Cisco Unified IP Phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Interactions
Cisco Unified IP Phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Interactions
Cisco Unified Communications Manager is an open and industry-standard call processing system.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager software sets up and tears down calls between phones, integrating
traditional PBX functionality with the corporate IP network. Cisco Unified Communications Manager 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 Communications Manager also provides:
• Firmware for phones
• Configuration file using the TFTP service
• Phone registration
• Call preservation, so that a media session continues if signaling is lost between the primary
For information about configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager to work with the IP phones
described in this chapter, see the "Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration" chapter in the Cisco Communications
Manager Administration Guide.
If the Cisco Unified IP Phone model that you want to configure does not appear in the Phone Type
Note
drop-down list in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, go to the following URL and install the latest
support patch for your version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager:
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Redirect.x?mdfid=278875240
For more information, see the "Software Upgrades" chapter in the Cisco Unified Communications Operating
System Administration Guide.
Related Topics
Cisco Unified IP Phones Security Features
Telephony Features Available for Cisco Unified IP Phone
Cisco Unified IP Phone and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Interaction, on page 3
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 and VLAN Interaction
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6911 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.
Note
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 does not have a PC port.
If a computer is connected to the access port, the computer and the phone share the same physical link to the
switch and share the same port on the switch. This shared physical link has the following implications for the
VLAN configuration on the network:
Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0
(SCCP and SIP)
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Communications Manager and a phone
Cisco Unified IP Phone and Telephony Networks
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