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Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5
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Preface
Overview
Cisco Unified IP Phone Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 provides
the information you need to understand, install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the
Cisco Unified IP Phone on a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network.
Because of the complexity of a Unified Communications network, this guide does not provide complete
and detailed information for procedures that you need to perform in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager (formerly Cisco Unified CallManager) or other network devices. See Related Documentation,
page 2 for a list of related documentation.
Audience
Network engineers, system administrators, or telecom engineers should review this guide to learn the
steps required to properly set up the Cisco Unified IP Phone.
The tasks described are administration-level tasks and are not intended for end-users of the phones.
Many of the tasks involve configuring network settings and affect the phone’s ability to function in the
network.
Because of the close interaction between the Cisco Unified IP Phone and
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, many of the tasks in this manual require familiarity with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Organization
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone Provides a conceptual overview and description of the
Cisco Unified IP Phone.
Chapter 2, Preparing to Install the Cisco Unified IP Phone on
Your Network
Describes how the Cisco Unified IP Phone interacts with
other key IP telephony components, and provides an overview
of the tasks required prior to installation.
Chapter 3, Setting Up the Cisco Unified IP Phone Describes how to properly and safely install and configure the
Cisco Unified IP Phone on your network.