Data Sheet
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G
The Cisco® Unified IP Phone 7906G fills the communication needs of cubicle, retail, classroom, or manufacturing workers or
anyone who conducts low to moderate telephone traffic. Four dynamic soft keys guide users through core business features
and functions, while a pixel-based display combines intuitive features, calling information, and eXtensible Markup Language
(XML) services into a rich user experience. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G offers numerous important security features
plus the choice of IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), Cisco inline power, or local power through an optional power
adaptor (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G
FEATURES
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G is designed to grow with your organization. A dynamic, soft key-activated feature set helps enable the phone to
keep pace with your requirements through regular software upgrades. Moves, adds, and changes are easy; users can simply pick up their phones and
move to a new location anywhere on the network. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G also provides accessibility features to those with special
needs. Tables 1-7 present the features, specifications, and compliance information of the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G, Table 8 provides ordering
information, and Table 9 lists available optional accessories.
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Table 1. Features and Their Descriptions
Feature Description
Lighted Hold Key
Lighted Menu Key
Lighted Message
Waiting Indicator
Graphical Display
Four Soft-Key Buttons
and a Scroll Toggle Bar
Network Features
Volume Control
Single-Position Foot Stand
Multiple Ring Tones
American Disabilities
Act (ADA) Features
Signaling Protocol
Support
Codec Support
Configuration Options
Voice Quality
Lights when pressed to put a call on hold and stays lit until the held call has been resumed, or flashes if one call
is held while another is engaged; is dark when no calls are on hold
Lights when pressed to access voicemail messages, call logs, network settings, user preferences, corporate
directories, and XML services; stays lit while menu items are active
Lights when there is new voicemail and is visible on both the phone chassis and the handset; stays lit until new
voicemail has been processed by the user
Graphical monochrome display with resolution of 192 x 64 pixels provides a scrollable 3-line intuitive access to
calling features and text-based XML applications; the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G also supports audio-based
XML applications
Dynamically presents calling options to the user; the scroll toggle bar allows easy movement through the displayed
information
Offers Cisco Discovery Protocol; IEEE 802.1 p/q tagging and switching
A volume-control toggle provides easy decibel-level adjustments of the handset, speaker, and ringer
Provides optimum display viewing and comfortable use of buttons and keys; the foot stand can be removed for wall
mounting with mounting holes located on the base of the phone
Offers more than 24 user-adjustable ring tones
Hearing-aid-compatible (HAC) handset meets the requirements set by the ADA; it also meets ADA HAC
requirements for a magnetic coupling to approved hearing aids; the phone dialing pad also complies with the ADA
Supported in Cisco Unified CallManager Versions 3.3(5)SR2, 4.1(3)SR3a, 4.2(1)SR1, and higher using Skinny
Client Control Protocol (SCCP); supports both SCCP and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) with Cisco Unified
CallManager Version 5.0(2) and higher
Provides G.711a, G.711µ, G.729a, and G.729ab and iLBC audio, G.729a, and G.729ab and iLBC audio-compression codecs
Provides provisioning of network parameters through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Offers comfort-noise generation and voice-activity-detection (VAD) programming on a system basis
Table 2. Security Features
Item Description
Certificates
Device Authentication and
Signaling Encryption
Media Encryption
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Phones are shipped with factory-installed X.509v3 certificates. There is also an option of installing and removing
certificates at the customer's site.
Transport layer security (TLS) with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-128 encryption is offered when using
Cisco CallManager Version 4.1 or later.
Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) with AES-128 encryption is offered when using Cisco CallManager
Version 4.1 or later.
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