Cisco 7961G Administration Guide

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco IP Phone
What Features are Supported on the Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE?
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What Features are Supported on the
Cisco IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and
7941G/7941G-GE?
The Cisco IP Phone functions much like a traditional analog phone, allowing you
to place and receive telephone calls. In addition to traditional telephony features,
the Cisco IP Phone includes features that enable you to administer and monitor
the phone as a network device.
This section covers the following topics:
• Feature Overview, page 1-8
• Configuring Telephony Features, page 1-9
• Configuring Network Parameters Using the Cisco IP Phone, page 1-10
• Providing Users with Feature Information, page 1-10
Feature Overview
Cisco IP Phones provide traditional telephony functionality, such as call
forwarding and transferring, redialing, speed dialing, conference calling, and
voice messaging system access. Cisco IP phones also provide a variety of other
features. For an overview of the telephony features that the Cisco IP Phone
supports and for tips on configuring them, see the “Telephony Features Available
for the Cisco IP Phone” section on page 5-2.
As with other network devices, you must configure the Cisco IP Phones to prepare
them to access Cisco CallManager and the rest of the IP network. By using
DHCP, you will have fewer settings to configure on the phone, but can manually
configure the IP address, TFTP server, and subnet mask if your network requires
it. For instructions on configuring the network settings on the Cisco IP Phones,
see Chapter 4, “Configuring Settings on the Cisco IP Phone.”
The Cisco IP Phone can interact with other services and devices on your IP
network to provide enhanced functionality. For example, you can integrate the
Cisco IP Phones with the corporate Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 3
(LDAP3) standard directory to enable users to search for co-worker contact
information directly from their IP phones. You can also use XML to enable users
to access information such as weather, stocks, quote of the day, and other

Cisco 7961G Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	7961G
Category	IP Phone
Language	English