Feature Overview - Cisco 7961G-GE - IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual

What Features are Supported on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE?
What Features are Supported on the Cisco Unified
IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE?

Feature Overview

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
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The Cisco Unified IP Phone functions much like a digital business phone,
allowing you to place and receive telephone calls. In addition to traditional
telephony features, the Cisco IP Phone includes features that enable you to
administer and monitor the phone as a network device.
This section includes the following topics:
Feature Overview, page 1-10
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Configuring Telephony Features, page 1-11
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Configuring Network Parameters Using the Cisco Unified IP Phone,
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page 1-12
Providing Users with Feature Information, page 1-12
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Cisco Unified IP Phones provide traditional telephony functionality, such as call
forwarding and transferring, redialing, speed dialing, conference calling, and
voice messaging system access. Cisco Unified IP phones also provide a variety of
other features. For an overview of the telephony features that the
Cisco Unified IP Phone supports and for tips on configuring them, see the
"Telephony Features Available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone" section on
page 5-2.
As with other network devices, you must configure Cisco Unified IP Phones to
prepare them to access Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the rest of
the IP network. By using DHCP, you have fewer settings to configure on a phone,
but if your network requires it, you can manually configure an IP address, TFTP
server, and subnet mask. For instructions on configuring the network settings on
the Cisco Unified IP Phones, see
Unified IP Phone."
The Cisco Unified IP Phone can interact with other services and devices on your
IP network to provide enhanced functionality. For example, you can integrate the
Cisco Unified IP Phones with the corporate Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol 3 (LDAP3) standard directory to enable users to search for co-worker
contact information directly from their IP phones. You can also use XML to
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Chapter 4, "Configuring Settings on the Cisco
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