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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
Overview of Configuring and Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
After you have added the phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager database, you can
complete the phone installation. You (or the phone users) can install the phone at the users’s location.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone Installation Guide, which is available on Cisco.com, provides directions for
connecting the phone footstand, handset, cables, and other accessories.
8. Assign services to phone buttons (optional).
Provides single button access to an IP phone service or
URL.
Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide, Cisco Unified IP Phone
Configuration, Adding a Cisco Unified IP Phone Service
to a Phone Button.
9. Add user information by configuring required fields
(optional).
• Name (last)
• User ID
• Password (for User Options web pages)
• PIN (for use with Extension Mobility
Adds user information to the global directory for
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Note To search for a user in the Corporate Directory,
you must add users to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager.
Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide, End User Configuration.
See Adding Users to Cisco Unified Communications
Manager, page 5-21.
Note If your company uses a a Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) directory to store
information on users, you install and configure
Cisco Unified Communications to use your existing
LDAP directory, refer to Configuring Corporate
and Personal Directories, page 5-16.
Note If you want to add both the phone and user to the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager database
at the same time, refer to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration Guide,
User/Phone Configurations.
10. Add a user to a user group.
Assigns users a common list of roles and permissions that
apply to all users in a user group. Administrators can
manage user groups, roles, and permissions to control the
level of access (and, therefore, the level of security) for
system users. For example, you must add users to the
standard Cisco CCM End Users group so users can access
Cisco Unified CM User Options.
Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide, User Group Configuration, Adding
Users to a User Group.
11. Associate a user with a phone (optional).
Provides users with control over their phone such as
forwarding calls or adding speed-dial numbers or
services.
Note Some phones, such as those in conference rooms,
do not have an associated user.
Refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration Guide,
End User Configuration, Associating Devices to a User.
Table 1-7 Checklist for Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7906G and 7911G in Cisco Unified Communications
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