Cisco 7941G - Unified IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual page 43

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Best Practices—Requirements and Recommendations
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1
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Enable 802.1X Authentication—If you want to use the 802.1X standard to
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authenticate Cisco Unified IP Phones, be sure that you have properly
configured the other components before enabling it on the phone. See the
"802.1X Authentication and Status" section on page 4-50
information.
Configure PC Port—The 802.1X standard does not take into account the use
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of VLANs and thus recommends that only a single device should be
authenticated to a specific switch port. However, some switches (including
Cisco Catalyst switches) support multi-domain authentication. The switch
configuration determines whether you can connect a PC to the phone's PC
port.
Enabled—If you are using a switch that supports multi-domain
–
authentication, you can enable the PC port and connect a PC to it. In this
case, Cisco Unified IP Phones support proxy EAPOL-Logoff to monitor
the authentication exchanges between the switch and the attached PC.
For more information about IEEE 802.1X support on the Cisco Catalyst
switches, refer to the Cisco Catalyst switch configuration guides at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/tsd_products
_support_series_home.html
Disabled—If the switch does not support multiple 802.1X-compliant
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devices on the same port, you should disable the PC Port when 802.1X
authentication is enabled. See the
on page 4-37 for more information. If you do not disable this port and
subsequently attempt to attach a PC to it, the switch will deny network
access to both the phone and the PC.
• Configure Voice VLAN—Because the 802.1X standard does not account for
VLANs, you should configure this setting based on the switch support.
– Enabled—If you are using a switch that supports multi-domain
authentication, you can continue to use the voice VLAN.
Disabled—If the switch does not support multi-domain authentication,
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disable the Voice VLAN and consider assigning the port to the native
VLAN. See the
more information.
Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones
"Security Configuration Menu" section
"Security Configuration Menu" section on page 4-37
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