Understanding How The Cisco Unified Ip Phone 6911 Interacts With The Vlan; Manager Express - Cisco 6901 Administration Manual

Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Telephony Products
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Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified
Communications Manager
Cisco Unified Communications Manager is an open and industry-standard call processing system.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager software sets up and tears down calls between phones,
integrating traditional PBX functionality with the corporate IP network. Cisco Unified Communications
Manager manages the components of the IP telephony system—the phones, the access gateways, and the
resources necessary for features such as call conferencing and route planning. Cisco Unified
Communications Manager also provides:
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For information about configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager to work with the IP devices
described in this chapter, go to the
Cisco Communications Manager Administration Guide.
For an overview of security functionality for the Cisco Unified IP Phone, see the
Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones" section on page
If the Cisco Unified IP Phone model that you want to configure does not appear in the Phone Type
Note
drop-down list in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, go to the following URL and install the latest
support patch for your version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager:
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Redirect.x?mdfid=278875240
For more information, refer to "Software Upgrades" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications
Operating System Administration Guide.
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Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 Interacts with the VLAN

The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 has an internal Ethernet switch, enabling forwarding of packets to the
phone, and to the access port and the network port on the back of the phone.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 does not have a PC port.
Note
If a computer is connected to the access port, the computer and the phone share the same physical link
to the switch and share the same port on the switch. This shared physical link has the following
implications for the VLAN configuration on the network:
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)
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Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Express, page 2-3
Firmware for phones
Configuration file via TFTP service
Phone registration
Call preservation, so that a media session continues if signaling is lost between the primary
Communications Manager and a phone
Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 5-1
Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration chapter in the
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