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Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)
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2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network 2-1
Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Telephony Products 2-1
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager
2-2
Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 Interacts with the VLAN 2-2
Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone 2-3
Power Guidelines 2-4
Power Outage 2-4
Obtaining Additional Information About Power 2-5
Understanding Phone Configuration Files 2-5
Understanding the Phone Startup Process 2-6
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Database 2-7
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration 2-8
Adding Phones with Auto-Registration and TAPS 2-9
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration 2-10
Adding Phones Using the BAT Phone Template 2-10
Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols 2-11
Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP 2-11
Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol 2-11
Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment 2-12
Determining the MAC Address for a Cisco Unified IP Phone 2-12
CHAPTER
3 Setting Up the Cisco Unified IP Phone 3-1
Before You Begin 3-1
Network Requirements 3-1
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration 3-2
Understanding the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Components 3-2
Network and Access Ports 3-2
Handset 3-3
Speakerphone (Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 Only) 3-3
Installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone 3-4
Footstand 3-7
Higher Viewing Angle 3-8
Lower Viewing Angle 3-8
Mounting the Phone to the Wall 3-9
Verifying the Phone Startup Process 3-9
Configuring Startup Network Settings 3-9
Configuring Security on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 3-10