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Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9951, and 9971 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SIP)
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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
8. Assign services to programmable buttons (optional).
Provides access to an IP phone service or URL.
For more information, go to the “Adding a Service URL
Button” section in the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Configuration chapter in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide.
9. Add user information by configuring required fields.
Required fields are indicated by an asterisk (*); for
example, User ID and last name.
Note Assign a password (for User Options web
pages) and PIN (for Cisco Extension Mobility
and Personal Directory)
Adds user information to the global directory for
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
For more information, go to the End User Configuration
chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide.
See the “Adding Users to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager” section on page 8-33.
Note If your company uses a a Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) directory to store
information on users, you can install and
configure Cisco Unified Communications to use
your existing LDAP directory, refer to the
“Configuring Corporate Directories” section on
page 8-27.
Note If you want to add both the phone and user to the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
database at the same time, go to the User/Phone
Add Configurations chapter in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration
Guide.
10. Associate a user to a user group.
Assigns users a common list of roles and permissions
that apply to all users in a user group. Administrators
can manage user groups, roles, and permissions to
control the level of access (and, therefore, the level of
security) for system users. For example, you must add
users to the standard Cisco CCM End Users group so
users can access Cisco Unified CM User Options.
Refer to the following sections in the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide:
• “End User Configuration Settings” section in the
“End User Configuration” chapter.
• “Adding Users to a User Group” section in the “User
Group Configuration” chapter.
11. Associate a user with a phone (optional).
Provides users with control over their phone such a
forwarding calls or adding speed-dial numbers or
services.
Note Some phones, such as those in conference
rooms, do not have an associated user.
For more information, go to the “Associating Devices to
an End User” section in the End User Configuration
chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide.
Table 1-9 Checklist for Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961, 9951, and 9971 in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager (continued)
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