Cisco Systems OL-23089-01 User's Manual
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1. CHAPTER Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Cisco Unified IP Phones enable you to communicate using voice over a data network To provide this capability the phones depend upon and interact with several other key Cisco IP Telephony and network components including Cisco Unified CM Domain Name System DNS and DHCP servers TFTP servers media resources and Cisco prestandard PoE This chapter focuses on the interactions between the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G and Cisco Unified CM DNS and DHCP servers TFTP servers and switches It also describes options for powering phones For related information about voice and IP communications refer to this URL you must be a registered Cisco com user http www cisco com en US products sw voicesw index html This chapter includes these topics e Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products page 2 1 e Providing Power to the Phone page 2 3 e Understanding Phone Configuration Files page 2 5 e Understanding the Phone Startup Process page 2 6 e Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM page 2 7 e Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols page 2 10 e Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone page 2 12 Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products To function in the IP telephony network the Cisco Unified IP Phone must be connected to a networking device such as a Cisco Ca2. choose the appropriate phone model and choose SIP from BAT e To provision the phone manually make the appropriate changes for SIP on the Phone Configuration window in Cisco Unified CM Administration For detailed information about the Cisco Unified CM configuration see theCisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed information about using the BAT Step2 If you are not using DHCP in your network configure the network parameters for the phone See Configuring Startup Network Settings page 4 9 Step3 Save the configuration updates click Apply Config click OK when the Apply Configuration Information dialog displays then have the user power cycle the phone Converting an In Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol For information about how to convert an in use phone from one protocol to the other see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment To deploy Cisco Unified IP Phones in an environment that includes SCCP and SIP and in which the Cisco Unified CM Auto Registration parameter is SCCP perform these general steps 1 Set the Cisco Unified CM Auto Registration Protocol enterprise parameter to SCCP From Cisco Unified CM Administration choose System gt Enterprise Parameters 2 Install the phones 3 Change
3. Injector The Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Injector may be used with any Cisco Unified IP Phone Functioning as a midspan device the injector delivers inline power to the attached phone The Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Injector is connected between a switch port and the IP Phone and supports a maximum cable length of 100m between the unpowered switch and the phone PoE power Provided by a switch through the Ethernet cable attached to the phone The Cisco Unified IP Phones 7931G supports IEEE 802 3af Power over Ethernet e To ensure uninterruptible operation of the phone make sure that the switch has a backup power supply e 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 Obtaining Additional Information about Power For related information about power refer to these documents e Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco switches that work with the Cisco Unified IP Phones http www cisco com en US products hw switches ps708 tsd_products_support_series_home htm 1 e Cisco IOS Software Cisco IOS releases that support bidirectional power negotiation http www cisco com en US products sw iosswrel products_ios_cisco_ios_software_category_ho me html e Other requirements and restrictions regarding power Cisco Unified IP Phone Power Injector Installation Guide Power Over Et
4. and BAT phone templates see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide Phone Template Related Topics e Adding Phones with Auto Registration page 2 8 e Adding Phones with Auto Registration and TAPS page 2 9 e Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration page 2 9 Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols The Cisco Unified IP Phone can operate with SCCP Skinny Client Control Protocol or SIP Session Initiation Protocol You can convert a phone that is using one protocol for use with the other protocol This section includes these topics e Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP page 2 11 e Converting an In Use Phone from One Protocol to the Other Protocol page 2 11 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP OL 23089 01 Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols Mi e Deploying a Phone in an SCCP and SIP Environment page 2 11 Converting a New Phone from SCCP to SIP A new unused phone is set for SCCP by default To convert this phone to SIP perform these steps Procedure Step 1 Take one of these actions e To auto register the phone set the Auto Registration Phone Protocol enterprise parameter in Cisco Unified CM Administration to SIP e To provision the phone by using the Bulk Administration Tool BAT
5. Unified CM Administration with the correct MAC address Auto registration must be enabled in Cisco Unified CM Administration System gt Cisco Unified CM for TAPS to function When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client auto registration is disabled automatically When you configure the cluster for non secure mode through the Cisco CTL client auto registration is enabled automatically Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for detailed instructions about BAT and about TAPS Related Topics e Adding Phones with Auto Registration page 2 8 e Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration page 2 9 e Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration You can add phones individually to the Cisco Unified CM database using Cisco Unified CM Administration To do so you first need to obtain the MAC address for each phone For information about determining a MAC address see the Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone section on page 2 12 After you have collected MAC addresses in Cisco Unified CM Administration choose Device gt Phone and click Add New to begin For complete instructions and conceptual information about Cisco Unified Communications Manager refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide and to Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide I OL 23089 01 Cisco U
6. ame subnet as other devices that connect to the same port e Data traffic present on the data native VLAN may reduce the quality of VoIP traffic e Network security may indicate a need to isolate the VLAN voice traffic from the VLAN data traffic You can resolve these issues by isolating the voice traffic onto a separate VLAN The switch port that the phone is connected to would be configured to have separate VLANs for carrying e Voice traffic to and from the IP phone auxiliary VLAN on the Cisco Catalyst 6000 series for example Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP 2 2 OL 23089 01 Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Providing Power tothe Phone W e Data traffic to and from the PC connected to the switch through the access port of the IP phone native VLAN Isolating the phones on a separate auxiliary VLAN improves the quality of the voice traffic and allows a large number of phones to be added to an existing network where there are not enough IP addresses for each phone For more information refer to the documentation included with a Cisco switch You can also access related documentation at this URL http cisco com en US products hw switches index html Related Topics e Understanding the Phone Startup Process page 2 6 e Network Configuration Menu page 3 6 Providing Power to the Phone The Cisco U
7. btaining Power from the If a phone is not using external power the switch See Providing Power to the Switch provides in line power through the Ethernet cable that is Phone page 2 3 attached to the phone See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 2 Loading the Stored Phone Image The Cisco Unified IP Phone has non volatile flash memory in which it stores firmware images and user defined preferences At startup the phone runs a bootstrap loader that loads a phone image stored in flash memory Using this image the phone initializes its software and hardware See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 3 Configuring VLAN If the Cisco Unified IP Phone is connected to a Cisco switch the switch next informs the phone of the voice VLAN defined on the switch port The phone needs to know its VLAN membership before it can proceed with the DHCP request for an IP address See Network Configuration Menu page 3 6 See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 4 Obtaining an IP Address If the Cisco Unified IP Phone is using DHCP to obtain an IP address the phone queries the DHCP server to obtain one If you are not using DHCP in your network you must assign static IP addresses to each phone locally See Network Configuration Menu page 3 6 See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 5 Accessing a TFTP Server In addition to assigning an IP address the DHCP server directs the Cisco Unified IP Phone
8. ess cnf xml where mac_address is the MAC address of the phone For SIP phones the TFTP server generates these SIP configuration files e SIP IP Phone For unsigned and unencrypted files SEP lt mac gt cnf xml For signed files SEP lt mac gt cnf xml sgn For signed and encrypted files SEP lt mac gt cnf xml enc sgn e Dial Plan lt dialplan gt xml e Softkey Template lt softkey_template gt xml The filenames are derived from the MAC Address and Description fields in the Phone Configuration window of Cisco Unified CM The MAC address uniquely identifies the phone For more information see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide I OL 23089 01 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network W Understanding the Phone Startup Process For more information about how the phone interacts with the TFTP server see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide Cisco TFTP Understanding the Phone Startup Process When connecting to the VoIP network the Cisco Unified IP Phone goes through a standard startup process as described in Table 2 2 Depending on your network configuration not all of these process steps may occur on your Cisco Unified IP Phone Table 2 2 Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process No Process Description Related Topics 1 O
9. g phones you can e Add phones without first gathering MAC addresses from the phones e Automatically add a Cisco Unified IP Phone to the Cisco Unified CM database when you physically connect the phone to your IP telephony network During auto registration Cisco Unified CM assigns the next available sequential directory number to the phone e Quickly enter phones into the Cisco Unified CM database and modify any settings such as the directory numbers from Cisco Unified CM e Move auto registered phones to new locations and assign them to different device pools without affecting their directory numbers Cisco recommends that you use auto registration to add fewer than 100 phones to your network To add more than 100 phones to your network use the Bulk Administration Tool BAT See Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 Auto registration is disabled by default In some cases you may not want to use auto registration for example if you want to assign a specific directory number to the phone or if you plan to use secure connection with Cisco Unified CM as described in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide For information about enabling auto registration see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration Note When you configure the cluster for mixed mode through the Cisco CTL client auto registration is automatically disabled When you configure
10. hernet Solutions Introduction Integrated Service Routers http www cisco com en US products hw routers index html Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP OL 23089 01 Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Understanding Phone Configuration Files W Understanding Phone Configuration Files amp Configuration files for a phone are stored on the TFTP server and define parameters for connecting to Cisco Unified CM In general any time you make a change in Cisco Unified CM that requires the phone to be reset a change is made automatically to the phone configuration file Configuration files also contain information about which image load the phone should be running If this image load differs from the one currently that is loaded on a phone currently the phone contacts the TFTP server to request the required load files These files are digitally signed to ensure the authenticity of the file source In addition if the device security mode in the configuration file is set to Authenticated and the CTL file on the phone has a valid certificate for Cisco Unified CM the phone establishes a TLS connection to Cisco Unified CM Otherwise the phone establishes a TCP connection For SIP phones a TLS connection requires that the transport protocol in the phone configuration file be set to TLS which corresponds to the tran
11. mation about configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager to work with the IP devices described in this chapter refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide For an overview of security functionality for the Cisco Unified IP Phone see the Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones section on page 1 11 Note If the Cisco Unified IP Phone model that you want to configure does not appear in the Phone Type drop down list in Cisco Unified CM Administration go to the following URL and install the latest support patch for your version of Cisco Unified CM http www cisco com kobayashi sw center sw voice shtml Related Topic e Telephony Features Available for the Phone page 5 2 Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with the VLAN The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G has an internal Ethernet switch enabling forwarding of packets to the phone and to the access port and the network port on the back of the phone If a computer is connected to the access port the computer and the phone share the same physical link to the switch and the same switch port This shared physical link has these implications for the network VLAN configuration e Although the current VLANs may be configured on an IP subnet basis additional IP addresses may not be available to assign the phone to the s
12. nified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network W Using Cisco Unified IP Phones with Different Protocols Related Topics e Adding Phones with Auto Registration page 2 8 e Adding Phones with Auto Registration and TAPS page 2 9 e Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 Adding Phones with BAT Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 The Cisco Unified Communications Bulk Administration Tool BAT which is a menu option in Cisco Unified CM Administration enables you to perform batch operations which includes registration on multiple phones Before you can add phones using BAT only not in conjunction with TAPS you must obtain the MAC address for each phone For information about determining a MAC address see the Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone section on page 2 12 To add a phone to the Cisco Unified CM follow these steps Procedure From Cisco Unified CM choose Bulk Administration gt Phones gt Phone Template Click Add New Choose a Phone Type and click Next Enter the details of phone specific parameters such as Device Pool Phone Button Template and Device Security Profile Click Save From Cisco Unified CM choose Device gt Phone gt Add New to add a phone using an already created BAT phone template For detailed instructions about using BAT
13. nified IP Phones 7931G can be powered with external power or with Power over Ethernet PoE External power is provided through a separate power supply PoE is provided by a switch through the Ethernet cable attached to a phone e Power Outage page 2 3 e Power Guidelines page 2 4 e Obtaining Additional Information about Power page 2 4 Power Outage Your accessibility to emergency service through the phone is dependent on the phone being powered If there is an interruption in the power supply Service and Emergency Calling Service dialing will not function until power is restored In the case of a power failure or disruption you may need to reset or reconfigure equipment before using the Service or Emergency Calling Service dialing Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP I OL 23089 01 EN Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network HI Providing Power to the Phone Power Guidelines Table 2 1 provides guidelines that apply to external power and to PoE power for the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7931G Table 2 1 Power Type Guidelines for Powering the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7931G Guidelines External power Provided through a Cisco external power supply The CP PWR CUBE 3 external power supply may be used with the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7931G External power Provided through the Cisco Unified IP Phone Power
14. ou must choose a method for adding phones to the Cisco Unified CM database These sections describe the methods e Adding Phones with Auto Registration page 2 8 e Adding Phones with Auto Registration and TAPS page 2 9 e Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration page 2 9 e Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 Table 2 3 provides an overview of these methods for adding phones to the Cisco Unified CM database Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP I OL 23089 01 EN Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network HZ Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM Table 2 3 Methods for Adding Phones to the Cisco Unified CM Database Requires MAC Method Address Notes Auto registration No Results in automatic assignment of directory numbers Not available when security or encryption is enabled Auto registration No Requires auto registration and the Bulk Administration Tool BAT with TAPS updates the Cisco Unified CM database with the MAC address and DNs for the device when user calls TAPS from the phone Using Cisco Unified Yes Requires phones to be added individually CM Administration Using BAT Yes Can add groups of same model of phone Can schedule when phones are added to the Cisco Unified CM database Adding Phones with Auto Registration Note By enabling auto registration before you begin installin
15. phone only on Cisco Unified CM 8 0 and later 8 Requesting the The TFTP server has configuration files which define See Understanding Phone Configuration file parameters for connecting to Cisco Unified CM and Configuration Files page 2 5 other information for the phone See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 9 Contacting Cisco Unified The configuration file defines how the Cisco See Resolving Startup Problems Communications Unified IP Phone communicates with Cisco Unified CM page 9 1 Manager and provides a phone with its load ID After obtaining the file from the TFTP server the phone attempts to make a connection to the highest priority Cisco Unified CM on the list If the security profile of the phone is configured for secure signaling encrypted or authenticated and the Cisco Unified CM is set to secure mode the phone makes a TLS connection Otherwise it makes a nonsecure TCP connection If the phone was manually added to the database Cisco Unified CM identifies the phone If the phone was not added manually to the database and auto registration is enabled in Cisco Unified CM the phone attempts to auto register itself in the Cisco Unified CM database Note Auto registration is disabled when security is enabled on Cisco Unified CM In this case the phone must be manually added to the Cisco Unified CM database Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM Before installing the Cisco Unified IP Phone y
16. sport type in the SIP Security Profile in Cisco Unified CM Administration Note amp Note If the device security mode in the configuration file is set to Authenticated or Encrypted but the phone has not received a CTL or ITL file the phone tries four times obtain the file so it can register securely Cisco Extension Mobility Cross Cluster is an exception in that the phone permits a TLS connection to Cisco Unified CM for secure signaling even without the CTL file If you configure security related settings in Cisco Unified CM Administration the phone configuration file will contain sensitive information To ensure the privacy of a configuration file you must configure it for encryption For detailed information see the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide Configuring Encrypted Phone Configuration Files A phone accesses a default configuration file named XmlDefault cnf xml only when the phone has not received a valid Trust List file containing a certificate assigned to the Cisco Unified CM and TFTP If auto registration is not enabled and you did not add the phone to the Cisco Unified CM database the phone does not attempt to register with Cisco Unified CM The phone continually displays the Configuring IP message until you either enable auto registration or add the phone to the Cisco Unified CM database If the phone has registered before the phone accesses the configuration file named SEPmac_addr
17. talyst switch You must also register the Cisco Unified IP Phone with a Cisco Unified CM system before sending and receiving calls This section includes these topics e Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified CM page 2 2 e Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with the VLAN page 2 2 I OL 23089 01 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network HZ Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products Understanding How the Cisco Unified IP Phone Interacts with Cisco Unified CM Cisco Unified CM is an open and industry standard call processing system Cisco Unified CM software sets up and tears down calls between phones integrating traditional PBX functionality with the corporate IP network Cisco Unified CM manages the components of the IP telephony system the phones the access gateways and the resources necessary for features such as call conferencing and route planning Cisco Unified CM also provides e Firmware for phones e Authentication and encryption if configured for the telephony system e Configuration CTL and Identity Trust List ITL files via the TFTP service e Phone registration e Call preservation so that a media session continues if signaling is lost between the primary CM and a phone For infor
18. the Auto Registration Protocol enterprise parameter to SIP 4 Auto register the SIP phones Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP I OL 23089 01 Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network HI Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone Determining the MAC Address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone Several of the procedures that are described in this manual require you to determine the MAC address of a Cisco Unified IP Phone You can determine the MAC address for a phone in any of these ways e Ifthe phone is registered with Cisco Unified CM press the Application Menu button then choose Settings gt Model Information and look at the MAC Address field By default the Application Menu button is line button 24 the top left line button e Ifthe phone is not registered with Cisco Unified CM press the Settings softkey the choose Model Information and look at the MAC Address field This softkey appears only when the phone is not registered e Look at the MAC label on the back of the phone e Display the web page for the phone and click the Device Information hyperlink For information about accessing the web page see the Accessing the Web Page for a Phone page 8 2 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP 2 12 OL 23089 01
19. the cluster for nonsecure mode through the Cisco CTL client auto registration is not enabled automatically Related Topics e Adding Phones with Auto Registration and TAPS page 2 9 Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP OL 23089 01 _ Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM W e Adding Phones with Cisco Unified CM Administration page 2 9 e Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 Adding Phones with Auto Registration and TAPS You can add phones with auto registration and TAPS the Tool for Auto Registered Phones Support without first gathering MAC addresses from phones TAPS works with the Bulk Administration Tool BAT to update a batch of phones that were already added to the Cisco Unified CM database with dummy MAC addresses Use TAPS to update MAC addresses and download pre defined configurations for phones Note Note Cisco recommends that you use auto registration and TAPS to add fewer than 100 phones to your network To add more than 100 phones to your network use the Bulk Administration Tool BAT See Adding Phones with BAT page 2 10 To implement TAPS you or the end user dial a TAPS directory number and follow voice prompts When the process is complete the phone will have downloaded its directory number and other settings and the phone will be updated in Cisco
20. to a TFTP Server If the phone has a statically defined IP address you must configure the TFTP server locally on the phone the phone then contacts the TFTP server directly Note You can also assign an alternative TFTP server to use instead of the one assigned by DHCP See Network Configuration Menu page 3 6 See Resolving Startup Problems page 9 1 6 Requesting the CTL file The TFTP server stores the CTL file This file also contains the certificates necessary for establishing a secure connection between the phone and Cisco Unified CM See the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Guide Configuring the Cisco CTL Client Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8 5 SCCP and SIP OL 23089 01 Chapter2 Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on Your Network Adding Phones to Cisco Unified CM W Table 2 2 Cisco Unified IP Phone Startup Process continued No Process Description Related Topics 7 Requesting the ITL file The phone requests the ITL file after it requests the CTL See the Cisco Unified file The ITL file contains the certificates of the entities Communications Manager that the phone can trust The certificates are used for Security Guide Security by authenticating a secure connection with the servers or Default authenticating a digital signature signed by the servers The ITL file is available to the
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