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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G and 7911G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager
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Preparing to Install the
Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your
Network
Cisco Unified IP Phones enable you to communicate using voice over a data
network. To provide this capability, the IP Phones depend upon and interact with
several other key Cisco Unified Communications and network components,
including Cisco Unified CallManager, DNS and DHCP servers, TFTP servers,
and media resources.
This chapter provides an overview of the interaction between the Cisco Unified IP
Phones 7906G and 7911G and other key components of the Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
network, and focuses on the interactions between the Cisco Unified IP
Phones 7906G and 7911G and Cisco Unified CallManager, TFTP server, and
switches. It includes these topics:
• Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified Communications
Products, page 2-2
• Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-7
• Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7906G and 7911G, page 2-4
• Understanding Phone Configuration Files, page 2-6
• Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database, page 2-11
• Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 2-15
