C H A P T E R 3 Initializing Cisco Unified Ip Phones; Overview Of The Initialization Process; About Configuration Files - Cisco 7960G Administration Manual

Chapter 3 Initializing Cisco Unified IP Phones
Refer to the
Note

Overview of the Initialization Process

For an overview of the initialization process, refer to Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Firmware Upgrade
Matrix, which is available at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_ipphon/english/ipp7960/addprot/mgcp/
frmwrup.htm
Basic phone configuration follows these high-level steps:
Download the required files from Cisco.com to the TFTP server as described in "Prerequisites".
Step 1
If you are configuring SIP parameters via a TFTP server, create and store the configuration files as
Step 2
described in
Phone-Specific Configuration
manually configure the required parameters as described in
Step 3 If you are using DCHP to configure the phone network settings, configure the required network
parameters on your DHCP server as described in "Prerequisites". If you are not using DHCP to configure
network parameters, manually configure the required network parameters as described in
Network Parameters
Connect the phone to the network as described in
Step 4
power supply as described in

About Configuration Files

Configuration files reside in a TFTP server subdirectory (you can specify the location of this
subdirectory with the tftp_cfg_dir parameter). For more information, refer to the
IP Phones Firmware Upgrade
Note Be sure to customize configuration files before you power up the phone. When powered up, the phone
automatically loads parameters stored in flash memory and then requests configuration files from the
TFTP server.
There are two configuration files that can be downloaded from the TFTP server:
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•
The name of each phone-specific configuration file is unique and is based on the MAC address of the
phone. The format of the filename must be SIPXXXXYYYYZZZZ.cnf, where XXXXYYYYZZZZ is the MAC
address of the phone. The MAC address must be in uppercase; the .cnf extension must be in lowercase
(for example, SIP00503EFFD842.cnf).
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Cisco 7940 and 7960 IP Phones Firmware Upgrade Matrix
"How to Customize the Default Configuration File"
Manually".
"Connecting the Phone to
A default configuration file, named SIPDefault.cnf, which is downloaded by all phones.
A phone-specific configuration file, which is downloaded by a specific phone after the default
configuration file.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960G and 7940G Administration Guide for Release 8.0 (SIP)
File". If you are not configuring the SIP parameters via a TFTP server,
Appendix C, "Connection
Power".
Matrix.
Overview of the Initialization Process
for additional prerequisites.
and "How to Customize a
"Configuring the SIP Parameters
Specifications", and to a
Cisco 7940 and 7960
Manually".
"Configuring
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