Before You Register Wireless Phones; Set Up A Wi-Fi Profile - Cisco 8821 Administration Manual

Before You Register Wireless Phones

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Before You Register Wireless Phones

Before you register wireless phones with your Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you can set up
profiles, groups, and templates. These can simplify the phone setup when you have common information for
all phones or groups of phones.
• Wi-Fi profiles—you can create a profile for the Wi-Fi network connections.
• Wi-Fi profile groups—you can create a group of Wi-Fi profiles that the phones can use.
• Phone button templates—you can assign lines and features in the Phones app. Use this if you have
• Softkey templates—you can set up the list of features that users see when they press the More
• Common phone profile—you can set up a profile for the wireless phone with the phone button and
You can find detailed instructions about these profiles and templates in the System Configuration Guide for
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Set Up a Wi-Fi Profile

You can configure a Wi-Fi profile and then assign the profile to the phones that support Wi-Fi. The profile
contains the parameters required for phones to connect to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager with
Wi-Fi. When you create and use a Wi-Fi profile, you or your users do not need to configure the wireless
network for individual phones.
Wi-Fi profiles are supported on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release 10.5(2) or later.
A Wi-Fi profile enables you to prevent or limit changes to the Wi-Fi configuration on the phone by the user.
We recommend that you use a secure profile with TFTP encryption enabled to protect keys and passwords
when you use a Wi-Fi profile.
When you set up the phones to use EAP-FAST, PEAP-MSCHAPV, or PEAP-GTC authentication, your users
need individual user ids and passwords to sign into the phone.
Procedure
Step 1 In the Cisco Unified Communications Administration, select Device > Device Settings > Wireless LAN
Profile.
Step 2 Click Add New.
Step 3 In the Wireless LAN Profile Information section, set the parameters:
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specific lines or features that you want all your users to access quickly. For example, you can set up a
common speed dial number. Because the wireless phones have some special button requirements,
Button Templates, on page 42
softkey. Because the wireless phones have fewer softkeys than desk phones,
on page 43 will help you with this template.
softkey templates, and then use the profile for all your wireless phones.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone Configuration
will help you with this template.
Phone
Phone Softkey Templates,