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Monitoring the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Remotely

Each Cisco Unified IP Phone has a web page from which you can view a variety
of information about the phone, including:

• Device information

• Network configuration information

• Network statistics

• Device logs

• Streaming statistics

This chapter describes the information that you can obtain from the phone’s web
page. You can use this information to remotely monitor the operation of a phone
and to assist with troubleshooting.

You can also obtain much of this information directly from a phone. For more
information, see Chapter 7, “Viewing Model Information, Status, and Statistics

on the Cisco Unified IP Phone.”

For more information about troubleshooting the Cisco Unified IP Phone,

Chapter 9, “Troubleshooting and Maintenance.”

This chapter includes these topics:

• Accessing the Web Page for a Phone, page 8-2

• Disabling and Enabling Web Page Access, page 8-3

• Device Information, page 8-4

• Network Configuration, page 8-6

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Accessing the Web Page for a Phone

• Network Statistics, page 8-10

• Device Logs, page 8-13

• Streaming Statistics, page 8-13

Accessing the Web Page for a Phone

To access the web page for a Cisco Unified IP Phone, perform these steps.

Note If you cannot access the web page, it may be disabled. See the “Disabling and

Enabling Web Page Access” section on page 8-3 for more information.

Procedure

Step 1 Obtain the IP address of the Cisco Unified IP Phone using one of these methods:

• Search for the phone in Cisco Unified CallManager by choosing Device >

Phone. Phones registered with Cisco Unified CallManager display the IP
address on the Find and List Phones web page and at the top of the Phone
Configuration web page.

• On the Cisco Unified IP Phone, press the Settings button, choose Network

Configuration, and then scroll to the IP Address option.

Step 2 Open a web browser and enter the following URL, where IP_address is the

IP address of the Cisco Unified IP Phone:

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http://IP_address

The web page for a Cisco Unified IP Phone includes these topics:

• Device Information—Displays device settings and related information for

the phone. For more information, see the “Device Information” section on

page 8-4.

• Network Configuration—Displays network configuration information and

information about other phone settings. For more information, see the

“Network Configuration” section on page 8-6.

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• Network Statistics—Includes the following hyperlinks, which provide

information about network traffic:

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Ethernet Information—Displays information about Ethernet traffic.
For more information, see the “Network Statistics” section on page 8-10.

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Access (Port)—Displays information about network traffic to and from
the PC port on the phone. For more information, see the “Network

Statistics” section on page 8- 10.

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Network (Port)—Displays information about network traffic to and
from the network port on the phone. For more information, see the

“Network Statistics” section on page 8-10.

• Device Logs—Includes the follo wing hyperlinks, which p rovide information

that you can use for troubleshooting:

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Console Logs—Includes hyperlinks to individual log files. For more
information, see the “Device Logs” section on page 8-13.

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Core Dumps—Includes hyperlinks to individual dump files. For more
information, see the “Device Logs” section on page 8-13.

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Status Messages—Displays up to the 10 most recent status messages
that the phone has generated since it was last powered up. For more
information, see the “Device Logs” section on page 8-13.

Disabling and Enabling Web Page Access

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Debug Display—Displays debug messages that might be useful to Cisco
TAC if you require assistance with troubleshooting. For more
information, see the “Device Logs” section on page 8-13.

• Streaming Statistics—Includes the following hyperlinks

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Stream 1, Stream 2, and Stream 3—Display a variety of streaming
statistics. For more information, see the “Streaming Statistics” section on

page 8-13.

Disabling and Enabling Web Page Access

For security purposes, you may choose to prevent access to the web pages for a
phone. If you do so, you will prevent access to the web pages that are described
in this chapter and to the Cisco Unified CallManager User Options web pages.

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Device Information

Step 1 Choose Device > Phone.
Step 2 Specify the criteria to find the phone and cli ck Find, or click Find to display a list

Step 3 Click the device name to open the Phone Configuration wi ndow for the device.
Step 4 Scroll down to the Product Specific Conf ig uration secti on. From the Web Access

Step 5 Click Update.

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To disable access to the web pages for a phone, follow these steps from
Cisco Unified CallManager Administration:

of all phones.

drop-down list box, choose Disabled.

Note Some features, such as Cisco Quality Report Tool, do not function

properly without access to the phone web pages. Disabling web access
also affects any serviceability application that relies on web access, such
as CiscoWorks.

To enable web page access when it is disabled, see the preceding steps about
disabling access. Follow the same steps, but choose Enabled in Step 4 to enable
the web page.

Device Information

The Device Information area on a phone’s web page displays device settings and
related information for the phone. Table 8-1 describes these items.

To display the Device Information area, access the web page for the phone as
described in the “Accessing the Web Page for a Phone” section on page 8-2, and
then click the Device Information hyperlink.

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Device Information

Table 8-1 Device Information Area It em s

Item Description

MAC Address Media Access Control (MAC) address of the phone
Host Name Unique, fixed name that is automatically assigned to the phone based on its

MAC address
Phone DN Directory number assigned to the phone
App Load ID Identifier of the firmware running on the phone
Boot Load ID Identifier of the factory-installed load running on the phone
Version Version of the firmware running on the phone
Expansion Module 1 Phone load ID for the first Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7914,

if connected to the phone
Expansion Module 2 Phone load ID for the second Cisco Unified IP Phone Ex pansion M odule

7914, if connected to the phone
Hardware Revision Revision value of the phone hardware
Serial Number Serial number of the phone
Model Number Model number of the phone
Message Waiting Indicates if there is a voice message waiting on any line for this phone

UDI

Displays the following Cisco Unique Device Identifier (UDI) information

about the phone:

• Device Type—Indicates hardware type. F or e xamp le, phone displays for

all phone models

• Device Description—Displays the name of the phone associat ed with the

indicated model type

• Product Identifier—Specifies the phone model

• Version Identifier

• Serial Number—Displays the phone’s unique serial number

Time Time obtained from the Date/Time Group in Cisco Unified CallManager to

which the phone belongs

1

—Represents the hardware version of the phone

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