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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G/7971G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
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Configuring Settings on the Cisco
Unified IP Phone
The Cisco Unified IP Phone includes many configurable network and device settings that you may need
to modify before the phone is functional for your users. You can access these settings, and change many
of them, through menus on the phone.
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Configuration Menus on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970 Series, page 4-1
• Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone, page 4-4
• Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5
• Device Configuration Menu, page 4-10
• Security Configuration Menu, page 4-29
Configuration Menus on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970 Series
The Cisco Unified IP Phone includes the following configuration menus:
• Network Configuration menu—Provides options for viewing and making a variety of network
settings. For more information, see the “Network Configuration Menu” section on page 4-5.
• Device Configuration menu—Provides access to sub-menus from which you can view a variety of
non network-related settings. For more information, see the “Device Configuration Menu” section
on page 4-10.
• Security Configuration menu—Provides options for displaying and modifying security settings. For
more information, see the “Security Configuration Menu” section on page 4-29.
Before you can change option settings on the Network Configuration menu, you must unlock options for
editing. See the “Unlocking and Locking Options” section on page 4-3 for instructions.
For information about the keys you can use to edit or change option settings, see the “Editing Values”
section on page 4-3.
You can control whether a phone user has access to phone settings by using the Settings Access field in
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Configuration.
Related Topics
• Displaying a Configuration Menu, page 4-2
• Unlocking and Locking Options, page 4-3