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Chapter 3

Initializing Cisco Unified IP Phones

For a complete alphabetical list of configurable parameters, see

Note

Parameters."

Prerequisites

•

If you have an existing system from a release earlier than Release 7.x, upgrade your system firmware

as described in the

Remotely" section on page 4-3

Procedure

Obtain the default configuration file as follows:

Step 1

Go to the Cisco.com SIP IP 7940/7960 phone software-download site at

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sip-ip-phone7960.

Download the SIPDefault.cnf file to the root directory of your TFTP server or to a subdirectory in

which all phone-specific configuration files are stored.

Using an ASCII text editor such as vi, open the file.

Step 2

Modify the following required parameters:

Step 3

image_version—Specifies the firmware version that the Cisco SIP IP phone should run. Enter the

•

name of the image version (as it is released by Cisco). Do not enter the extension.

Note

proxy1_address—IP address of the SIP proxy server that is used by the phones. Enter the address in

•

IP dotted-decimal notation or use the FQDN.

•

tftp_cfg_dir—Specifies the path to the TFTP subdirectory in which phone-specific configuration

files are stored. Required only if the phone-specific configuration files are located in a subdirectory.

Step 4

Modify additional parameters as needed.

Step 5

Save the file to the root directory of your TFTP server or to a subdirectory in which all phone-specific

configuration files are stored.

Configuration Example

The following is an example of the SIPDefault configuration file that you downloaded from Cisco.com:

# SIP Default Configuration File

# Image Version

image_version: P0S3-06-0-00

# Proxy Server

proxy1_address: 172.16.255.255

proxy2_address:""; Can be dotted IP or FQDN

proxy3_address:""; Can be dotted IP or FQDN

proxy4_address:""; Can be dotted IP or FQDN

proxy5_address:""; Can be dotted IP or FQDN

proxy6_address:""; Can be dotted IP or FQDN

OL-7890-01

"How to Upgrade Your Cisco SIP IP Phone Firmware Image and Reboot

before proceeding.

You cannot change the image version by changing the filename because the version is also

built into the file header. Trying to change the image version by changing the filename

causes the firmware to fail when it compares the version in the header against the filename.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960G and 7940G Administration Guide for Release 8.0 (SIP)

How to Customize the Default Configuration File

Appendix D, "SIP IP Phone

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