Feature Overview; What Features Are Supported On The Conference Station - Cisco 7937G - Unified IP Conference Station VoIP Phone Administration Manual

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Conference Station
Table 1-1 Supported Networking Protocols on the Conference Station (continued)
Networking Protocol
Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP)
Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP)
User Datagram Protocol
(UDP)
Related Topics
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What Features are Supported on the Conference Station?

The conference station functions much like a digital business conference station, allowing you to place
and receive teleconference station calls. In addition to traditional telephony features, the conference
station includes features that enable you to administer and monitor the conference station as a network
device.
This section includes the following topics:
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Feature Overview

Conference stations provide traditional telephony functionality, such as call forwarding and transferring,
redialing, speed dialing, conference calling, and voice messaging system access. Conference stations
also provide a variety of other features. For an overview of the telephony features that the conference
station supports, see the
As with other network devices, you must configure conference stations to prepare them to access
Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the rest of the IP network. By using DHCP, you have fewer
settings to configure on a conference station, but if your network requires it, you can manually configure
an IP address, TFTP server, and subnet mask. For instructions on configuring the network settings on
the conference station, see
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Purpose
TCP is a connection-oriented
transport protocol.
TFTP allows you to transfer files
over the network.
On the conference station, TFTP
enables you to obtain a configuration
file specific to the conference station
type.
UDP is a connectionless messaging
protocol for delivery of data packets.
Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products, page 2-1
Understanding the Conference Station Startup Process, page 2-5
Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5
Feature Overview, page 1-5
Configuring Telephony Features, page 1-6
Configuring Network Parameters Using the Conference Station, page 1-6
Providing Users with Feature Information, page 1-7
"Telephony Features Available for the Conference Station" section on page
Chapter 4, "Configuring Settings on the Conference Station."
What Features are Supported on the Conference Station?
Usage Notes
The conference station uses TCP to connect to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager and to access
XML services.
TFTP requires a TFTP server in your network, which can be
automatically identified from the DHCP server. If you want
a conference station to use a TFTP server other than the one
specified by the DHCP server, you must manually assign a
TFTP server from the Network Configuration menu on the
conference station.
The conference station transmits and receives RTP streams,
which utilize UDP.
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