Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM
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7. | Requesting the ITL file. | The phone requests the ITL file after it requests the CTL | See the Cisco Unified | |
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| file. The ITL file contains the certificates of the entities | Communications Manager |
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| that the phone can trust. The certificates are used for | Security Guide, Security by |
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| authenticating a secure connection with the servers or | Default. |
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| authenticating a digital signature signed by the servers. |
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| The ITL file is available to the phone only on Cisco |
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8. | Requesting the | The TFTP server has configuration files, which define | See Understanding Phone | |
| Configuration file. | parameters for connecting to Cisco Unified CM and | Configuration Files, page | |
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| other information for the phone. | See Resolving Startup Problems, |
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9. | Contacting Cisco Unified | The configuration file defines how the Cisco | See Resolving Startup Problems, | |
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| and provides a phone with its load ID. After obtaining the |
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| file from the TFTP server, the phone attempts to make a |
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| connection to the highest priority Cisco Unified CM on |
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| the list. If the security profile of the phone is configured |
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| for secure signaling (encrypted or authenticated) and the |
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| Cisco Unified CM is set to secure mode, the phone makes |
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| a TLS connection. Otherwise, it makes a nonsecure |
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| TCP connection. |
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| If the phone was manually added to the database, Cisco |
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| Unified CM identifies the phone. If the phone was not |
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| added manually to the database and |
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| enabled in Cisco Unified CM, the phone attempts to |
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| enabled on Cisco Unified CM. In this case, the |
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Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM
Before installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone, you must choose a method for adding phones to the Cisco Unified CM database. These sections describe the methods:
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration, page 2-8
•Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS, page 2-9
•Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration, page 2-9
•Adding Phones with BAT, page 2-10
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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)
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