Avaya 7960, 7940 User Manual

Configuring a Cisco 7960/7940 SIP Phone

for use with Avaya SIP Solutions

June 12, 2006

Agenda

Lab Topology Overview Relevant Cisco Product Documentation Links Converting/Upgrading a Cisco 7960/7940 SIP phone for

use with Avaya SIP Solutions (post 5.3 firmware) Converting/Upgrading a Cisco 7960/7940 SIP phone for

use with Avaya SIP Solutions (pre-5.3 firmware) Upgrade Notes Additional Miscellaneous Slides Avaya Solution and Interoperability Lab Application Note

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NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE

Please read through this complete

presentation BEFORE

attempting the

conversion/upgrade process

***NOTE*** ***NOTE*** ***NOTE*** ***NOTE*** ***NOTE***

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Foreword: This presentation is part of an overall series of PowerPoint and Camtasia Studio Flash Recordings

This PowerPoint presentation is part of a series of PowerPoint presentations and Camtasia Studio Flash Recordings covering:

– Episode 1 - Overview of Documentation/Call Flows – Episode 2 - SES 3.1 SP1 Installation/Configuration – Episode 3 - CM 3.1 SIP Specific Configuration – Episode 4 - 46xx SIP end-points and one-X Desktop Edition configuration

As such, this PowerPoint does not cover information previously captured by the above presentations.

This presentations core goal is to assist in the conversion and/or upgrade of a Cisco 7960/7940 SIP phone for use with Avaya SIP Solutions

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Lab Topology Overview

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Relevant Cisco Product

Documentation

Relevant Cisco Product Documentation

Release Notes for Cisco SIP IP Phone 7940/7960 Release 7.4 Cisco SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide, Versions 6.x and 7.x Converting a Cisco 7940/7960 CallManager Phone to a SIP Phone and

the Reverse Process Using the Cisco IP Phone 7940/7960 Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Firmware Upgrade Matrix

* The above links are hyperlinked to the documentation

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Configuring a Cisco 7960/7940 SIP phone for

user with Avaya SIP Solutions

(*For Cisco 7960/7940’’

(*For Cisco 7960/7940

(*For Cisco 7960/7940’s running 5.3 or later firmware)

*If this is not the case, SKIP to the next section, “*Upgrading from a pre-5.3 version of 7960/7940 firmware”

s running 5.3 or

later

firmware)

For this lab, the 7960 was running existing SKINNY (SCCP) firmware Version 7.2 (4.0) – details below

Model Number: CP-7960G MAC Address: 00-09-43-66-53-83 AppLoad ID: P00307020400 Boot Load: PC03A300 Version: 7.2 (4.0)

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After the upgrade, the 7960 is running SIP 7.4 firmware – details below

Model Number: CP-7960G MAC Address: 00-09-43-66-53-83 AppLoad ID: POS3-07-4-00 Boot Load: PC03A300 DSP Load ID: PS03AT45

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A Note about the .cnf filename extension in Windows

The .cnf extension utilized by the Cisco SIP configuration files, SIPDefault.cnf and SIPMacAddress.cnf is an extension already associated with the Windows terminal program, Hyperterm.

By Default, Hyperterm hides the .cnf extension If you would like the .cnf extension to be visible, follow these steps

– Double Click the “My Computer” icon in Microsoft Windows – Under the menu bar of this dialog select: Tools, Folder Options…,

File Types Tab

– Click an item inside the Registered File Types list box and press the

letter C (to jump down to “C”) and scroll down to the file type .cnf

and select it – Click the “Advanced” Button – Check the checkbox, “Always show extension” shown in the

following slide…

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A Note about the .cnf filename extension in Windows - continued

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