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Cisco IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager, Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE
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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco IP Phone
What Networking Protocols are Used?
What Networking Protocols are Used?
Cisco IP Phones support several industry-standard and Cisco networking
protocols required for voice communication. Table 1-1 provides an overview of
the networking protocols that the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and
7941G/7941G-GE support.
10 Speaker button Toggles the speakerphone on or off.
11 Mute button Toggles the Mute feature on or off.
12 Headset button Toggles the headset on or off.
13 Navigation button Allows you to scroll through menus and highlight items. Use with softkeys to
activate highlighted items.
14 Keypad Works exactly like the keypad on a traditional telephone.
15 Softkey buttons 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.
16 Handset indicator
light
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.
Table 1-1 Supported Networking Protocols on the Cisco IP Phone
Networking Protocol Purpose Usage Notes
Bootstrap Protocol
(BootP)
BootP enables a network device such
as the Cisco IP Phone to discover
certain startup information, such as
its IP address.
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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