Understanding the phone startup process – Cisco OL-11953-01 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network

Understanding the Phone Startup Process

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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0

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Dial Plan—<dialplan>.xml

Softkey Template—<softkey_template>.xml

The filenames are derived from the MAC Address and Description fields in the
Phone Configuration window of Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration and the devicename field in the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager database. The MAC address uniquely identifies the phone. For more
information refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Guide
.

Understanding the Phone Startup Process

When connecting to the VoIP network, the Cisco Unified
IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE go through a standard startup
process that is described in

Table 2-4

. Depending on your specific network

configuration, not all of these steps may occur on your Cisco Unified IP Phone.

Table 2-4

Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process

Step

Description

Related Topics

1. Obtaining Power

from the Switch

If a phone is not using external power, the switch
provides in-line power through the Ethernet cable
attached to the phone.

Adding Phones to
the Cisco
Unified Communic
ations Manager
Database,
page 2-13

.

Resolving Startup
Problems,
page 9-2

.

2. Loading the Stored

Phone Image

The Cisco Unified IP Phone has non-volatile
Flash memory in which it stores firmware images
and user-defined preferences. At startup, the
phone runs a bootstrap loader that loads a phone
image stored in Flash memory. Using this image,
the phone initializes its software and hardware.

Resolving Startup
Problems, page 9-2

.

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