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Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
OL-11560-01 Rev. B0
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Conference Station
What Features are Supported on the Conference Station?
Related Topics
•
Understanding Interactions with Other Cisco Unified IP Communications Products, page 2-1
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Understanding the Conference Station Startup Process, page 2-5
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Network Configuration Menu, page 4-5
What Features are Supported on the Conference Station?
The conference station functions much like a digital business conference station, allowing you to place
and receive teleconference station calls. In addition to traditional telephony features, the conference
station includes features that enable you to administer and monitor the conference station as a network
device.
This section includes the following topics:
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Feature Overview, page 1-5
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Configuring Telephony Features, page 1-6
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Configuring Network Parameters Using the Conference Station, page 1-6
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Providing Users with Feature Information, page 1-7
Feature Overview
Conference stations provide traditional telephony functionality, such as call forwarding and transferring,
redialing, speed dialing, conference calling, and voice messaging system access. Conference stations
also provide a variety of other features. For an overview of the telephony features that the conference
station supports, see the
“Telephony Features Available for the Conference Station” section on page 5-1
.
As with other network devices, you must configure conference stations to prepare them to access
Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the rest of the IP network. By using DHCP, you have fewer
settings to configure on a conference station, but if your network requires it, you can manually configure
an IP address, TFTP server, and subnet mask. For instructions on configuring the network settings on
the conference station, see
Chapter 4, “Configuring Settings on the Conference Station.”
Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP)
TCP is a connection-oriented
transport protocol.
The conference station uses TCP to connect to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager and to access
XML services.
Trivial File Transfer
Protocol (TFTP)
TFTP allows you to transfer files
over the network.
On the conference station, TFTP
enables you to obtain a configuration
file specific to the conference station
type.
TFTP requires a TFTP server in your network, which can be
automatically identified from the DHCP server. If you want
a conference station to use a TFTP server other than the one
specified by the DHCP server, you must manually assign a
TFTP server from the Network Configuration menu on the
conference station.
User Datagram Protocol
(UDP)
UDP is a connectionless messaging
protocol for delivery of data packets.
The conference station transmits and receives RTP streams,
which utilize UDP.
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Supported Networking Protocols on the Conference Station (continued)
Networking Protocol
Purpose
Usage Notes
