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Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone
Note The Cisco Unified IP Phone provides several methods you can use to reset or restore option settings, if
necessary. For more information, see the
“Resetting or Restoring the Cisco Unified IP Phone” section
on page 9-15.
Related Topics
• Displaying a Configuration Menu, page 4-2
• Unlocking and Locking Options, page 4-3
• Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone, page 4-4
• Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5
• Device Configuration Menu, page 4-12
• Security Configuration Menu, page 4-32
Overview of Options Configurable from a Phone
The settings that you can change on a phone fall into several categories, as shown in Table 4-1. For a
detailed explanation of each setting and instructions for changing them, see the “Network Configuration
Menu” section on page 4-5.
Note There are several options on various configuration menus that are for display only or that you can
configure from Cisco
Unified Communications Manager. These options also are also described in this
chapter.
Table 4-1 Settings Configurable from the Phone
Category Description
Network Configuration Menu
Option
DHCP settings Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
automatically assigns IP address to devices
when you connect them to the network. Cisco
Unified
IP Phones enable DHCP by default.
DHCP Enabled
DHCP Address Released
IP settings If you do not use DHCP in your network, you
can make IP settings manually.
Domain Name
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Router 1-5
DNS Server 1-5
TFTP settings If you do not use DHCP to direct the phone to a
TFTP server, you must manually assign a TFTP
server. You can also assign an alternative TFTP
server to use instead of the one assigned by
DHCP.
TFTP Server 1
Alternate TFTP
TFTP Server 2