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Configuring User Access and Features
Many of the Cisco IP Phone features available to end users require that you
configure them using the Cisco CallManager Administration application. An
overview of configuration procedures is provided in this chapter; detailed
instructions are available in Cisco CallManager Administration documentation.
This chapter describes setting up user features and providing users with
information about those features. Refer to the following topics:
• Adding Users to Cisco CallManager, page 6-1
• Modifying Phone Button Templates, page 6-2
• Configuring Corporate Directories, page 6-4
• Setting Up User Services, page 6-5
• System Administrator Checklist, page 6-6
Adding Users to Cisco CallManager
Cisco CallManager Administration allows you to display and maintain
information about users on the network.
You must configure features to allow users to perform the following actions:
• Access the corporate directory and other customized directories from a
Cisco IP Phone
• Set up their own speed dial and call forwarding numbers
• Subscribe to services that are accessible from a Cisco IP Phone
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Modifying Phone Button Templates
To set up these features, open the Cisco CallManager Administration application
and select User >Add a New User. Refer to the Cisco CallManager
Administration Guide, the Cisco CallManager System Guide, or context-sensitive
help in the application for details.
After you add users to Cisco CallManager, provide users with the URL to access
the Cisco IP Phone User Options application. From this web-based application,
users can configure speed dial and call-forwarding numbers and choose the
services to display on their phones.
Modifying Phone Button Templates
Although the Cisco IP Phones support similar features, each phone model can
implement these features differently. Modify phone button templates to assign
features to phone buttons and to customize features for a phone model.
Ideally, you can modify templates before registering phones on the network.
Proceeding in this order allows you to access customized phone button template
options from the Cisco CallManager Administration application during
registration.
To modify a phone button template, open the Cisco CallManager Administration
application and select Device > Phone Button Template. Refer to the
Cisco CallManager Administration Guide, the Cisco CallManager System Guide,
or context-sensitive help in the application for detail s.
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Tip The number of buttons and features that you can customize varies based upon
Cisco IP Phone model. Familiarize yourself with the possible configuration
options.
This section covers these topics:
• Modifying Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Templates, page 6-3
• Modifying Cisco IP Phone 7910 Templates, page 6-3
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Modifying Phone Button Templates
Modifying Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Templates
The template for Cisco IP Phone models 7960 and 7940 enables you to configure
lines and speed dial options. You can configure up to six line or speed di al options
on the Cisco IP Phone 7960 and up to two on the Cisco IP Phone 7940. Other
phone features, such as call park, call forward, redial, voice mail, conference
calls, and so on are accessed using soft keys. You cannot configure these keys.
Note If you are using an Expansion Module with a Cisco IP Phone 7960, see the
“Configuring the 7914 Expansion Module Button Te mplate” section on
page 2-8 for instructions.
Modifying Cisco IP Phone 7910 Templates
The Cisco IP Phone 7910 has six programmable buttons, which you configure
using the phone button template. You can assign the following functions to any of
the six buttons:
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• Voice mail
• Conference calls
• Call forwarding
• Speed dial
• Redial
• Call Park
• Call Pickup
• Group Call Pickup
• Meet Me Conference
Of these possible options, the default template includes the following features,
which are also labeled on the Cisco IP Phone 7910:
• msgs—for voice mail
• conf—for conference calls
• forward—for call forwarding
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• speed 1 and speed 2—for speed dialing
• redial—for dialing the most recently dialed number again
If you change these button assignments, you can also update their corresponding
labels on the Cisco IP Phone 7910. The Cisco IP Phone 7910 shipped with extra
mylar labels on a perforated sheet. After printing the labels, you can easily remov e
them from this sheet.
These label sheets have different textures—one smooth side and one textured
side; the textured side is labeled “front.” This is the side that users contact when
pressing the buttons. The type of printing method used determines the side to pri nt
on. T o av oid ink rubbing off on users’ f ingers, choose a printing method that prints
on the smooth side of the labels.
Use these specifications to print on the labels:
• Text size—10 point (on a PC-compatible computer) or 12 point (on a
Macintosh-compatible compute r)
• Text font—Univers 65 bold oblique
• Text color—PMS 413C
• Text position—2.533 mm above the button hole openings
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Configuring Corporate Directories
Cisco IP Phone models 7960 and 7940 can store a directory of employee names
and phone numbers. Although you access the directory from the IP Phone, you
must configure the directory before users can access it. To use the corporate
directory, you must have users entered into a Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) directory configured with Cisco CallManager.
To set up these features, open Ci sco CallManager and select User > Global
Directory. Refer to the Cisco CallManager Administration Guide, the
Cisco CallManager System Guide, or context-sensitive help in the
Cisco CallManager Administration application for details.
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Setting Up User Services
The Cisco IP Phone models 7960 and 7940 allow users to access specific
information services, such as local movie times, stock quotes, weather reports,
and so on. Although users access these services by pressing the Services button to
display a services menu on the Cisco IP Phone, you must first configure the
services to which users can subscribe.
In summary:
• System administrators configure available services using the
Cisco CallManager Administration application.
• Users subscribe to services using the Cisco IP Phone User Options
application. This web-based application provides a graphic user interface
(GUI) for limited, end-user configuration of IP Phone applications.
Before setting up services, gather the URL addresses for the sites you want to set
up and verify that users can access those sites from your corporate IP telephony
network.
To set up these features, open the Cisco CallManager Administration application
and select Feature > Cisco IP Phone Services. Refer to the Cisco CallManager
Administration Guide, the Cisco CallManager System Guide, or context-sensitive
help in the Cisco CallManager Administration applicat ion for de tails.
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After you configure these services, verify that your users have access to the
Cisco CallManager IP Phone Options web-based application, where they can
select and subscribe to configured services. Refer to the Cisco CallManager
Administration Guide, the Cisco CallManager System Guide, or conte xt-sensitiv e
help in the Cisco CallManager Administration applicat ion for de tails.
Note To configure Extension Mobility services for users, see the
Cisco CallManager Extended Services Administrator's Guide.
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System Administrator Checklist
System Administrator Checklist
If you are a system administrator , you are likely the primary sou rce of information
for Cisco IP Phone users in your network or company. It is important to provide
current and thorough information to end users.
Provide the following information to end users:
• Identify yourself. The Cisco IP Phone Models 7960 and 7940 User Guide
instructs users to direct some questions to a system administrator. To assist
users, consider distributing an E-mail or memo identifying yourself or your
network team. Provide contact information.
• Provide end users with the following information about the Cisco IP Phone
User Options web-based application:
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The URL required to access the application
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A user ID and default password needed to access the application
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A brief description of what a web-based, graphic user interface
application is, and how it is accessed with a Web browser.
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Outline the tasks that users can expect to accomplish with the
application, including subscribing to services, setting up speed dial and
call forwarding numbers, and creating a personal address book.
• Provide end users with access to user documentation for the Cisco IP Phones.
For example, the Cisco IP Phone Models 7960 and 7940 User Guide includes
detailed user instructions for subscribing to services, using extension
mobility, and other key features.
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For a list of available documentation, go to the Cisco IP Phone website at:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_ipphon/
index.htm and click on the link called Cisco IP Phone Documentation for
Cisco CallManager.
For more information about viewing or ordering documentation, see the
“Obtaining Documentation” sectio n on page -xiv.
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