What Networking Protocols Are Used? - Cisco 7965G Administration Manual

What Networking Protocols Are Used?

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What Networking Protocols Are Used?
Cisco Unified IP Phones support several industry-standard and Cisco networking protocols required for
voice communication.
Unified IP Phone 7965G and 7945G supports.
Table 1-1 Supported Networking Protocols on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Networking Protocol
Bootstrap Protocol
(BootP)
Cisco Discovery
Protocol (CDP)
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Table 1-1
Purpose
BootP enables a network device such
as the Cisco Unified IP Phone to
discover certain startup information,
such as its IP address.
CDP is a device-discovery protocol
that runs on all Cisco-manufactured
equipment.
Using CDP, a device can advertise its
existence to other devices and receive
information about other devices in
the network.
Chapter 1
provides an overview of the networking protocols that the Cisco
Usage Notes
If you are using BootP to assign IP
addresses to the Cisco
Unified IP Phone, the BOOTP Server
option shows "Yes" in the network
configuration settings on the phone.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone uses
CDP to communicate information
such as auxiliary VLAN ID, per port
power management details, and
Quality of Service (QoS) configuration
information with the Cisco Catalyst
switch.
An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
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