Chapter 44
Configuring a VoIP Network
Figure 44-4 Power Detection Summary
Catalyst Switch
10/100 module
10/100 module
10/100 module
10/100 module
10/100 module
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Cisco phone
Cisco phone
or third party phone.
Wall-power
Third party phone
without CDP.
Network
device
Cisco phone
Network
or third party phone
device
with CDP.
Wall-power
Catalyst 6000 Family Software Configuration Guide—Releases 6.3 and 6.4
Configuring VoIP on a Switch
Switching module
discovers the phone.
Supervisor engine discovers
the phone through CDP and/or
IEEE.
Switching module will not discover
the phone because CDP is not
supported. However, the supervisor
engine detects the phone and powers
it up.
Phone is inserted but has not booted,
then phone is removed. A network
device is plugged in. Inline power
might damage the network device.
Supervisor engine discovers the
phone through CDP and/or IEEE.
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