Overview
Preface
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G and 7911G Administration Guide for Cisco
Unified Communications Manager 6.1 provides the information you need to
understand, install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7906G and 7911G in a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network.
Because of the complexity of a Unified Communications network, this guide does
not provide complete and detailed information for procedures that you need to
perform in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly Cisco Unified
CallManager) or other network devices. See the “Related Documentation” section
on page xv for a list of related documentation.
Audience
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Network engineers, system administrators, or telecom engineers should review
this guide to learn the steps required to properly set up the
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7906G and 7911G on the network.
The tasks described are administration-level tasks and are not intended for
end-users of the phones. Many of the tasks involve configuring network settings
and affect the phone ability to function in the network.
Because of the close interaction between the Cisco Unified IP Phone and
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, many of the tasks in this manual
require familiarity with Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
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Organization
Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Preface
Chapter 1, “An Overview of the Cisco Unified
IP Phone”
Chapter 2, “Preparing to Install the
Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network”
Chapter 3, “Setting Up the
Cisco Unified IP Phone”
Chapter 4, “Configuring Settings on the
Cisco Unified IP Phone”
Chapter 5, “Configuring Features, Templates,
Services, and Users”
Chapter 6, “Customizing the
Cisco Unified IP Phone”
Chapter 7, “Viewing Model Information,
Status, and Statistics on the
Cisco Unified IP Phone”
Chapter 8, “Monitoring the Cisco Unified IP
Phone Remotely”
Chapter 9, “Troubleshooting and
Maintenance”
Appendix A, “Providing Information to
Users”
Provides a conceptual overview and description of the
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Describes how the Cisco Unified IP Phone interacts
with other key Unified Communications components,
and provides an overview of the tasks required prior to
installation
Describes how to properly and safely install and
configure the Cisco Unified IP Phone on your network
Describes how to configure network settings, verify
status, and make global changes to the
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Provides an overview of procedures for configuring
telephony features, configuring directories,
configuring phone button and softkey templates,
setting up services, and adding users to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Explains how to customize phone ring sounds,
background images, and the phone idle display at your
site
Explains how to view model information, status
messages, network statistics, and firmware
information from the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Explains how to obtain status information about the
phone using the phone web page
Provides tips for troubleshooting the
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Provides suggestions for setting up a website for
providing users with important information about their
Cisco Unified IP Phones
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