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Figure 2. Close-Up of High-Resolution Display and Lighted Line Keys
FEATURES
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G-GE is dynamic, and it is designed to grow with system capabilities. Features will keep pace with new changes
through software updates to the phone flash memory. Firmware changes can be downloaded from Cisco Unified CallManager and Cisco.com. No
hands-on moves and changes are required with the phone-the user can simply pick up the phone and move to the new location anywhere on your
network. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G-GE provides many accessibility methods according to user preference.
Table 1 gives features of the phone.
Table 1.
Features of Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G-GE
Feature
Description
Messages
The phone offers direct access to voicemail.
Directories
The phone identifies incoming messages and categorizes them on the screen, allowing users to quickly and
effectively return calls using direct dial-back capability. The corporate directory integrates with the Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol Version 3 (LDAP3) standard directory.
Settings
The Settings feature key allows the user to adjust display contrast, select background images (if available), and
select from a large number of unique ringer sounds through the User Preference menu. Network Configuration
preferences also can be set up (usually by the system administrator). Configuration can be either automatically
or manually set up for Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Cisco
Unified CallManager, and backup Cisco Unified CallManager instances. Other available Settings submenus
include Device Configuration and Security Configuration.
Services
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G-GE allows users to quickly access diverse information such as weather,
stocks, quote of the day, or any Web-based information using XML to provide a portal to an ever-growing world
of applications, features, and information.
Help
The online Help feature gives users information about the phone keys, buttons, and features. The pixel display
allows for greater flexibility of features and significantly expands the information viewed when using features
such as Services, Information, Messages, and Directory. For example, the Directory button can show local and
server-based directory information.
Display
The phone has a large, higher-resolution, graphical 4-bit grayscale display (320 x 222).
