Connect To The Network; Onboard Your Phone With Activation Code; Auto Provision Your Phone With Short Activation Code - Cisco 7800 Series User Manual

Connect to the Network

Step 5
Turn the footstand over.
Step 6 Push the footstand back into the phone until the stand locks into place.
Step 7
Place the phone upright and plug it into the network.
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.
Note
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.
Before you begin
Your administrator provides your activation code:
Procedure
Step 1
Press pound (#), and enter your activation code in the field that is provided on the Welcome screen.
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The Continue softkey appears only when you enter either valid 16-digit activation code or the valid
first three digits of it followed by a # key. The Delete softkey appears only when you enter the first
digit of the activation code in the Enter activation code box.
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