Installing Cisco Unified Ip Phones - Cisco 7970G - IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Table 1-6 Checklist for Configuring the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7970 Series in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager (continued)
Configuration Step and Purpose
Step 10 Associate a user to a user group.
Assigns users a common list of roles and permissions
that apply to all users in a user group. Administrators
can manage user groups, roles, and permissions to
control the level of access (and, therefore, the level of
security) for system users.
Step 11 Associate a user with a phone (optional).
Provides users with control over their phone such as
forwarding calls or adding speed-dial numbers or
services.
Some phones, such as those in conference
Note
rooms, do not have an associated user.

Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones

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After you have added the phones to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
database, you can complete the phone installation. You (or the phone users) can
install the phone at the users's location. The Cisco Unified IP Phone Installation
Guide, which is available on cisco.com, provides directions for connecting the
phone handset, cables, and other accessories.
Before you install a phone, even if it is new, upgrade the phone to the current
firmware image. For information about upgrading, refer to the Readme file for
your phone, which is located at:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ip-7900ser
Installing Cisco Unified IP Phones
For More Information
Refer to the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager
Administration Guide:
"End User Configuration"
•
chapter, "End User
Configuration settings" section
"User Group Configuration"
•
chapter, "Adding Users to a User
Group" section
Refer to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager
Administration Guide, "End User
Configuration" chapter,
"Associating Devices to a User"
section.
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