What Networking Protocols Are Used - Cisco 7945G Administration Manual

What Networking Protocols Are Used?

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What Networking Protocols Are Used?
Cisco Unified IP Phones support several industry-standard and Cisco networking protocols required for
voice communication.
IP Phone 7965G and 7945G supports.
Table 1-1 Supported Networking Protocols on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Networking Protocol
Bootstrap Protocol
(BootP)
Cisco Discovery
Protocol (CDP)
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G and 7945G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1(3)
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Table 1-1
Purpose
BootP enables a network device such
as the Cisco Unified IP Phone to
discover certain startup information,
such as its IP address.
CDP is a device-discovery protocol
that runs on all Cisco-manufactured
equipment.
Using CDP, a device can advertise its
existence to other devices and
receive information about other
devices in the network.
Chapter 1
provides an overview of the networking protocols that the Cisco Unified
Usage Notes
If you are using BootP to assign IP addresses to the Cisco
Unified IP Phone, the BOOTP Server option shows "Yes"
in the network configuration settings on the phone.
The Cisco Unified IP Phone uses CDP to communicate
information such as auxiliary VLAN ID, per port power
management details, and Quality of Service (QoS)
configuration information with the Cisco Catalyst switch.
An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
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