Cisco 7961G Administration Manual page 54

Providing Power to the Cisco IP Phone
Table 2
Power Type
External power—
Provided through the
CP-PWR-CUBE-3
external power supply.
PoE power—Provided by
a switch through the
Ethernet cable attached
to the phone.
Cisco IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager, Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE
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Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco IP Phone on Your Network
Guidelines for Powering the Cisco IP Phone 7961G-GE and
7941G-GE
Guidelines
The Cisco IP Phone 7961G-GE and 7941G-GE use
the CP-PWR-CUBE-3 power supply.
The gigabit Ethernet Cisco IP Phone
•
79161G-GE and 7941G-GE do not support
Cisco pre-standard PoE.
The Cisco IP Phone 7961G-GE and 7941G-GE
•
support IEEE 802.3af power on signal pairs and
spare pairs. The Cisco IP Phone 79161G-GE and
7941G-GE are not compatible with Cisco
switches that are not IEEE-compliant.
The inline power patch panel WS-PWR-PANEL
•
is not compatible with the Cisco IP Phone
7961G-GE and 7941G-GE.
To ensure uninterruptible operation of the
•
phone, make sure that the switch has a backup
power supply.
Make sure that the CatOS or IOS version
•
running on your switch supports your intended
phone deployment. Refer to the documentation
for your switch for operating system version
information.
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