Chapter 2 Getting Started with Your Cisco SIP IP Phone

Installing the Cisco SIP IP Phone

The default configuration file must be stored in the root directory of the TFTP server. The phone-specific configuration file can be stored in the root directory or in a subdirectory in which all phone-specific configuration files are located.

Each line in the configuration files must use the following format:

variable-name : value ; optional comments

Use colons to separate variable names and values.

Only one value can be associated with a variable.

The variable and value can have as much white space before or after them and can contain any characters. However, if white spaces are needed within the value, the value must be enclosed in single or double quotes. If the value is enclosed in quotes, the end quote must be the same as the start quote.

After the value, you can include optional comments. Use the semicolon (;) and pound (#) delimiters to distinguish the comments.

Blank lines are allowed.

Comment lines are allowed.

Variable names are not case sensitive.

Only one variable can be set per line.

Distinguish the end of a line using <lf> or <cr><lf>.

The variable and value must be on the same line and cannot break the line.

Except for parameters used to defined the lines and users on a phone, all other SIP parameters can be defined in either the default configuration file or the phone-specific configuration file. However, for network control and maintenance purposes, we recommend that you define the parameters that you want to apply to all phones in the default configuration file (SIPDefault.cnf).

Creating the Default SIP Configuration File

In the default configuration file (SIPDefault.cnf), we recommend that you define the SIP parameters that will be common to all of your phones such as the image_version parameter and call environment parameters (for example, will the phones be required to register with a proxy server and which codec will the phones use when initiating a call).

 

 

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Cisco Systems IP phone 7960 manual Creating the Default SIP Configuration File