Preparing To Install The Cisco Ip Phone On Your Network - Cisco 7960G Administration Manual

Preparing to Install the Cisco IP Phone
on Your Network
Cisco 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 IP Telephony components, including Cisco CallManager.
This chapter provides an overview of the interaction between the Cisco IP Phone
models 7960G and 7940G and other key components of the Voice over IP (VoIP)
network.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Cisco IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager 4.0, Cisco IP Phones 7960G/7940G
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Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco IP Telephony Products,
page 2-2
Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-4
Understanding Phone Configuration Files, page 2-7
Providing Power to the Cisco IP Phone, page 2-8
Adding Phones to the Cisco CallManager Database, page 2-10
Configuring the Cisco IP Phone 7960G to Support the Cisco IP Phone 7914
Expansion Module, page 2-14
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