Feature Overview; Telephony Feature Administration - Cisco 8831 Administration Manual

Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831

Feature overview

The Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 not only provides traditional telephony functionality, such as
call forwarding and transferring, redialing, speed dialing, and voice messaging system access, but it supports
a full range of conference features. The conference phone also offers support for a variety of other features,
such as WebDialer.
As with other network devices, the conference phone must be configured in order to access Cisco Unified
Communications Manager and the rest of the IP network. By using DHCP for this process, you have fewer
settings to configure on a device, but if your network requires it, an IP address, the TFTP server, and subnet
information can be configured manually.
Cisco Unified IP Phones can interact with other services and devices on your IP network to provide enhanced
functionality. For example, you can integrate Cisco Unified Communications Manager with the corporate
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 3 (LDAP3) standard directory to enable users to search for coworker
contact information directly from their IP devices. You can also use XML to enable users to access information
such as weather, stocks, quote of the day, and other web-based information.
Finally, because the conference phone is a network device, you can obtain detailed status information from
it directly. This information can assist you with troubleshooting any problems users might encounter when
using their conference phone.
Related Topics
Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 settings, on page 59
Features, templates, services, and user setup, on page 75
Troubleshooting and maintenance, on page 123

Telephony feature administration

You can modify additional settings for the Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 from Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration. Use Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration to
set up phone registration criteria and calling search spaces, to configure corporate directories and services,
and to modify phone button templates, among other tasks.
For more information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, see Cisco Unified
Communications Manager documentation, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide.
You can also use the context-sensitive help available within the web-application for guidance.
You can access Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
You can access Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition documentation at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7273/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Related Topics
Available telephony features, on page 76
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