Chapter 2 Preparing To Install The Cisco Unified Ip Video Phone On Your Network - Cisco 7985G - IP Phone NTSC Video Administration Manual

Preparing to Install the Cisco
Unified IP Video Phone on Your
Network
The Cisco Unified IP Video Phone enables you to communicate by using voice
and video over a data network. To provide this capability, the IP phones depend
upon and interact with several other key Cisco Unified IP Telephony components,
including Cisco Unified CallManager.
This chapter provides an overview of the interaction between the Cisco
Unified IP Phone 7985G and other key components of the voice over IP (VoIP)
network.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Telephony Products,
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Providing Power to the Phone, page 2-4
Understanding Phone Configuration Files, page 2-6
Understanding the Phone Startup Process, page 2-7
Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CallManager Database, page 2-10
Cisco Unified IP Video Phone 7985G Administration Guide
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