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Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.4(1) First Published: November 14, 2013 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883...
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C O N T E N T S Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.4(1) C H A P T E R 1 Introduction Related documentation Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series documentation Cisco Unified Communications Manager documentation...
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Contents Resolved caveats Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer Documentation, service requests, and additional information Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.4(1)
Documentation, service requests, and additional information, page 13 Introduction These release notes support the Cisco Unified IP Phones 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 running firmware Release 9.4(1). The following table lists the Cisco Unified Communications Manager release and protocol compatibility for the Cisco Unified IP Phones.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager release. Navigate from the following documentation URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/tsd_products_support_series_home.html Cisco Business Edition 3000 documentation See the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Documentation Guide and other publications that are specific to your Cisco Business Edition 3000 release. Navigate from the following documentation URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11370/tsd_products_support_series_home.html...
The PSTN Mode feature improves conversation audio quality. The feature is already supported on the Cisco Unified IP Phones 6921, 6941, and 6961, and is now supported on the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6945. This feature is internal to the phone and has no administrator or user action impact.
Features available with latest Cisco Unified Communications Manager device pack The following sections describe features in the release which require the new firmware and the latest Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Pack. For information about the Cisco Unified IP Phones and the required Cisco Unified Communications Manager device packs, see the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/devpack_comp_mtx.html...
Manager 10.0 (SCCP and SIP) Peer Firmware Sharing Peer Firmware Sharing (PFS) improves the upgrade process by allowing Cisco Unified IP Phones to pass software upgrades between similar models in a network. The feature provides the following advantages in high-speed campus LAN settings: •...
• Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0 (SCCP and SIP) • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 User Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0 (SCCP and SIP)
Direct upgrades, using signed load files, are supported to Firmware Release 9.4(1) from 9.x. You can use the following firmware release file for these direct upgrades. Firmware Release 9.4(1) only applies to the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 (SCCP Note and SIP).
Follow the instructions in the readme file to install the firmware. Install firmware zip files If a Cisco Unified Communications Manager is not available to load the installer program, the following .zip files are available to load the firmware. Firmware Release 9.4(1) only applies to the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945 and 6961.
Step 6 Unzip the files. Step 7 Manually copy the unzipped files to the directory on the TFTP server. See Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide for information about how to manually copy the firmware files to the server.
Enter. Open caveats The following table lists severity 1, 2, and 3 defects that are open for the Cisco Unified IP Phones 6900 Series for Firmware Release 9.4(1). For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL that is shown.
For more information about an individual defect, you can access the online record for the defect by clicking the Identifier or going to the URL that is shown. You must be a registered Cisco.com user to access this online information.
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Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series Release Notes for Firmware Release 9.4(1) Resolved caveats Identifier Headline CSCug84234 Directed Call Park BLF button doesn't work after Powering on or failover CSCug86591 Energywise Issue on 69xx phones CSCug96145 CP-6921 Back Light does not turn off after falling back from SRST...
Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer By default, Cisco IP Phones are set up for the English (United States) locale. To use the Cisco IP phones in other locales, you must install the locale-specific version of the Unified Communications Manager Endpoints Locale Installer on every Cisco Unified Communications Manager server in the cluster.
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