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

Understanding the Phone Startup Process

Table 2-4	Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process (continued)
Step		Description	Related Topics
7. Requesting the		The TFTP server has configuration files, which	•	Adding Phones to
Configuration File		define parameters for connecting to Cisco		the Cisco
		Unified Communications Manager and other		Unified Communic
		information for the phone.		ations Manager
				Database,
				page 2-13
			•	Resolving Startup
				Problems,
				page 9-2.
8. Contacting Cisco		The configuration file defines how the Cisco	•	Resolving Startup
Unified Communicatio		Unified IP Phone communicates with Cisco		Problems,
ns Manager		Unified Communications Manager and provides a		page 9-2.
		phone with its load ID. After obtaining the file
		from the TFTP server, the phone attempts to make
		a connection to the highest priority Cisco
		Unified Communications Manager on the list. If
		security is implemented, the phone makes a TLS
		connection. Otherwise, it makes a non-secure TCP
		connection.
		If the phone was manually added to the database,
		Cisco Unified Communications Manager
		identifies the phone. If the phone was not
		manually added to the database and
		auto-registration is enabled in Cisco
		Unified Communications Manager, the phone
		attempts to auto-register itself in the Cisco
		Unified Communications Manager database.
		Note Auto-registration is disabled when
		security is enabled on Cisco Unified
		Communications Manager. In this case,
		the phone must be manually added to the
		Cisco Unified Communications Manager
		database.

	Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
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