Using Cisco Unified Ip Phones With Different Protocols; Converting A New Phone From Sccp To Sip; Converting An In-Use Phone From One Protocol To The Other Protocol - Cisco 6901 Administration Manual

Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network
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Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols

The Cisco Unified IP Phone can operate with SCCP (Skinny Client Control Protocol) or SIP (Session
Initiation Protocol). You can convert a phone that is using one protocol to use the other protocol.
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Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP

A new, unused phone uses SCCP. To convert this phone to SIP, perform these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Take one of these actions:
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If you are not using DHCP in your network, configure the network parameters for the phone.
Step 2
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Save the configuration updates, click Apply Config, click OK when the Apply Configuration
Step 3
Information dialog displays, and then have the user power cycle the phone.

Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol

If the Cisco Unified IP Phones presently connected to Cisco Unified CM are using the SCCP protocol
to receive and place calls and you now want some or all of these phones to use the SIP protocol, the
phone firmware for each phone type must be upgraded from SCCP to the recommended SIP version
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6 (SCCP and SIP)
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Adding Phones with autoregistration, page 2-8
Adding Phones with autoregistration and TAPS, page 2-9
Adding Phones with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, page 2-10
Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP, page 2-11
Converting an In-Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol, page 2-11
Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment, page 2-12
To autoregister the phone, set the Auto Registration Phone Protocol parameter in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager to SIP.
To provision the phone using the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT), choose the appropriate phone
model and choose SIP from the BAT.
Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed
information about using the BAT.
To provision the phone manually, make the appropriate changes for SIP on the Phone configuration
window in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide for detailed information
about Cisco Unified Communications Manager configuration.
Configuring Startup Network Settings, page
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