What Networking Protocols Are Used - Cisco 7961G Administration Manual

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco IP Phone
10 Speaker button
11 Mute button
12 Headset button
13 Navigation button
14 Keypad
15 Softkey buttons
16 Handset indicator
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What Networking Protocols are Used?

Table 1-1 Supported Networking Protocols on the Cisco IP Phone
Networking Protocol
Bootstrap Protocol
(BootP)
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Toggles the speakerphone on or off.
Toggles the Mute feature on or off.
Toggles the headset on or off.
Allows you to scroll through menus and highlight items. Use with softkeys to
activate highlighted items.
Works exactly like the keypad on a traditional telephone.
Enables you to engage any of the functions displayed on the corresponding
LCD tabs. Softkeys point to feature options displayed along the bottom of the
LCD screen. Softkeys change depending on the status of the phone.
Functions like a traditional handset. The light strip at the top of the handset
blinks when the phone rings and remains lit to indicate a new voice message.
Cisco IP Phones support several industry-standard and Cisco networking
protocols required for voice communication.
the networking protocols that the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and
7941G/7941G-GE support.
Purpose
BootP enables a network device such
as the Cisco IP Phone to discover
certain startup information, such as
its IP address.
What Networking Protocols are Used?
Table 1-1 provides an overview of
Usage Notes
If you are using BootP to assign IP
addresses to the Cisco IP Phone, the
BOOTP Server option shows "Yes"
in the network configuration settings
on the phone.
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