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Chapter 3 Setting Up the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Note Before you install a phone, even if it is new, upgrade the phone to the current firmware image. Before
using external devices, read the
Using External Devices, page 3-5 for safety and performance
information.
Before You Begin
Remove the hookswitch clip (see Handset, page 3-3) from the cradle area.
To install a Cisco Unified IP Phone, perform the tasks described in Table 3-1:
Ta b l e 3-1 Installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and 7942G
Task Purpose Related Topics
1. Connect the handset to the Handset port. —
2. Connect a headset to the Headset port.
Optional. You can add a headset later if you do not
connect one now.
See Headset, page 3-4 for supported headsets.
3. (Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G and 7942G only)
Connect a wireless headset.
Optional. You can add a wireless headset later if you
do not want to connect one now.
Refer to the wireless headset documentation for
information.
4. (Optional) Connect the power supply to the Cisco DC
Adapter port.
See Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Database, page 2-8 for guidelines.
5. Connect a straight-through Ethernet cable from the
switch to the network port labeled 10/100 SW on the
Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, and
7941G, or to the network port labeled 10/100/1000
SW on the Cisco
Unified IP Phones 7961G-GE and
7941G-GE
Each Cisco Unified IP Phone ships with one Ethernet
cable in the box.
You can use either Category 3/5/5e cabling for
10-Mbps connections, but you must use Category 5/5e
for 100 Mbps connections.
See Network and Access Ports, page 3-2 for guidelines.
6. Connect a straight-through Ethernet cable from
another network device, such as a desktop computer,
to the access port labeled 10/100 PC port on the Cisco
Unified IP Phones 7962G, 7942G, 7961G, and 7941G,
or to the network port labeled 10/100/1000 PC on the
Cisco
Unified IP Phones 7961G-GE and 7941G-GE.
(Optional) You can connect another network device
later if you do not connect one now.
You can use either Category 3/5/5e cabling for
10-Mbps connections, but you must use Category 5/5e
for 100 Mbps connections.
See Network and Access Ports, page 3-2 for guidelines.