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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G and 7911G for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0

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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

What Features are Supported?

For more information on deploying IPv6 in your Cisco Unified Communications network, refer to

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Features and Services

Guide and Deploying IPv6 in Unified Communications Networks with Cisco Unified Communications

Manager.

What Features are Supported?

Cisco Unified IP Phones 7906G and 7911G function much like traditional analog phones, allowing you

to place and receive phone calls. In addition to traditional telephony features, each Cisco Unified IP

Phone includes features that enable you to administer and monitor the phone as a network device.

This section includes the following topics:

• Feature Overview, page 1-8

• Configuring Telephony Features, page 1-9

• Configuring Network Parameters Using the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 1-9

• Providing Users with Feature Information, page 1-9

Feature Overview

Cisco Unified IP Phones provide core business features, such as call forwarding and transferring,

redialing, speed dialing, conference calling, and voice messaging system access. Cisco Unified IP

phones also provide a variety of other features. For an overview of the telephony features that the

Cisco Unified IP Phone supports, see Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone,

page 5-1.

As with other network devices, you must configure Cisco Unified IP Phones to prepare them to access

Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the rest of the IP network. Using DHCP, you have fewer

settings to configure on a phone, but if your network requires it, you can manually configure an IP

address, TFTP server, subnet information, etc. For instructions on configuring the network settings on

the Cisco Unified IP Phones, see Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 4-1.

Cisco Unified IP Phones can interact with other services and devices on your IP network to provide

enhanced functionality. For example, you can integrate Cisco Unified Communications Manager with

the corporate Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 3 (LDAP3) standard directory to enable users to

search for co-workers contact information directly from their IP phones. Or, you can also use XML to

enable users to access information such as weather, stocks, quote of the day, and other web-based

information. For information about configuring such services, see Configuring Corporate and Personal

Directories, page 5-16 and Setting Up Services, page 5-20.

Finally, because the Cisco Unified IP Phone is a network device, you can obtain detailed status

information from it directly. This information can assist you with troubleshooting any problems users

might encounter when using their IP phones. See Viewing Model Information, Status, and Statistics on

the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 7-1, for more information.