Cisco Systems OL-11953-01 manual Understanding the Phone Startup Process

Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network

Understanding the Phone Startup Process

•Dial Plan—<dialplan>.xml

•Softkey Template—<softkey_template>.xml

The filenames are derived from the MAC Address and Description fields in the Phone Configuration window of Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration and the devicename field in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database. The MAC address uniquely identifies the phone. For more information refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide.

Understanding the Phone Startup Process

When connecting to the VoIP network, the Cisco Unified

IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE go through a standard startup process that is described in Table 2-4. Depending on your specific network configuration, not all of these steps may occur on your Cisco Unified IP Phone.

Table 2-4	Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process
Step		Description	Related Topics
1. Obtaining Power		If a phone is not using external power, the switch	•	Adding Phones to
from the Switch		provides in-line power through the Ethernet cable		the Cisco
		attached to the phone.		Unified Communic
				ations Manager
				Database,
				page 2-13.
			•	Resolving Startup
				Problems,
				page 9-2.
2. Loading the Stored		The Cisco Unified IP Phone has non-volatile	Resolving Startup
Phone Image		Flash memory in which it stores firmware images	Problems, page 9-2.
		and user-defined preferences. At startup, the
		phone runs a bootstrap loader that loads a phone
		image stored in Flash memory. Using this image,
		the phone initializes its software and hardware.

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