLAN feature is disabled by default.
When the voice VLAN feature is enabled, all untagged traffic is sent according to the default CoS
priority of the port.
The CoS value is trust ed for all 802. 1P or 802.1 Q tagge d traffic.
3-port
switch
P1 P3
P2
Access
port
Cisco IP Phone 7960
PC
Catalyst 2950 or
3550 switch
74710
Phone
ASIC