Chapter 2 Preparing To Install The Cisco Unified Ip Phone On Your Network - Cisco 7902G Administration Manual

Preparing to Install the
Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your
Network
Cisco Unified 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 Unified Communications components, including
Cisco Unified CallManager.
This chapter provides you with an important overview of the interaction between
the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7902G, 7905G, and 7912G and other key components
of the Voice over IP (VoIP) network.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0 (SCCP), Cisco Unified IP Phones
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Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified Communications
Products, page 2-2
Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-4
Understanding Phone Configuration Files and Profile Files, page 2-6
Providing Power to the Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 2-7
Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone, page 2-9
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database, page 2-9
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