Cisco 7832 Manual page 9

Your Phone
Ways to Provide Power to Your Conference Phone
Your conference phone needs power from one of these sources:
• Power over Ethernet (PoE), which your network supplies.
• Cisco IP Phone Power Injector.
• A PoE Power Cable and Power Cube 3.
The following figure shows the PoE and PoE power cable power options.
Figure 1: Conference Phone Power Options
Connect to the Network
You need to connect the phone to the telephone network.
• Wired connection—The phone is plugged into the network using an Ethernet cable.
Onboard Your Phone with Activation Code
After your phone boots up, you will see a welcome screen where you can enter the activation code. If you
don't have an activation code, contact your administrator.
Before you begin
Your administrator provides you with a 16-digit activation code in the form xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.
Procedure
Step 1 Enter your activation code in the field that is provided on the Welcome screen. You don't need to input the
hyphen (-) character when entering the code.
Step 2
Press Continue.
The phone completes the onboarding process automatically.
Step 3
If an error message displays, enter the code again or contact your administrator for a new code.
Auto Provision Your Phone with Short Activation Code
After your phone boots up, you see a welcome screen where you can enter the activation code. If you don't
have the activation code, contact your administrator.
Ways to Provide Power to Your Conference Phone
Your Phone
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